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Cheers! I'm the Associate Chief Research Information Officer -- Research Data Governance at the University of Illinois Chicago Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research. I also hold an academic appointment as the Data Librarian and a Professor in the ...
@Denice Ross and Christopher Marcum -both former senior White House data officials-just released the Federal Data Field Guide , a free 50-page reference that maps the federal data ecosystem: eight data types, real-world examples, legal context, ...
Two provisions in the House Appropriations subcommittee's FY2027 CJS bill are worth flagging for this community. 1) The new funding bill would bar the Census Bureau from including undocumented immigrants in apportionment counts-a direct ...
Demystifying Data Privacy: Understanding the "Routine Use" Exception May 4, 2026 The "routine use" exception in the Privacy Act allows agencies to create new reasons why they can share your data with other entities, so long as the reason is ...
Thank you for drafting and sharing. I signed! ------------------------------ Beth Jarosz ------------------------------
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