2021-2025
The purpose of this project is to provide information gathering, analysis, consultation, and technical support to OPRE and its partners to strengthen data governance practices within ACF offices, and between ACF and its partners at the federal, state, local, and Tribal levels. Data governance includes all aspects of data handling and use throughout the data lifecycle including collection, cleaning, quality assurance, documentation, storage, security, access, privacy protection, use, archiving, and destruction.
Initial work will focus particularly on the following areas:
- data asset tracking and metadata management;
- data quality assurance;
- data disclosure review practices; and
- data linking and integration for research at all levels of government.
Optional work in out years would follow up on the initial findings in those areas, and work in other dimensions of data governance such as those described above. OPRE has contracted with SRI International, with subcontracts to AnLar and WestEd, to conduct this work.
Data Governance Consulting and Support Extension Project, 2021—2025
The purpose of this project is to expand support to OPRE and its partners to strengthen data governance practices within ACF program offices, and between ACF and its partners at the federal, state, local, and Tribal levels. This project will supplement and complement work that is being done under ACF’s existing Data Governance Consulting and Support Project contract (see description in section above).The ACF Data Governance Consulting and Support Extension Project will expand upon tasks performed under that initial contract (information gathering, analysis, consultation, and technical support) and add tasks in three additional areas: organizational support, stakeholder and expert engagement, and technical assistance and support. Optional work in future years would extend and expand organizational support, stakeholder engagement, and technical assistance activities based on initial findings. OPRE has contracted with SRI International, with a subcontract to AISP, to conduct this work.
The points of contact are Brett Brown and Valeria Butler.