…data communities that focus on data science, management, evaluation, statistics, and technology, including individuals in companies, nonprofit organizations, and academia.

We believe that when government’s data are available for use, decision-makers in government and the private sector realize benefits that strengthen the American economy and improve our society. The opportunities for improvement are vast and include empowerment of new chief data officers, evaluation officers, and statistical officials; adoption of non-proprietary data standards to enable comparability; machine-readable data to improve usefulness; and renewed focus on mechanisms that accommodate appropriate levels access to government data.

Better using government’s data will transform society’s capabilities to generate insights that can be used to hold government programs accountable, improve the efficiency tax dollars, and strengthen the private sector’s investments to best meet consumer needs. If successful, the Data Coalition’s efforts also help reduce compliance costs for regulated entities, provide more information about how government operates to the American public, and strengthen the democratic system,

The Data Coalition is a champion chief data officers across the federal government who focus on managing government data and continuously improve data quality. We also recognize the many types of data users and promotes an environment in which analysis of government data provides insights that recognize the information is a strategic and a vital asset for the American people.

In the course of our work, the Data Coalition advocates for appropriate data standards and access mechanisms, promotes the need for sufficient resources for data quality and evaluation activities, educates government leaders and stakeholders about the potential benefits of better data policy, and convenes the data community to support solutions that drive needed transformation in our approaches to using data.

The Data Coalition is registered as a nonprofit corporation in the District of Columbia and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.