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Understanding the Department of Commerce’s Disclosure Avoidance Order 216-26
The Data Foundation created this resource to help the public, data users, and policymakers better understand Departmental Administrative Order (DAO) 216-26, a June 2026 Department of Commerce directive that changes how the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) protect the confidentiality of the statistics they publish.
> > Register Today < < govDATAx is the Data Foundation's flagship conference bringing together government leaders, data practitioners, policymakers, technologists, and researchers to advance the use of data for more effective, transparent, and accountab… Read more
In 2013, Michigan deployed an automated system to detect unemployment-insurance fraud. Over the next two years it wrongly accused roughly 40,000 residents at an error rate as high as 93%, and families lost homes, wages, and tax refunds while the cases dragged through the courts f… Read more
On Sept 3rd, attendees joined us to discuss how the research and evaluation community can use this new, community-developed learning agenda to make an… More...
Developed with nearly 50 experts across government, academia, public health, and community organizations, the agenda offers a model for cross-sector, … More...
Data Foundation's Center for Evidence Capacity released a 2026 Learning Agenda on Nutrition, Hunger & Health. More...
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