Evidence-Based Policy
The Federation of American Scientists is advancing production, use, and uptake of scientific evidence to improve policy outcomes across critical societal challenges.
A New Evidence Era for Federal Government
Evidence-based policy is the process of using high-quality information [evidence] to inform government decisions [policy]. 2018’sFoundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act)launched a new era in federal evidence-based policy, spurring federal agencies to develop internal evidence-building plans (known as“Learning Agendas”), to hire chief data and evaluation officers, and to cultivate partnerships with evidence experts.
The FAS-OMB Evidence Forum
Through the Day One Project, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is developing new ideas for strategic use of evidence across federal government.We’re excited to share these ideas at our upcomingEvidence Forumfrom 9:30–11 AM (EST) on Friday, October 7.联合主办的论坛,将白色的何鸿燊use Office of Management and Budget in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s“Year of Evidence for Action”, will be publicly webcast.
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The Forum will provide a venue to exchange ideas and insights focused on increasing the use, development, and uptake of evidence in federal agencies, with a specific objective to uncover new pathways for engagement.One focus will be on the potential of“Living Evidence”approaches to advance agency-specific learning agendas.Experts from the health sector will explain how Living Evidence, a practice that continually updates research summaries as new studies are published, directly supported COVID-19 response around the world. Participants will have an opportunity to explore how the benefits of Living Evidence approaches could extend to other domains.
The Forum will alsoshowcase proposals from theEvidence for Action Challengecoordinated by FAS in collaboration withThe Pew Charitable Trusts Evidence Project. This Challenge was initiated to crowdsource creative, expert ideas for the future of evidence-based policy. Select participants from the Challenge will give lightning talks on topics including:
- Public opinion as a source of evidence.
- Matchmaking between subject-matter experts and policymakers.
- Sharing data and analytical capabilities between federal and state governments.
The U.S. bioeconomy is growing rapidly, innovation is needed to sustain and maintain this growth. Shaping policy to consider workforce development, advanced agriculture, bioindustrial and biotech sectors will be imperative to keep the needle moving forward.
The U.S. is experiencing more frequent and intense wildland fires, but policy informed by science, evidence, and Indigenous perspectives can lessen the disastrous effects.
In a world where new models of knowledge discovery are emerging, it is critical to ensure that we as a nation are using federal scientific funding as productively as possible to maximize its societal impact.
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