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Toward a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure: Mobilizing Information for the Common Good

Committee on National Statistics author Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine author Panel on the Scope, Components, and Key Characteristics of a 21st-Century Data Infrastructure author Robert M Groves editor Michael Siri editor Thomas Mesenbourg editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:National Academies Press

Published:1st Apr '23

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Historically, the U.S. national data infrastructure has relied on the operations of the federal statistical system and the data assets that it holds. Throughout the 20th century, federal statistical agencies aggregated survey responses of households and businesses to produce information about the nation and diverse subpopulations. The statistics created from such surveys provide most of what people know about the well-being of society, including health, education, employment, safety, housing, and food security. The surveys also contribute to an infrastructure for empirical social- and economic-sciences research. Research using survey-response data, with strict privacy protections, led to important discoveries about the causes and consequences of important societal challenges and also informed policymakers. Like other infrastructure, people can easily take these essential statistics for granted. Only when they are threatened do people recognize the need to protect them.

Toward a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure: Mobilizing Information for the Common Good develops a vision for a new data infrastructure for national statistics and social and economic research in the 21st century. This report describes how the country can improve the statistical information so critical to shaping the nation's future, by mobilizing data assets and blending them with existing survey data.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The United States Needs a New National Data Infrastructure
  • 3 A Vision for a New National Data Infrastructure
  • 4 Blended Data: Implications for a New National Data Infrastructure and Its Organization
  • 5 Building a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure Requires Identifying Short- and Medium-Term Activities
  • References
  • Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members
  • Appendix B: Workshop Agendas
  • Committee on National Statistics
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ISBN: 9780309692748

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180 pages