Evidence Act Hub A centralized, searchable repository and knowledge hub that preserves and organizes federal data and evidence resources required under the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act) and related laws, supporting transparency, accountability, and evidence-informed public policy. Content inferred by ChatGPT from the Data Foundation's Evidence Act Hub pages and launch announcement. Includes the Evidence Plan Archive, practitioner resources, news and reports, and legal architecture (Evidence Act, OPEN Government Data Act, CIPSEA, GPRA Modernization Act, Privacy Act, PRA, Statistical Policy Directives, OMB guidance, and interagency councils). See: https://datafoundation.org/pages/evidence-act-hub ; https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/717/717-Learning-Agendas ; https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/726/726-Capacity-Assessments ; https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/727/727-Annual-Evaluation-Plans ; https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/729/729-Open-Data-Plans ; https://datafoundation.org/pages/EAH-laws-guidances ; https://evidenceact.org. Data Foundation DF 228330f7-8419-4f92-a330-16d44e57b4e1 A nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank that champions the use of open data and evidence-informed public policy, including through the design, operation, and curation of the Evidence Act Hub. Openness Commit to public access to federal evidence-building resources in formats supporting long-term use. Evidence Emphasize actionable evidence as the basis for policy decisions preserved in the Hub. Transparency Make agency Evidence Act deliverables visible in one centralized hub. Accountability Enable oversight of statutory evidence-building requirements. Accessibility Provide a reliable platform that preserves federal evidence resources. Public trust Strengthen trust in government data and evidence through visibility and clarity. Centralized repository Provide a unified, searchable, open-access repository that aggregates and preserves strategic plans, reports, and toolkits related to federal data and evaluation activities. 6f125840-60b3-46cf-bc60-d419633d7648 1 Includes the Evidence Plan Archive and the Hub's collections: learning agendas, capacity assessments, annual evaluation plans, and open data plans. Evidence plan archive Maintain a repository of agency evidence-building deliverables, including learning agendas, evaluation plans, capacity assessments, and open data plans. 7e9c59c4-a3cd-4b86-bcec-b07f10b033e5 1.1 The Archive makes Evidence Act deliverables discoverable, with metadata and links for all agencies and years. Learning agendas Preserve and organize multi-year learning agendas in which agencies identify priority questions, evidence gaps, and evaluation or research activities required under Title I of the Evidence Act. c8993eea-b71d-4dbb-be14-42c8c08952c4 1.2 The Hub catalogs learning agendas by agency and year, providing metadata, summaries, and links to publicly released documents. See https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/717/717-Learning-Agendas. Capacity assessments Organize capacity assessments produced every four years to evaluate agency capabilities in statistics, evaluation, research, analysis, data governance, and workforce. 7f421b62-df12-4d59-8c91-47caf5a3f5fa 1.3 Capacity assessments help identify infrastructure and skill gaps across evidence-building domains. The Hub provides all published assessments with domain-level classification. See https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/726/726-Capacity-Assessments. Annual evaluation plans Collect annual evaluation plans identifying agencies' priority evaluations, including evaluation questions, data sources, methodologies, and intended use. f04e8e20-77b9-4e00-a174-aefdcf813d10 1.4 These plans, required under Title I, improve transparency into federal evaluation activities. The Hub maintains metadata and links for all available plans. See https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/727/727-Annual-Evaluation-Plans. Open data plans Preserve and present agency open data plans documenting data governance, enterprise data inventories, publishing milestones, and access processes required under the OPEN Government Data Act. 37cdf8a2-ae97-46a9-be2e-1c0f6828ab45 1.5 The Hub aggregates publicly released Open Data Plans annually, with metadata crosswalks by agency. See https://datafoundation.org/news/evidence-act-hub/729/729-Open-Data-Plans. News and reports collection Curate and organize reports tracking developments in federal evidence capacity and implementation. 478fd2a3-382d-480c-9a0a-354540c8a75e 1.6 Includes Evidence Capacity Pulse Reports and annual reviews documenting trends in agency capacity. Legal architecture coverage Document legislation, directives, and guidance governing federal evidence and data practices. 637aa5da-26ad-450f-9247-f315859243e0 1.7 Includes the Evidence Act (Titles I–III), OPEN Government Data Act, CIPSEA, GPRA Modernization Act, Privacy Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, Statistical Policy Directives, OMB M-memos, and authorities establishing interagency councils (Evaluation Officer Council, CDO Council, Statistical Officials Council). See https://datafoundation.org/pages/EAH-laws-guidances. Transparency and accountability Enhance visibility into statutory evidence-building requirements. 1743cabb-a8c7-4c48-9c9e-75a27fcf1e8a 2 The Hub clarifies obligations under the Evidence Act and OGDA. Agency obligations visibility Present agency deliverables such as learning agendas and evaluation plans clearly. 8a74904c-5f4a-4590-b90a-a81e539ffef7 2.1 Stakeholder oversight Support oversight by enabling comparisons across agencies. 5c603239-9f30-4202-90bb-e6bfa9a25dc2 2.2 Evidence community support Serve practitioners and researchers with contextualized resources. a6c01a8d-8f7c-4d73-bd00-4c0813b10052 3 Practitioner resources Provide primers, toolkits, and guidance to support implementation. 218ed43f-b329-4b26-b2a7-3b76bcf2abe5 3.1 Research and analysis support Facilitate research through curated, historical evidence collections. e8fa5255-186c-4b9d-805f-74d82df9858b 3.2 Sustainable infrastructure Ensure continuity and improvement of the Evidence Act Hub. 69a1406d-4287-4d1f-8390-c06494eff59b 4 Continuity of access Preserve evidence resources across administrations and website changes. c431083e-d86a-4bdc-90d9-9740dbb4a356 4.1 Feature expansion Improve features based on user feedback. 1e85a059-0d1a-43c4-8927-e913e47e467a 4.2 Machine-readable enablement Enable reuse of Evidence Act documents in standardized machine-readable formats. 87af58fc-a039-4431-8df4-e569a62c1578 4.3 2025-12-10 https://datafoundation.org/pages/evidence-act-hub Owen.Ambur@verizon.net