Nick Hart, Ph.D.
@nickhartphd.bsky.social
Data Foundation President & CEO | NAPA & BPC Fellow | #opendata #Evidence #ai #evaluation | Anonymous messages: safetrack.org | * Share your #MyDataStory mydatastory.org *
Data Foundation monitoring Oct 10 federal RIFs affecting ~4,300 employees. Significant impacts at CDC (including NCHS vital records), IRS, SAMHSA, ACF & other data/evaluation units. Share information: impact@datafoundation.org or www.safe-track.org (anonymous). Tracking doc in comments.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Data Foundation monitoring Oct 10 federal RIFs affecting ~4,300 employees. Significant impacts at CDC (including NCHS vital records), IRS, SAMHSA, ACF & other data/evaluation units. Share information: impact@datafoundation.org or www.safe-track.org (anonymous). Tracking doc in comments.
Today is the anniversary of the Public Trust rule under the #EvidenceAct — our statement — www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
#evidenceact #publictrust #statistics #ai #datagovernance | Nick Hart, Ph.D.
Today marks one year since OMB finalized the Public Trust Rule under the Evidence Act. Watch my statement on where we are and what needs to happen next. ⬇️
The Public Trust Rule codifies four fundame...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Public Trust rule under the #EvidenceAct — our statement — www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
Join the Data Foundation on 10/7 at 1 pm ET to learn about what has happened with data.gov, open data, and data leadership in the federal government. If you're a furloughed federal worker, you can still attend by re-registering with your personal email. datafoundation.org/events/view/...
October 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join the Data Foundation on 10/7 at 1 pm ET to learn about what has happened with data.gov, open data, and data leadership in the federal government. If you're a furloughed federal worker, you can still attend by re-registering with your personal email. datafoundation.org/events/view/...
Great to see former Trump-appointed BLS Commissioner Bill Beach call for implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act and the #EvidenceAct regulations that are long overdue. 💯 Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sncc... #opendata #transparency #EvidenceAct
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Great to see former Trump-appointed BLS Commissioner Bill Beach call for implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act and the #EvidenceAct regulations that are long overdue. 💯 Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sncc... #opendata #transparency #EvidenceAct
Data Foundation statement on allegations of unauthorized data access at SSA: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
Calls for Investigation of SSA CDO Allegations | Nick Hart, Ph.D.
We created Chief Data Officers to improve federal data governance at every agency -- they serve many functions, including analyzing risks and serving as early warning systems when institutional safegu...
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August 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Data Foundation statement on allegations of unauthorized data access at SSA: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
A pleasure to join the @cnn.com This Morning team to talk about federal statistics and trust in our data. We need improved mechanisms for transparency -- even "radical transparency" about data: #opendata #transparency #FedDataStrategy
August 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A pleasure to join the @cnn.com This Morning team to talk about federal statistics and trust in our data. We need improved mechanisms for transparency -- even "radical transparency" about data: #opendata #transparency #FedDataStrategy
President Trump today announced he is nominating EJ Antoni from the Heritage Foundation to serve as the new BLS Commissioner. This is a politically appointed & Senate confirmed position; the last commissioner, a Biden appointee was just dismissed by Trump. #statistics truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Highly Respected Economist, Dr. E.J. Antoni, as the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that...
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August 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
President Trump today announced he is nominating EJ Antoni from the Heritage Foundation to serve as the new BLS Commissioner. This is a politically appointed & Senate confirmed position; the last commissioner, a Biden appointee was just dismissed by Trump. #statistics truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
My takeaways from #ASAE2025 and what it means for the Data Coalition members -- more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh... #ASAE25
Just wrapped an inspiring few days at #ASAE2025 in Los Angeles 🌟 | Nick Hart, Ph.D.
Just wrapped an inspiring few days at #ASAE2025 in Los Angeles 🌟
Connecting with association leaders across sectors reminded me why collaboration matters more than ever in 2025. Whether you’re runnin...
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August 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My takeaways from #ASAE2025 and what it means for the Data Coalition members -- more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh... #ASAE25
🚨 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮.
Help us expose this at #SXSW2026 with Chris Marcum, Nancy Potok, Suzette Kent. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 → participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
⏰ Ends Aug 24 #DataSecurity #NationalSecurity #SXSW26
Help us expose this at #SXSW2026 with Chris Marcum, Nancy Potok, Suzette Kent. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 → participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
⏰ Ends Aug 24 #DataSecurity #NationalSecurity #SXSW26
August 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🚨 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮.
Help us expose this at #SXSW2026 with Chris Marcum, Nancy Potok, Suzette Kent. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 → participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
⏰ Ends Aug 24 #DataSecurity #NationalSecurity #SXSW26
Help us expose this at #SXSW2026 with Chris Marcum, Nancy Potok, Suzette Kent. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 → participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
⏰ Ends Aug 24 #DataSecurity #NationalSecurity #SXSW26
Looking forward to joining #jsm2025 over the next couple days. Here’s my take on the moment via LinkedIn - it’s too long for BlueSky! www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
📊 "Our politics is data" - and America's statistical system is built for this moment. | Nick Hart, Ph.D.
📊 "Our politics is data" - and America's statistical system is built for this moment.
Today I am heading to the Joint Statistical Meetings (#JSM25) with the American Statistical Association - ASA in ...
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August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Looking forward to joining #jsm2025 over the next couple days. Here’s my take on the moment via LinkedIn - it’s too long for BlueSky! www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
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6. Data Foundation's @nickhartphd.bsky.social says the independence of the U.S. federal statistical system "is not dependent on any single individual but is built into the system itself through robust policies, procedures, legal frameworks, and the culture and people of the statistical system"
August 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
6. Data Foundation's @nickhartphd.bsky.social says the independence of the U.S. federal statistical system "is not dependent on any single individual but is built into the system itself through robust policies, procedures, legal frameworks, and the culture and people of the statistical system"
My statement on the termination of the BLS commissioner and other comments about federal statistics in recent days: datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
Data Foundation Statement on Trustworthiness in Federal Statistics
Data Foundation statement following President Trump’s removal of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner on August 1, 2025, and other recent comments about federal statistics
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August 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My statement on the termination of the BLS commissioner and other comments about federal statistics in recent days: datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
Appreciate the feature by @forbes.com Tech Council alongside other #ai experts this month! forbes.com/councils/for...
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Appreciate the feature by @forbes.com Tech Council alongside other #ai experts this month! forbes.com/councils/for...
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White House names new official to oversee federal statistical system. Mark Calabria is now the Trump administration’s chief statistician, replacing Karin Orvis. via @madialder.bsky.social fedscoop.com/white-house-...
White House names new official to oversee federal statistical system
Mark Calabria is now the Trump administration’s chief statistician, replacing Karin Orvis.
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July 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
White House names new official to oversee federal statistical system. Mark Calabria is now the Trump administration’s chief statistician, replacing Karin Orvis. via @madialder.bsky.social fedscoop.com/white-house-...
Congratulations to Mark Calabria on being named Chief Statistician of the United States. This critical role coordinates the 16 federal statistical agencies and implements the Public Trust Rule from the #EvidenceAct. Statement --> datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
Statement on the Appointment of Mark Calabria as Chief Statistician of the United States
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July 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Congratulations to Mark Calabria on being named Chief Statistician of the United States. This critical role coordinates the 16 federal statistical agencies and implements the Public Trust Rule from the #EvidenceAct. Statement --> datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
What does the "One Big Beautiful Bill" (OBBB) mean for federal data? We tried to answer that in a new explainer from the Data Foundation. More --> datafoundation.org/news/blogs/6...
July 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What does the "One Big Beautiful Bill" (OBBB) mean for federal data? We tried to answer that in a new explainer from the Data Foundation. More --> datafoundation.org/news/blogs/6...
NEW: The Data Foundation is hiring for two key roles:
🔹 Director/Sr Director, Center for Data Policy- lnkd.in/eNVmHF-R
🔹 Manager/Director, Communications- lnkd.in/eQgj3rFZ
We're looking for folks who are passionate about data and using evidence to improve society.
#Hiring #DataPolicy #OpenData
🔹 Director/Sr Director, Center for Data Policy- lnkd.in/eNVmHF-R
🔹 Manager/Director, Communications- lnkd.in/eQgj3rFZ
We're looking for folks who are passionate about data and using evidence to improve society.
#Hiring #DataPolicy #OpenData
Director or Senior Director, Center for Data Policy (Full-Time, Washington D.C., Hybrid)
The Data Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that champions the use of open data and evidence-informed public policy to make society better for everyone. As a nonpartisan...
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May 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: The Data Foundation is hiring for two key roles:
🔹 Director/Sr Director, Center for Data Policy- lnkd.in/eNVmHF-R
🔹 Manager/Director, Communications- lnkd.in/eQgj3rFZ
We're looking for folks who are passionate about data and using evidence to improve society.
#Hiring #DataPolicy #OpenData
🔹 Director/Sr Director, Center for Data Policy- lnkd.in/eNVmHF-R
🔹 Manager/Director, Communications- lnkd.in/eQgj3rFZ
We're looking for folks who are passionate about data and using evidence to improve society.
#Hiring #DataPolicy #OpenData
Today @ 12 p.m. ET -- free virtual event highlighting new report on “Increasing Accessibility to Trusted Climate Performance Data.” Join our Climate Data Collaborative team -- and the Stanford team. 🌎RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ClimateData #OpenData #SDG #ESG #Regtech
#ClimateData #OpenData #SDG #ESG #Regtech
May 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today @ 12 p.m. ET -- free virtual event highlighting new report on “Increasing Accessibility to Trusted Climate Performance Data.” Join our Climate Data Collaborative team -- and the Stanford team. 🌎RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ClimateData #OpenData #SDG #ESG #Regtech
#ClimateData #OpenData #SDG #ESG #Regtech
🚗 "Input Isolationism"—fixating on cutting costs while ignoring outcomes—is killing data strategies and more.
Following my ASPA keynote, my new Forbes piece explores how this creates blind spots & shares strategies to reconnect inputs with results. --> www.forbes.com/councils/for...
Following my ASPA keynote, my new Forbes piece explores how this creates blind spots & shares strategies to reconnect inputs with results. --> www.forbes.com/councils/for...
May 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🚗 "Input Isolationism"—fixating on cutting costs while ignoring outcomes—is killing data strategies and more.
Following my ASPA keynote, my new Forbes piece explores how this creates blind spots & shares strategies to reconnect inputs with results. --> www.forbes.com/councils/for...
Following my ASPA keynote, my new Forbes piece explores how this creates blind spots & shares strategies to reconnect inputs with results. --> www.forbes.com/councils/for...
Memorial Day thoughts : Great BBQ & governance both need patience, expertise, and doing it right the first time (as my veteran dad says). Read about using data over cuts in the dark - using Kansas City BBQ logic! www.linkedin.com/pulse/govern...
#MemorialDay #PublicPolicy #BBQ #KansasCity
#MemorialDay #PublicPolicy #BBQ #KansasCity
Government Isn't Wagyu - It's BBQ, and You Need to Know Your Cuts
As a Kansas City native who takes BBQ seriously, I am struck by Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar's recent comment that government has "started to resemble a finely marbled wagyu" that needs trimming by the D...
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May 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Memorial Day thoughts : Great BBQ & governance both need patience, expertise, and doing it right the first time (as my veteran dad says). Read about using data over cuts in the dark - using Kansas City BBQ logic! www.linkedin.com/pulse/govern...
#MemorialDay #PublicPolicy #BBQ #KansasCity
#MemorialDay #PublicPolicy #BBQ #KansasCity
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My latest @npr.org story: A new push by the Trump administration’s DOGE team to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency’s oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn
DOGE created a 'survey of surveys' for a push to cut some government data collection
DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency's oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn.
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May 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My latest @npr.org story: A new push by the Trump administration’s DOGE team to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency’s oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn
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5. UPDATE: @nickhartphd.bsky.social of the Data Foundation, an open data advocacy group, says "DOGE interventions in the federal statistical system without transparency are concerning and may undermine the availability of future data..."
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May 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
5. UPDATE: @nickhartphd.bsky.social of the Data Foundation, an open data advocacy group, says "DOGE interventions in the federal statistical system without transparency are concerning and may undermine the availability of future data..."
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datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
There is much more to understanding why national-scale data are collected and what surveys are useful, and always more than merely the number of questions and the pages of text involved. DOGE seems to currently be reviewing interagency agreements that implicate the entirety of the fed stat system.
May 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There is much more to understanding why national-scale data are collected and what surveys are useful, and always more than merely the number of questions and the pages of text involved. DOGE seems to currently be reviewing interagency agreements that implicate the entirety of the fed stat system.
HHS-ACF seeking comments on new RFI -- "Protocol for the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse: Methods and Standards" www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Protocol for the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse: Methods and Standards, Version 2.0
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse (Pathways to Work). ACF seeks co...
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May 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
HHS-ACF seeking comments on new RFI -- "Protocol for the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse: Methods and Standards" www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
The @data_foundation is still collecting videos of data stories (and written stories too!). Submit a video today to help us tell the story about why data matters to our society! More here --> vocalvideo.com/c/data-found...
May 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The @data_foundation is still collecting videos of data stories (and written stories too!). Submit a video today to help us tell the story about why data matters to our society! More here --> vocalvideo.com/c/data-found...