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This project will focus on the key characteristics of a 21st century data infrastructure, including topics such as governance, the technical skills needed, and data sharing. The existing data infrastructure for the social sciences relies heavily upon statistics collected in surveys and censuses. However, there are many other sources of data that increasingly available, including administrative data from state and local governments, institutions, and businesses, and 'big data' from the internet, connected devices, and sensors.
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Toward a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure: Mobilizing Information for the Common Good
Consensus Study Report
·2023
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 na...
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