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handle is hein.crs/goveefs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional a Research Service Informing the I gislative debate since 1914____________________ Proposals for a National Secure Data Service, in Context August 5, 2021 On June 28, 2021, the House passed H.R. 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act, which would authorize appropriations and certain activities. One provision would establish a National Secure Data Service (NSDS) demonstration project. The proposal relates to a recommendation from an earlier Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP). Among other things, CEP was charged with considering whether a federal government clearinghouse for program and survey data should be established. CEP interpreted clearinghouse to mean a data storage facility that permanently stores records from multiple databases from multiple agencies and, therefore, grows with each new data linkage. CEP rejected the clearinghouse model, however, citing well-founded concerns about the potential privacy harm such a clearinghouse could raise. Instead, it recommended establishment of an NSDS, which would temporarily link existing data and provide secure access to those data for exclusively statistical purposes in connection with approved projects and do this without creating a data clearinghouse or warehouse. This Insight discusses NSDS proposals, related background, and potential issues for Congress. Legislation The House-passed version of H.R. 2225 would provide for an NSDS demonstration project within the National Science Foundation (NSF). If the bill is enacted, the NSF director would be authorized to operate the project directly or award a contract to another entity. The proposed NSDS project would be directed to align with a particular advisory committee's recommendations to the extent feasible. The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (FEBPA) had established this advisory committee to assist the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in carrying out certain interagency data-sharing provisions. These data-sharing provisions were included within FEBPA as Part D of the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018 (CIPSEA). Part D newly required an agency to share its data assets-upon request and to the extent practicable-with any requesting statistical agency or unit for developing evidence for statistical purposes, unless such sharing is specifically prohibited. CIPSEAis silent regarding the ultimate disposition or destruction of the shared data. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11717 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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