US government data often provides a look at how large swaths of Americans are faring. However, this approach has often been criticized for leaving out certain groups. Now the Biden administration is taking steps to ensure its data is capturing everyone.
Now the Biden administration is working on a plan to ensure fewer people are slipping through the cracks. On Friday, the Equitable Data Working Group, a collection of data and policy experts from more than a dozen federal agencies, released a blueprint outlining how to make federal data more representative of America's increasing diversity.
Among the top recommendations: Parse and break down the broader data by demographic areas, such as race and ethnic subgroups, income, geography, sexual orientation and gender identity; increase funding for more federal and independent research and analysis of data that better encompasses minority and marginalized populations; and make the information more accessible, transparent and easy to understand by the general public.
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