Report: Broader data access, stronger security part of improving evidence-based policies




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: Using evidence to improve policy seems like a great idea. So how come it happens so rarely in government? Now a group called the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking aims to move data-based public policy from a random occurrence to a routine practice. Here with more on the group's 22 recommendations, Federal News Radio's Meredith Somers.