As required by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy Making Act (the Evidence Act), this report outlines the status of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) compliance with the requirements of USAID’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) as outlined in 44 U.S.C. §3520(e).
Background
The Evidence Act requires that the Chief Data Officer “submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives an annual report on the compliance of the agency with the requirements of this subchapter [Subchapter I], including information on each requirement that the agency could not carry out and, if applicable, what the agency needs to carry out such requirement.” The status of USAID’s compliance with each requirement of 44 U.S.C. §3520(e) is outlined below. USAID’s compliance efforts with these requirements are ongoing.
