Summary: Before the Trump administration issued its Federal Data Strategy this spring the bipartisan Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking listed the strategy goals in a report to the president and Congress. Katharine Abraham is a former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, now the director of Maryland Center for Economics and Policy. It's been two years since the original report. As the commission’s former chair, she told Federal New Network’s Jory Heckman why Congress should revisit some of the group’s recommendations, and explained why she thinks federal statistical agencies are due for an overhaul. Hear more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
