How Effective Federal Data Sharing Is Supporting Citizen Services

Chris Sadler wrote for FedTech Magazine about how new efforts to expand collaboration between federal agencies and state and local governments while protecting privacy could streamline eligibility processes for federal assistance programs and help millions of Americans. In this article, Sadler explores both obstacles to data sharing and strategies for data-sharing improvement.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the status quo by highlighting obstacles to government data sharing and the need to enable and accelerate better sharing. Establishing clear legal and leadership guidance on allowable data sharing, while working to improve data infrastructure, can help build more efficient benefit verification processes and increase program enrollments, delivering vital help to those in need.