New Report Warns of Growing ‘Data Divide’

A recent report from the Center for Data Innovation warns about an emerging "data divide" and calls on policymakers to adopt new ways of thinking about how to equally distribute gains in the data economy. The report includes a broad set of recommendations to help close the divide, from developing targeted outreach programs for underrepresented communities to amending the Federal Data Strategy (FDS) to acknowledge and better address the data divide. 

"The data economy and data-driven innovation can transform society for the better, but only if data collection and use is inclusive,” Gillian Diebold, a Center for Data Innovation policy analyst and the author of the report, said in a statement. “Policymakers should work to ensure that all individuals and communities have access to high-quality data.”