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... Other countries have employed alternative formal mechanisms: • An ombudsperson to mediate the public's, data subjects', or data holders' concerns with the organizations using the infrastructure; • An information commissioner; • A multi-person commission or other institution; and • A Review Council that regulates data sharing. In the panel's opinion, all of these mechanisms gain their influence when they reveal to society how data are being used.
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From page 124...
... CEP held a series of public meetings across the country to seek such input.6 In the panel's opinion, more such gatherings might inform alternative structures and practices that could build meaningful transparency into a new data infrastructure. Transparency also involves taking the perspective of the stakeholders seeking to understand the operations of infrastructure.
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From page 125...
... Concerns about the ability of federal statistical agencies to acquire cutting-edge technical talent to support the role of the federal government in a new data infrastructure were noted in Chapter 3. It was also noted that new partnerships between the private sector, the academic sector, and the federal government might explore new approaches to this challenge.
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From page 126...
... NEW PARTNERSHIPS MUST BE FORMED Alternative organizational models for a new data infrastructure were reviewed in Chapter 4. This section assumes that NSDS will be established and will provide access to federal, state, and local government data for federal statistical and research purposes.
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  • data standards
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  • communication priorities
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