On 9 August 2022, President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 into law. The legislation authorized the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish an NSDS Demonstration project operated directly or via a contract by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). Per Section 10375, the NSDS-D project shall
- Be established in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget and the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 Interagency Committee
- Align with recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building
- Engage with federal and state agencies in support of evidence building
- Use processes, systems, and technologies to protect restricted data, statistical products, privacy, and confidentiality under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018
- Ensure transparency to the American public
Oversight and Partnerships
NCSES, as delegated by the NSF Director, is the responsible entity for fulfilling the NSDS-D project requirements outlined in Section 10375 of the CHIPS and Science Act.
To enable a wide range of perspectives and to ensure a variety of stakeholder needs are accounted for, NCSES is partnering with several federal and state government agencies as well as other organizations to help guide its implementation of the NSDS-D project.