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State task force urges agencies to prepare for updated federal race and ethnicity standard
Summary
Members of the state Data Task Force reviewed plans to align agency data collection with the Office of Management and Budget's updated Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (SPD 15), noting the federal compliance timeline, likely resource needs, and the preference for piloting changes across one or two agencies before statewide rollout.
Members of the state Data Task Force reviewed work to align state agency race and ethnicity data with the Office of Management and Budget's updated Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, and discussed resource needs, timelines and next steps.
The task force heard an overview from Derek, chief data officer for the Department of Health, who said the committee limited its recommendations to SPD 15 because it is the federal standard and was updated in 2024. "We were looking at what the potential issues were in trying to come up with standards in particular for race, ethnicity," Derek said, and added that…
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