# Data Coalition #  This membership-based initiative facilitates a strong national data community and advocates for responsible policies to make government data high-quality accessible and usable. The Data Coalition's work unites the data communities that focus on data science, management, evaluation, statistics, and technology, including individuals in companies, nonprofit organizations, and academia. For more information [visit the Data Coalition website ](https://www.datacoalition.org/) **Focus Areas and Topics** [[Economic Development]], [[Underrepresented Communities]], [[Open Data]], [[Privacy]], [[Employment]] **Projects and Programs** Legislative agenda: the Data Coalition promotes policies that enable government data to be high-quality, accessible, and usable. https://www.datacoalition.org/policy-issues/legislative-agenda/ Policy agenda: the Data Coalition promotes policies that enable government data to be high-quality, accessible, and usable. The Data Coalition's policy priorities fall into six core categories: data sharing, evidence-based decision-making, government spending, innovation and emerging technology, market and regulatory technology data, and open data. https://www.datacoalition.org/policy-issues/policy-agenda/ **Funders and Partners** For more information about the Funders and Partners, please visit [Data Coalition](https://www.datacoalition.org/) **People and Careers** Visit the LinkedIn page to find out more about the [people](https://www.linkedin.com/company/datacoalition/people/) working at Data Coalition and the [career opportunities](https://www.linkedin.com/company/datacoalition/jobs/) currently available. **Languages** [[English]] **Classification and Geography** Data Coalition is classified as a [[Coalition]] and has headquarters located in Washington, DC, United States. We are still collecting information about the geographic scope of their work. <iframe width="640" height="480" style="border:0" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/search?q=Data+Coalition+Washington,+DC,+United+States&zoom=6&key=AIzaSyARt3Dr0fdqIk6h-e8oTQe84Ln2J3u5HaI"></iframe> >[!info]+ Contact Information and Public Communications Channels *Website* https://www.datacoalition.org/ *Twitter / X* https://twitter.com/datacoalition *Instagram* https://www.instagram.com/datacoalition/ *LinkedIN* https://www.linkedin.com/company/datacoalition/ *Contact E-mail* [email protected] Data Coalition --- Exported from the Datasphere Observatory Database : 4 April 2025 For more information about the data collection and review processes, please see the Datasphere Atlas [[Methodology]]. If you would like to share information with us to help update this profile, please make a [suggestion](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdldzt15HVYekbX1ZyDi-oLiDxozFL-wiAPPmEs3S4IlCRXpQ/viewform) or [[contact our research team]]. The Datasphere Atlas and Observatory are projects of The Datasphere Initiative