Federal evidence doesn't run itself. Data systems, evaluations, and disease surveillance only work when skilled people design and run them, and the government has rarely treated that workforce as the strategic asset it is. When the workforce is thin, every other reform has no one to carry it out.
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You can't build or keep a workforce you can't count. This brings scattered data together so the evidence workforce can be tracked.
Using hiring tools that already exist, and paying competitively, helps government attract the analysts, statisticians, and scientists it needs.
Modern job classifications, career paths, and pay flexibility keep experienced staff from leaving for lack of a future.