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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Consolidate the federal workforce-data foundation so the evidence workforce can be counted and tracked.
Define shared skills and coordinate existing training programs into a real pipeline.
Strengthen recruitment using hiring authorities that already exist.
Build state and institutional capacity through pathways from research institutions into public service.
Retain the workforce by modernizing job classifications, career paths, and pay.