Resources

Here you will find a curated list of presentations, webpages and other resources related to the development, implementation and scaling of the principles and practices outlined in this Data Equity Handbook.

Data Ethics Resources

• GovOps medium article on Data Ethics

• Federal data ethics framework

• The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically

• Ethics Framework (CalData); Framework at a Glance

• Looking at Data Through an Equity Lens - At the most basic level, taking an equity lens in Data Wise involves having a team ask itself probing questions at each step of the improvement process. This document provides a look at how to use a data wise techniques with a racial equity lens.

Presentations

Analyzing Water Boards and Demographic Data for Equity. Jun 2024. Hannah Cushman Garland. State Water Board Racial Equity Data Subcommittee Webinar. Recording | Download and Use the Code | View Code

Relevant Government Documents

State of California Agency Resources

Governor’s Office

• Governor Executive Order on Racial Equity (Executive Order N-16-22)

• Equity in the State Revolving Fund use for infrastructure

CalEPA

• Practices to Advance Racial Equity in Workforce Planning

California Water Boards

• Water Boards Environmental Justice Roundtable Resource Catalog

• The Water Boards Office of Research Planning and Performance Water Conservation and Urban Water folks tool

• The Water Boards Office of Research Planning and Performance Vulnerable Communities Platform

• Water Boards Division of Drinking Water SAFER Outreach Tool

California Office of Data and Innovation

• California Office of Data and Innovation

• California Data Strategy Report (2024)

• California Data Strategy (2020)

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

• Considering Equity in Community Impact Analysis for Projects

• Beta Transportation Equity Index (EQI) Web Map

California Indian Legal Services

• California Indian Water Rights Study

Local City and County Resources

• City of Oakland | OakDOT Geographic Equity Toolbox (oaklandca.gov)

• City of Portland Racial Equity Toolkit

• Pierce County (Washington State) utilizes an Equity Index mapping tool to help inform diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations throughout County decision-making

• The City of Seattle utilizes a Racial and Social Equity Index that many departments use for prioritization and evaluation/analysis. A user guide is also available

• New York City government’s online interactive equity data tool EquityNYC, including a Mapping Equity tool

Other State Level Resources

• MN DOT Governance and Best Practices: A tailored document like this would be useful to encourage contributors to follow the same guidelines and understand which groups or tags need to be added for the data to be ingested properly.

National Level Resources

• The White House

  • The Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan (2024)

  • FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases Annual Agency Equity Action Plans to Further Advance Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (2024)

  • Year of Open Science Fact Sheet (2023)

  • Initial Proposals for Revising the Federal Race and Ethnicity Standards (2023)

  • A Vision for Equitable Data: Recommendations from the Equitable Data Working Group (2021)

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • US EPA guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis
  • Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO) Database - working list of resources for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in science, particularly those that may interest the water quality monitoring community. This list was initially compiled by the JEDI Working Group (part of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council) in preparation for the 12th National Monitoring Conference.

Non-Governmental Resources

• Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) - Antiracist Data Project Survey and Focus Group Findings. This is the first phase of a larger project whose goal is to share best practices for collecting data about race, ethnicity, and other demographic information including sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE); national origin; language spoken; disability; religion; and tribal affiliation in child welfare agencies nationwide.

• Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) - A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration

• CDC Foundation - Principles for Using Public Health Data to Drive Equity: A guide to embedding equitable practices throughout the data life cycle

• PolicyLink and the USC Equity Research Institute - The National Equity Atlas is America’s most detailed report card on racial and economic equity. We equip movement leaders and policymakers with actionable data and strategies to advance racial equity and shared prosperity.

• Urban Institute

  • Elevate Data for Equity

  • Principles for Advancing Equitable Data Practice

  • Five Ethical Risks to Consider before Filling Missing Race and Ethnicity Data

• Beyond Compliance Network Advocacy Toolkit

• Academic Data Science Alliance Data Science Ethos

• 500 Women Scientists Guide for Inclusive Scientific Meetings

• We All Count - Data Equity Framework

• Mapping for Whom? Communities of Color and the Citizen Science Gap

Books

Leonardi P., Neeley T. (2022) The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI. Harvard Business Review Press

Pahlka J. (2023) Recoding America : why government is failing in the digital age and how we can do better. Metropolitan Books