NCUA Evidence Act Open Data Overview
Summary information on NCUA’s implementation of the Evidence Act.
Evidence-Based Policy Making Act of 2018 (Evidence Act)
The Evidence Act requires agencies to systematically strengthen the connection between evidence—in the form of data—and policy. NCUA is committed to compliance with the requirements of the Evidence Act and Office of Management and Budget memorandum M-25-05, which are further described in the Information Resource Management (IRM) Strategic Plan below. The annual Evidence Act Open Data Overview is a major component of NCUA’s compliance activities.
Chief Data Officer
In accordance with the Evidence Act, NCUA designated Amber Gravius, Director of the Office of Business Innovation, as Chief Data Officer.
Enterprise Data Program
The Enterprise Data program is NCUA’s mechanism for addressing data management standards, priorities, policies, and practices. The Enterprise Data Program is led by the Chief Data Officer and the Enterprise Data Team and is supported by the NCUA Data Governance Council. These groups collaborate, coordinate, and facilitate implementation of agency-wide data management processes and standards. The Chief Data Officer is also integrated in the agency’s senior executive governance processes. NCUA ensures accountability by incorporating yearly goals associated with this program into NCUA’s annual performance plans.
Information Resource Management Strategic Plan/Open Data Plan
NCUA’s IRM Strategic Plan describes its information resource investment strategies related to the agency’s operational, budgetary and strategic planning. NCUA’s investments in information resources are designed to maximize service delivery, mitigate operational risk, and promote data-driven decisions in support of NCUA’s safety and soundness mission. The IRM Strategic Plan also details NCUA’s current and planned activities to create a publicly available data inventory and make its data available to the public in an open format. It also details NCUA’s efforts to establish and promote data management priorities, standards, policies, and practices across the enterprise.
NCUA Data and Analysis
Data describing credit union financial performance, merger details, chartering, field of membership, and other relevant information can be found at the NCUA’s analysis page. In accordance with OMB M-25-05, NCUA has a public data asset inventory at ncua.gov/data.json, which includes the metadata required by the Federal Data Catalog. NCUA data assets can also be reviewed at Data.gov. NCUA makes efforts to provide data in open, machine-readable formats.
Supplemental names and definitions of variables for data assets are available here, as referenced in the public data asset inventory: CSV
Collaboration with Data Users
To support the availability and utility of NCUA data assets and to share best practices, NCUA welcomes ongoing dialogue with stakeholders. Comments or feedback on how the NCUA data can better serve the public can be sent to BImail@ncua.gov.
NCUA also fulfills its public engagement mandate by conducting formal public comment processes for revisions to the Call Report (Form 5300), its most widely used public data asset. These Federal Register notices provide a structure for researchers, industry stakeholders, and the public to review proposed changes, submit comments, and influence how Call Report data is collected and made available. This recurring comment process—together with our year-round feedback channel—enables NCUA to engage data users and consider public input where it is most impactful.
Data Asset Usage Metrics
NCUA uses Analytics.USA.gov, a federal platform, to collect and publish digital information on how users engage with NCUA data assets. NCUA uses the platform to monitor metrics including page level active users, file download activity, and other engagement indicators to understand how frequently public data assets are accessed, including measures that help assess engagement from external (non NCUA) users consistent with OMB M 25 05. Data assets with high industry or public utility—such as the Call Report and NCUA’s Unclaimed Deposits Asset Listing—consistently rank among NCUA’s most frequently visited data assets.
Per OMB M 25 05, NCUA publishes this usage information through its public Analytics.USA.gov profile and ensures that all analytics activities comply with applicable privacy, security, and burden reduction requirements. For dataset specific usage metrics—including page views and download activity—see NCUA’s Analytics.USA.gov and Data.gov listings.