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Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics
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Resource Development
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ACL, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, OS, SAMHSA
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NIA
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This Interagency Forum was formed with the goal of bringing together Federal agencies that share a common interest in improving aging-related data. The specific goals of the Forum are to improve both the quality and use of data on the aging population.
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Federal Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development
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Research Initiative
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ACF, ACL, SAMHSA
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NIA, NCCIH, NCI, NICHD, NIMH, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR
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Beginning in 2011, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has convened a Federal Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development to encourage more and better research on how the arts can help people reach their full potential at all stages of life. Task force members represent multiple units across the federal government, including the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the US Department of Education, among others. To date, the Task Force has met quarterly to share ideas and information about research gaps and opportunities for understanding the arts' role in improving health and educational outcomes throughout the lifespan. The Task Force has conducted a series of public webinars on compelling research and practices. Additionally, the group has begun a literature review of research on the arts and human development. In November 2012, four Task Force member agencies hosted a first-ever convening at the National Academy of Sciences to review the current state of research on the arts, health, and well-being in older Americans.
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Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research Working Group (FITBIR Working Group)
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Resource Development
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AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, OS, SAMHSA
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NINDS, CIT, NCATS, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIBIB, NICHD, NIDA, NIDCD, NIGMS, NIMH
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The charge of the Interagency Committee includes promoting collaboration among federal agencies. A goal of this committee is to develop a national “Roadmap” for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This strategic planning effort will represent the collective expertise of providers, educators, advocates, federal/state/national organizations, and individuals with TBI and their families and will result in a consensus document outlining the critical elements of a successful system of care for TBI service delivery. Outcomes of the planning effort include the adoption of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Common Data Elements for TBI research, and creation of the FITBIR Informatics System to store data from TBI patients and controls enrolled in studies funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). The FITBIR Informatics System was developed to share data across the entire TBI research field and to facilitate collaboration between laboratories, as well as interconnectivity with other informatics platforms.
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Federal Interagency Workgroup on Autism Spectrum Disorders (FIWA)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACL, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA, ASPE, ACF
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NIMH, NHGRI, NICHD, NINDS, NIDCD, NIEHS
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The Federal Interagency Workgroup on Autism Spectrum Disorders (FIWA) is composed of representatives from departments and agencies across the U.S. Government, who voluntarily meet to coordinate research, services, and support activities related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The FIWA was first convened as an interagency workgroup to address requirements of the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act of 2014 (PL 113-157), and subsequently continues to meet to address the requirements of the Autism CARES Act of 2019 (PL 116-60). The Autism CARES Act of 2014 required that the Secretary of Health and Human Services designate a National Autism Coordinator to oversee national ASD research, service, and support activities, and prevent unnecessary duplication of effort, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Education. The Autism CARES Act of 2019 also required that this coordination of activities take into account the Strategic Plan developed by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee and requested a Report to Congress concerning the Health and Wellbeing of Individuals with ASD, published September 2021. Following Dr. Ann Wagner's retirement from federal service on July 2021, Dr. Susan Daniels assumed the role of Acting National Autism Coordinator.
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Federal Interagency Workgroup on Child Abuse and Neglect (FEDIAWG)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF
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NICHD, NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR
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The Federal Interagency Workgroup on Child Abuse and Neglect meets to provide a forum through which staff from relevant federal agencies can communicate and exchange ideas concerning the prevention of child maltreatment and other related issues.
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Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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AHRQ, CDC, FDA, HRSA, IHS, ONC, SAMHSA
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NIBIB, NLM, CC, NCATS, NCI
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In 2015, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report titled Improving Diagnosis in Health Care that identified problems with diagnostic errors and their effect on the quality and safety of healthcare. The report outlined eight goals to reduce diagnostic error and improve the diagnosis of disease. AHRQ convened a cross-agency workgroup to address the lack of dedicated research into improving medical diagnosis and reducing diagnostic failures that lead to patient harm. The working group met in March, July, and November of 2021.
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Federal Interagency Workgroup on Intellectual Disabilities/Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD) Administrative Data
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACL, CMS, ASPE, CDC, HRSA, AHRQ, SAMHSA
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NICHD, NIMH
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Launched in early 2020, the purpose of the FIW IAD is to establish greater coordination and collaboration of existing and newly developing federal activities related to ID/DD administrative data, terminology and definition concerns, data collection and related methodologies. We are committed to identifying and prioritizing opportunities to maximize the reach of federal efforts using IDD administrative data to understand and improve the lives of people with IDD.
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Federal Interagency Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, CDC
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NICHD
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The Federal Interagency Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence was established as a result of the 2006 Workshop on Teen Dating Violence, which was coordinated and led by the National Institute of Justice. Since its inception, the workgroup has coordinated teen dating violence programming, policy, and research activities to combat violence from a public health perspective.
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Federal Interagency Working Group on Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, ACL, CMS, SAMHSA
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NICHD, OD/DPCPSI/SGMRO
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This working group explores measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), considering multiple different dimensions of sex, gender, and sexuality. The Working Group examines variability in measurement by age, race, ethnicity, and cultural group. It prepares recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other Federal agencies for the development, testing, and usage of SOGI measures to more accurately describe LGBT populations.
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Federal Lead Action Plan Workgroup
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA, OS
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NICHD
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Developed through cross-governmental collaboration of the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children, which includes 17 federal departments and offices, the Federal Lead Action Plan is a blueprint for reducing lead exposure and associated harms by working with a range of stakeholders, including states, tribes and local communities, along with businesses, property owners and parents.
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