Start data sharing under IDEA

Use this email template to start a conversation about making a data sharing agreement.

Subject: Request to share data under IDEA

Dear [Data Provider contact name],

Our departments signed the State of California’s Interagency Data Exchange Agreement (IDEA). It’s the state’s umbrella memorandum of understanding to help state entities share data.

We would like to get the following data from your department through the IDEA: [Brief description of data and purpose]

When can we meet to review this request? If there’s a better contact for this, let us know who we should talk to.

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