The Open Data Policy Lab works to accelerate the responsible re-use of data by lowering existing barriers and building a center of expertise that will be available to all stakeholders involved in democratizing access to data. The Open Data Policy Lab will achieve these goals through four areas of work: Analysis, using comparative research and analysis to identify best practices; Guidance, developing and curating guidelines, toolkits, and frameworks; Community, fostering a community of data stewards, chief data officers, and other decisionmakers; and Action, convening governments and stakeholders to identify key questions htat can be answered by opening up data.