Utah has comprehensive data governance laws (Government Records Access and Management Act, Government Data Privacy Act) to codify baseline governance requirements related to data access, sharing, governance and privacy. These laws include provisions related to collection, use and sharing of data with other governmental entities and researchers.

Utah’s open data portal was established in 2014. The open data portal includes over 8,000 datasets from federal, state, county, and city agency sources. Public data and dashboards may also be found across several state and agency websites.

In 2023 Utah Governor Cox also issued executive order 2023-01 which established a task force on state agency collaboration and data sharing, chaired by the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services.

In addition, Utah’s Data Research Center has an integrated data system comprising longitudinal data between multiple agencies.