What is the Open Source Policy Center?Open Source Policy CenterOSPC_9597fade-7b5e-11e6-a775-a7db0379a935PolicymakersPolicymakers increasingly rely on computational models to predict the budgetary and broader economic impacts of current and proposed policies, especially those involving taxes and entitlements. Estimates from these models often determine a bill's success or failure in the legislative process and public sphere.American Enterprise InstituteSponsorMatt JensenContact_9597fcd2-7b5e-11e6-a775-a7db0379a935To make policy analysis more transparent, trustworthy, and collaborative_9597fd9a-7b5e-11e6-a775-a7db0379a935TransparencyAll of the projects we incubate are freely available and we encourage peer review.AccessibilityYou can run the models yourself through our webapp interface or by downloading the code and using it with your own data.CollaborationWe welcome anyone, whether you are a modeler, software developer, economist, or policy analyst, to help improve and expand the suite of models.Economic ModelsSupport open-source projects that build cutting-edge economic models._9597fe58-7b5e-11e6-a775-a7db0379a935StudentsPolicymakersJournalistsCitizensThe Open Source Policy Center's first focus is supporting community-driven projects that analyze the budgetary and broader economic impact of taxes. These models are completely transparent and freely available to researchers across the country. OSPC also provides an easy-to-use online interface that allows students, policymakers, journalists, and informed citizens to interact with the models and learn for themselves about the effects of policies._9597feee-7b5e-11e6-a775-a7db0379a9352016-09-15http://www.ospc.org/about/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net