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type: "GovLab policy strategy"
title: "Use executive orders or other regulatory or legislative authorities to incentivize centralized platforms for…"
url: "https://coronavirus.smartercrowdsourcing.org/strategies/use-executive-orders-or-other-regulatory-or-legisl"
summary: "Use executive orders or other regulatory or legislative authorities to incentivize centralized platforms for contact tracing. Governments,ideally at the federal level,should mandate a single platform for contact tracing. If it is not possible at the federal level,governors of states/regions should mandate the use of a single platform within their jurisdiction."
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# Use executive orders or other regulatory or legislative authorities to incentivize centralized platforms for…

Use executive orders or other regulatory or legislative authorities to incentivize centralized platforms for contact tracing. Governments,ideally at the federal level,should mandate a single platform for contact tracing. If it is not possible at the federal level,governors of states/regions should mandate the use of a single platform within their jurisdiction.

- Timeframe: 1-3 Months (immediate)
- Audience: Private Sector, Healthcare Providers, Government Workers
- Type: Policy/Legislative/Regulatory, Data, Technology/Innovation, Partnerships
- Recommendation: [Interjurisdictional Coordination](https://coronavirus.smartercrowdsourcing.org/recommendations/interjurisdictional-coordination)
- Part of: [Smarter Crowdsourcing in the Age of Coronavirus](https://coronavirus.smartercrowdsourcing.org/)

## Actions governments should take

1. Make the service free to all jurisdictions that adopt the centralized platform.
2. Ensure adequate training resources are available for onboarding all participating jurisdictions.
3. Where possible, ensure interoperability with existing communicable and reportable disease databases.

## Examples from around the world

1. [ASTHO](https://www.astho.org/default.aspx) is the national nonprofit organization representing public health agencies in the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia, and over 100,000 public health professionals these agencies employ. ASTHO offers various [opportunities for formal engagement and coordination](https://www.astho.org/COVID-19/Contact-Tracing-and-Disease-Intervention/) between jurisdictions (specifically states and US territories). These include, but are not limited to: (1) bi-weekly phone calls where state health officials have the opportunity to share best practices and challenges as well as learn from other invited experts from universities or federal agencies; (2) [training opportunities](https://www.astho.org/COVID-19/Making-Contact-Tracer-Training/) where states can all use a coordinated curriculum, thus increasing standard operating procedures and processes; (3) [advocating for legislation](https://www.astho.org/COVID-19/State-and-Territorial-Contact-Tracing-Legislation/) and regulations that enable coordination; and (4) writing [white papers](https://www.astho.org/ASTHOReports/COVID-19-Case-Investigation-and-Contact-Tracing-Considerations-for-Using-Digital-Technologies/07-16-20/) and [issue briefs](https://www.astho.org/COVID-19/A-National-Approach-for-Contact-Tracing/) that are shared with [policy makers in federal](https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_archive/pubs-pdfs/2020/200410-national-plan-to-contact-tracing.pdf) and state governments.