"The Virginia Plan for Higher Education" articulates the objective that the Commonwealth will be the best-educated state by 2030. To achieve this objective, Virginia not only must increase educational-attainment rates, but also close the gaps in the differing rates of attainment that exist across its population and its regions. The effective use and communication of data are powerful tools in that effort. For these higher levels of attainment to be achieved, Virginia must address the "value proposition" of higher education to students and families and to the Commonwealth. Policy makers, educators, families and students need easy access to trusted information upon which to make informed decisions about policies, funding and life choices. While State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has significant data assets, including the Virginia Longitudinal Data System (VLDS), it is imperative that those data support the alignment among education, workforce and human capital needs of the Commonwealth and that information on the alignment is readily and easily available to the various users. Within this context, in January 2018 the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) formed an ad hoc committee to develop a blueprint to guide the use of data policy and data systems maintained by SCHEV as strategic assets in transforming the lives of Virginians and the Commonwealth through higher education. Already committed to the goals of "The Virginia Plan," the Council recognized the need to devote attention to making SCHEV's data resources more focused for policy decision-makers and other stakeholders. This report is a summary of the ad hoc committee's considerations, findings and proposed actions including sections on assessing SCHEV's data resources - gap analysis; reviewing other state efforts; aligning data and information with "The Virginia Plan"; identifying financial resources with data and policy; and opportunities to improve information and data.