In December 2008, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and in partnership with the Data Quality Campaign, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) hosted a meeting of the West's key leaders in building state-wide integrated longitudinal data systems. Such data systems are essential to developing a better understanding of the mobility of individuals through K-12, postsecondary education settings, and into the workforce. Many states are engaged in or considering ways to build or enhance their education databases, but fewer are including workforce information in that effort. While there are many reasons for this, one of the biggest impediments is an incomplete or inaccurate understanding of legal privacy restrictions. Thus, a central purpose of the meeting was to address how states and state agencies can share data while remaining fully compliant with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). (Contains 2 figures.)