Navigator Award Finalists: Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black and Team
Among all the impressive work being done at Cincinnati City Hall to improve services, there’s a great fix-it app, too.
As Child Welfare Agencies Turn to Data Analytics ‘We Have to Be Really Careful’
Some see a promising way to keep kids safe from abuse and neglect using big data. But worries persist about bias against poor and minority families.
How Data Drives Government
How can government agencies use the data they collect, generate, protect and share to inform better decision-making and drive mission success?
Navigator Award Finalist: Beth Blauer, Center for Government Excellence and What Works Cities
A program to showcase data-driven success stories in select cities aims to improve municipal operations across the country.
Exploring New Strategies for Criminal Justice System Reform
Since states play a leading role in corrections, governors have an opportunity to promote positive change throughout the criminal-justice system.
How Apps Can Prompt Police Departments to Release More Stats
In trying to answer questions about U.S. crime using open data, app developers on the online analytics platform Foxtrot Code are requiring even more transparency from city officials.
New Orleans Improves Transparency About Police Use-of-Force Incidents
The data-focused effort comes at a time when the city is carrying out police department reforms.
How an Interstate Deal With Massachusetts Is Helping Keep Connecticut’s Data Safe
Connecticut’s CIO discussed the disaster recovery arrangement at an event in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
In Tackling Opioid Epidemic, Bold State Actions Needed for Data Analysis Efforts
Prescription drug monitoring programs aren't enough.
Pennsylvania’s New Open Data Website Is Now Live
A dozen datasets, including those related to government performance, schools and jobs, are currently available through the online portal.
Optimize Performance Management by Aligning People, Ideas and Data
Break down your silos and ditch your mountains of metrics in favor of an interactive system.
How One Arizona County Is Making Sense of Heat-Related Illness
Using analytics software to comb data, health officials expected to find seniors most often overheating during the summer months. They were wrong.
Developing Intelligence: All About Metadata
How can we provide information to developers while protecting the privacy and security of individuals?
Mobile Fieldworkers the Focus of New Smart Communities Challenge
Grants totaling $143,250 in tools, training and technical support for data collection are up for grabs.
Digital Enterprises … Funded by Energy
Deploying an efficient, multi-purpose, intelligent, LED-based digital infrastructure can pay for itself.
Check Out This Great Resource for County-Level Health Data
“I wish I had this tool when I was a local health officer,” says the co-director of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Program at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Georgia Dept. of Corrections Converts to Intelligence-Led Policing of Inmates
After an FBI investigation revealed trouble within the ranks of prison officers, a new software suite was purchased to catch contraband connections.
Mapping Changed This County's Approach to Behavioral Health
San Bernardino County once thought consumers avoided services because of the stigma attached.
Boston's ‘Situational Awareness’ on the Fourth of July
The city has modified a map-based, GIS tool to help it coordinate all public safety operations during the large-scale event and beyond.
Data, Drones and Apps: States Debate Privacy Protections as Technology Speeds Ahead
Twelve states placed new restrictions on drone users this year.
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