Defining Open Data
Agencies are using open data to advance health equity and reduce opioid overdoses. Here are some tips for using open data in your community.
How Texas Is Cultivating a Data-Savvy Workforce
Texas needed a more data-savvy workforce. Here’s what they did to enhance data literacy in the workforce they already have.
Make Your Records a Productivity Asset
Getting your records from paper to digital can be a daunting task. But with the right help, it can make your data into the useful tool it was always meant to be.
A New Way to Think About Managing Data
Legacy data management solutions weren’t designed to analyze data scattered across an organization, most likely in siloed systems and both on premises and in the cloud. What agencies need is a common data platform that indexes the data where it currently exists.
A Healthy Dose of Simplification at CDC
The pandemic drew new attention to the convulated process of data sharing between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local authorities. A new cloud-based initiative has modernized the system.
Taking Care of You: Professional Self-Care Tips for Government Employees
Self-care strategies can help you have more positive work experiences and reduce burnout. Check out these tips for feeling better every day.
How Can Automation Affect Your Agency?
Read up on automation and how it can take your agency to the next level.
Cultivating a Culture Braced for Change
Government workforce expert Mika Cross joins consultant Lou Kerestesy to share advice on creating a workplace culture that’s prepared for anything.
Why Data Leaders Are Talking About Outcomes
Arguing from outcome rather than policy has important ramifications when it comes to the budgeting and appropriations processes.
Great Smoky Mountains Host Citizen Observers
Citizen science uses the power of people to capture data points that would be hard to find otherwise. At Great Smoky Mountains National Park, visitors help fill in the census of species.