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.
Analytics
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.
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.
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.
Erie County Puts Cloud to Work for Children and Families
Erie County child welfare workers use the cloud to keep cases from falling through the cracks. Here’s how they do it.
Los Angeles Hears From Homeless Residents…by Cellphone Survey
In Los Angeles, real-time data means homeless Angelenos can weigh in on policies that affect them.
In Fairfax County, 911 Dispatchers Track Real-Time Data
In Fairfax County, VA, 911 dispatchers use real-time data on emergency resource to better respond to emergencies.
The Best Defense Against Cyber Threats Is a Strong Offense
Even with the best tools, you need to assume that hackers will make — or already have — their way into your network. But a proactive cyber defense can help you detect, distract and defeat whatever comes your way.