The Weaponizing of Science: Taking Sides
A friend of mine recently quipped that the heavy rainfall we’ve been experiencing in the mid-Atlantic is going to be the new normal, “but Trump…
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4 Tips to a Clear and Friendly Dashboard
A city dashboard’s primary goal is to give citizens a clear, user-friendly tool to see how well their city is doing. When designing your dashboard,…
So you want to start a data academy…
Data can be powerful. But to really harness your data, you need people skilled in analysis, data management, and data-informed decision-making. Many cities are taking…
In Gilbert, Data and Technology Is All Fun and Games
If you’re a kid, what’s the only thing better than competing against your friends to win a fun video game? Competing to MAKE the best…
Upping Our Resilience Game Through Performance Measures
Guest author, Rebecca Jackson, is the Strategic Performance Analytics Director for the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina. For the City of Fayetteville, stormwater management is…
How They Did It: Athens-Clarke & its new Performance Practice
As a GovEx Senior Advisor working with Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, watching their efforts to develop a performance measurement practice was inspiring, and a terrific example…
Towards Eliminating Bias in Open 311 Requests
Representing the Center for Government Excellence (GovEx), we recently attended the 4th Annual International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2), hosted by Northwestern University’s Kellogg…
Evidence is Not a Dirty Word
This week, GovEx released its Roadmap for Policy Change, which was developed in concert with city practitioners, JHU faculty, and other partners in evidence-based policymaking.…
Slow and Steady: 4 Foundational Steps for a Winning Project
There are so many inspiring stories of cities that are doing amazing things with their data. Many of us don’t always fully understand what it…
Smart Cities Q&A: Colorado Springs
Smart Cities Q&A with Colorado, Springs’ Jay Anderson GovEx and Jay Anderson, Citizen Engagement Specialist for the City of Colorado Springs, recently caught up to…