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Last week I had the opportunity to present at the Government Innovation Summit in Salinas, CA. The City of Salinas partnered with the Alliance for…

For governments, performance-based budgeting uses evidence to maximize the allocation of funds toward programs that work and away from those that don’t. Performance-based budgeting is…

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,…

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…

After school care, suicide prevention, pothole repair, national defense. Government does a lot of good for people. But as governments look to engage their communities, the fact that they are designed…

When Denise McKay, Director of the Department of Personnel Management, took her new position with the City of Jackson, it took 84 days to get…

One day last fall, I was talking with a colleague about a question that had come up from our partners in Baltimore’s performance management program,…

Think for a moment about all of the things you used this morning. Your tooth brush, your coffee cup, the handle on your front door:…

Data Science Courses For a list of Data Science programs across the United States, offered by major universities and colleges, check out this data visualization.…

Policy and program decisions are frequently seen as political, backroom dealings, closed to the public. However, opening up conversations about legislation and government programs for…