Too often, teams dive into a data project only to realize a few months later that they are either solving the wrong problem, or don't have the data they need to reach an answer. Policymak...
What makes for a good story about data?
I’m not necessarily referring to a story that uses interactive data visualizations to help get its message across, though there are many good exa...
As governments grapple with how to achieve data-driven efficiency improvements, often in the middle of the most successful efforts is a job that barely existed as a job a few years ago: t...
On February 23 at 12 pm EST, the Civic Analytics Network hosted a webinar, Putting People First: Data Stewardship for a Well-Run City.
With nearly 40 departments serving 4 million resid...
"The more we rehearse disaster, the safer we’ll be from the real thing. Life seems to work that way, doesn’t it?” This line from Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise satirizes an American obse...
