data
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Weird Data Says This is a Recession
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Mark Sheppard is a current Economics PhD student at CUNY Graduate Center. He is an alumnus of both the Harris School of Public Policy (MPP ’21) and Georgetown University (MA ’19). He is also a former Executive Board member of the Chicago Policy Review. As the Federal Reserve raises interest…
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The Jobs Numbers are Bad
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The jobs report was released today, October 2nd, with the preliminary estimate of the unemployment rate at 7.9%. Following last month’s better-than-expected jobs report, Senate Republicans unveiled a slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill. The more comprehensive House bill remains in committee, where it is unlikely to progress. After a quick floor…
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How the EPA is Generating Grassroots Support for its Mission
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Less than a month after the 2016 elections, a lame duck session of Congress passed the bipartisan Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Act of 2016, granting federal agencies explicit authority to advance their missions in partnership with individuals, private and nonprofit entities, and foreign governments through crowdsourcing and citizen science. Citizen…
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More Than Numbers: How Qualitative Research Can Win Elections
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This piece was first published on April 3, 2013. You led a new initiative this election with the Obama campaign: online focus groups. How do you think this provided you a leg-up in the campaign? We had something called the online community, which was an ability to check in with…
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Up in the Cloud: Data and Security Concerns in Cloud Computing
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Cloud computing enables convenient access to a networks, servers, storage, applications, and services. In a cloud computing framework, shared resources can be rapidly provided on demand from individuals and organizations with minimal management or service provider interaction. This on-demand resource provision makes cloud computing a cost-effective approach to optimizing limited…
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Unleashing the Power of Data for the City of Chicago
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Former Chief Information Officer for the City of Chicago, Brett Goldstein, discusses how Chicago is leading the way in using open data and predictive analytics to improve government effectiveness and transparency.
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Ignoring Successful Practices: A Case Study of Michelle Rhee and William Bratton
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Under what conditions are dramatic policy reforms successful and sustainable?
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More Than Numbers: How Qualitative Research Can Win Elections
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An interview with an Obama researcher examines the power of words in politics.
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Policy Radio | Special Edition: Derek Eder, Juan Pablo Velez, and OpenGov Hackers on Open Data and Civic-Minded Applications
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This week, Julie Cooper ventures out to OpenGov Hack Night for a special edition of Chicago Policy Radio.
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High Speed Rail: Is It Pulling into a City Near You?
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High speed rail is coming, but where should it go?