Data and the Human Side of Criminal Justice
As a project in Long Beach demonstrates, treating people as individuals rather than as statistics can yield big benefits.
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Privacy of Digital Government Services
Lessons from Estonia on Digital Government
What Canada can learn from a tiny country that devised a coordinated, efficient system to serve its citizens using what’s called platform government.
Character and Leadership: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
This paper is inspired by the sentiments of Winston Churchill, “The further back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” Notwithstanding all the work and intellectual efforts by cur
Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings
Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives.
The Bus System of the Future
Indianapolis is rethinking its approach, seeking new efficiencies that will better serve those from disadvantaged communities.
The First Decade of Open Data Has Been a Win — but Not for the Reasons You Think
When data.gov launched in May of 2009, the site seemed to fulfill a vision of openness and rebuilding trust that defined President Obama’s first electoral campaign.
The State of the State Department and American Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department serves a critical role for the nation. Its men and women in the Foreign and Civil Service are on the front lines for the U.S. in over 277 embassies and consulates abroad.
Efficient Warnings, Not “Wolf or Puppy” Warnings
Whether man-made or naturally occurring, large-scale disasters can cause fatalities and injuries, devastate property and communities, savage the environment, impose significant financial burdens on in
Problem, Person and Pathway: A Framework for Social Innovators
The Handbook of Inclusive and Social Innovation: The Role of Organizations, Markets and Communities offers a comprehensive review of research on inclusive innovation to address systemic and structural
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