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Ep. 11 - Making Analytics Work - GovEx Data Points

Posted July 29, 2016 • 00:29:16

A lot of people these days are using the buzz word "analytics," but few people actually know what it is or how it works in government. Getting started...

Ep. 10 - 600,000 Trees and One Map - GovEx Data Points

Posted July 22, 2016 • 00:27:42

Nearly 30,000 acres of land. 600,000 trees on city streets. How does the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation manage so much of the city? “Everything...

Ep. 9 - Open Source Kindness - GovEx Data Points

Posted July 15, 2016 • 00:42:08

"Open source kindness." That's how OpenReferral talks about how it helps people connect to food pantries, medical clinics, mental healthcare, youth...

Ep. 8 - Nudges for Government - GovEx Data Points

Posted June 30, 2016 • 00:23:21

What is a "nudge?" How can human behavior, and errors, affect the everyday work of government? How can data help government start to correct those errors?...

Ep. 7 - Applied Math and City Data in Baltimore - GovEx Data Points

Posted June 23, 2016 • 00:18:40

“The problems and the data are alike in city work and astronomy,” according to this episode’s guest, Tamas Budavari, Assistant Professor of Applied...