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--- Boston’s Chief Research and Data Officer, Shin-pei Tsay, shares how cities can shift from analytics to impact by focusing on user experi...
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A podcast about government and data. Telling stories from practitioners and academics about how data affects communities and the lives of residents.

--- Boston’s Chief Research and Data Officer, Shin-pei Tsay, shares how cities can shift from analytics to impact by focusing on user experi...

--- Justin Elszasz, former Chief Data Officer for Baltimore and GovEx advisor and CDO-in-Residence, shares what it takes to lead data strate...

--- Melisa Breda, former Chief Data Officer for Buenos Aires, and GovEx advisor and CDO-in-Residence, shares a candid look at what it takes...

--- Results for America CEO Michele Jolin and GovEx's Oliver Wise discuss how governments can use evidence, data, and cross-sector partnersh...

--- Beth Blauer and Oliver Wise reflect on the roots, risks, and real-world impact of building a data-first culture in government. --- What...

--- With support from the City Data Alliance AI Track, Luján de Cuyo embraced AI and shifted from reactive repairs to proactive service deli...

--- The AI Capacity Quiz is helping cities reflect, compare, and take confident steps forward --- The GovEx team created the AI Capacity Qui...

--- The city developed its AI prototype as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance AI Track --- As one of eight cities in th...

--- Mayor Renard Johnson’s participation in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative offers an example of the power of data storytel...

--- With Conecta Recife and “zero-click” service delivery, the Brazilian tech hub is creating scalable solutions to address resident needs....

--- Miami CDO Cheriene Floyd shares how Generative AI is shifting the way cities think about their data. --- A Chief Data Officer’s role in...

--- Oliver Wise has been a data leader in local and federal government, as well as the private sector, and as GovEx’s new Executive Director...

--- The innovation program that helps African leaders leverage data tools to achieve legacy goals --- Today, we’re talking about the African...

--- How can data storytelling improve health outcomes and save lives? The Lung Health Dashboard offers one example. --- Today’s episode expl...

--- According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, transportation accounts for 28% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. For short trips...

--- The GovExperts is a Data Points mini-series spotlighting the brilliant minds at GovEx who are shaping the future of public sector data w...

--- The GovExperts is a Data Points mini-series spotlighting the brilliant minds at GovEx who are shaping the future of public sector data w...

--- How well do cities communicate with data? What opportunities are they missing? --- GovEx Senior Research Manager Dr. Jacquie Greiff and...

--- The GovExperts is a Data Points mini-series spotlighting the brilliant minds at GovEx who are shaping the future of public sector data w...

--- Outgoing GovEx Executive Director Amy Edwards Holmes reflects on a momentous year for cities and data --- While the characters in Dr. St...

--- In this episode of Data Points, GovEx’s Meg Burke sits down with Tessa Cushman, the Food Access and Systems Coordinator in Adams County,...

--- In partnership with Results for America, GovEx helps empower communities to solve problems. --- In the latest episode of Data Points, we...

--- The GovExperts is the new mini-series from GovEx Data Points spotlighting some of the top minds in public sector data. In our inaugural...

Iowa City and GovEx collaborate to solve a problem: How do you gather ridership data without fares? --- In the latest episode of the Data Po...

--- GovEx Executive Director Amy Holmes introduces highlights from the organization’s recent event marking the DATA Act’s 10th anniversary -...

--- The Data Track at Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative helps leaders to the see the people behind city-level data. --- Today, we...

--- In this episode, we celebrate Women’s History Month by talking to some of the women who made history by leading the development of the C...

--- In this episode, we discuss City AI Connect, a global learning community and digital platform for cities to trial and advance the usage...

In the latest Data Points Podcast from the Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University (“GovEx”), GovEx Chief of...

In the latest Data Points podcast from the Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University (GovEx), GovEx Research Ma...

Among the lessons many cities learned from the COVID-19 pandemic was that local governments need to be better prepared for disruptions to th...

The past several years have revealed a major shift in the way we relate to our jobs, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing politi...

Place-based partnerships can serve a major role in supporting governments’ commitment to serving and improving the lives of residents. But p...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how unprepared our public data reporting practices were to handle such an event. Incomplete, poorly-formatted...

Innovation is about solving problems. Every problem and crisis a city encounters can unlock new opportunities to innovate and create better...

When tackling society’s big challenges, we often find ourselves collaborating with other departments or organizations external to our own. B...

Governments are often on the hook for some of society’s most pressing challenges. How can city leaders find novel and flexible solutions to...

How can cities and their partners help families start saving money for their children’s future college or career training expenses? Since 20...

Accountable, transparent government is something we all strive for in public service. But how do we make this aspiration a reality? It's not...

Today, we're joined by the Economic Mobility Forum's Policy Fellows as they wrap up a year of research and discussion at the Johns Hopkins U...

The disruptive effects of COVID-19 were widespread, but that didn't prevent the City of Paterson, NJ from moving forward on mayoral prioriti...

Is it safe for pregnant women to get vaccinated against COVID-19? What if they're breast feeding? The answer, it turns out, is hard to find,...

Today, we're joined by the creators of the eSchools+ Initiative, a program designed to address inequity caused by school closures through co...

In today’s episode, we’ll discuss the Love Your Block program in the City of Lancaster. Love Your Block is a Cities of Service initiative th...

In today's episode, we discuss our engagement with the City of Baltimore and its CleanStat program. We'll also look at how the city relied o...

We know that collecting and analyzing data generates insights. But how can we transform those moments of insight into enduring knowledge tha...

Today, we take a look at GovEx's engagement with the City of Rochester, MN to support their affordable housing initiative. We'll look at whe...

We're all under pressure to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. But how can we make the most of this time, and what benefits of this situatio...

Today, we discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on food system resilience. Joined by two graduate students focused on this work, we’ll take a...

Today, we join the City of Asheville’s Equity and Inclusion Director Kimberlee Archie and IT Director Jonathan Feldman to discuss the city's...