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Government Data

Using Data to Improve Government Performance

Tom Fox | Posted 12.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: Federal Agencies, Data, Analytics, Federal Government, Government Data, Federal Leaders, Government Leadership, Government-Data-Transparency, Federal Management, Politics News
Tom Fox

Based on interviews and focus groups with federal employees -- managers, program staff and analytics staff -- we identified strategies for using data to make informed assessments of how programs are working and how to achieve better results.

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Poverty in the Era of Data

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 07.12.2011 | World
Read More: Census Data, Social Data, Government Data, Data Poverty, Gathering Data, Poverty Data, Data Development, World News
Marcelo Giugale

Data is doing to public subsidies today what privatization did to public enterprises two decades ago: it is lifting the veil of inefficiency. With better household surveys, we can identify who exactly benefits from every dollar the government spends.

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Government Data Released Online As Part Of Obama Initiative

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Data, Government Data, data.gov, Obama, Obama Initiative, Obama Data, Open Government, Technology News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday is posting to the Internet a wealth of government data from all Cabinet-level departments, on to...

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Tim Berners-Lee Government Data Project Unveiled

BBC News | BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Gordon Brown, Government, UK Government, Government Data, Tim Berners Lee Project, Bbc News, data.gov.uk, Freedom of Information, Tim Berners-Lee, Technology News

Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has unveiled his latest venture for the UK government, which offers the public better access to official data....

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OpenCongress: Congressional Data Is Defective By Design

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Transparency, Congress, Legislation, Data, Government Data, Home News

Today’s launch of the “Baucus Bill”— aka “America’s Healthy Future Act”, aka the “mark” version ...

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