Analytics

During a panel discussion on the subject of data management, state data experts discussed the importance of intentionally obtaining data to inform decision-making and tell a story to those who use it.

A data solutions company will provide course instructors at three universities in the U.S. and U.K. with free digital tools and resources to train students for work in data administration.

Researchers at UCLA and MIT Press suggest that universities could improve operational efficiency and advance fields of study by updating their policies around sharing institutional and research data.

The Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, is embarking on a $7 million project to accelerate research into helping students academically recover from the pandemic.

Companies like Intertrust Technologies and StreetLight Data are developing new data tools for the planners integrating electric vehicles and charging infrastructure into the broader transportation network.

To scale up the amount of data it takes in on Arizona's water systems, the state's Department of Environmental Quality's Water Watch program designed an app that puts data collection in the hands of residents.

The Cook County 2010-2020 Census Demographics App received a major update today, giving users insight into a range of demographic changes that took place in the county between 2015 and 2020.

Ashley Bolton, the city of Littleton, Colo.'s former CIO, has taken a new IT role with the city and county of Denver, where she is serving as the chief data and information security officer.

Neil Cooke, who has served as interim chief data officer since the departure of Ed Kelly in September, has been selected to fill the position on a permanent basis. He brings more than two decades of IT experience to the role.

The Dalles has agreed to disclose how much of the city’s water Google’s data centers use, abandoning a 13-month legal fight to keep the info secret, and committing to release the company’s water consumption in the future.

More important to Ukrainians than assets coming in is what's going out: massive amounts of government, tax, banking and property data vulnerable to destruction and abuse should Russian invaders get their hands on it.

Waste collection is an often-underutilized source of municipal data, and in Columbus, integration with city GIS tools help trash pickup not only clean city streets, but enhance customer service.

ShotSpotter bought Forensic Logic earlier this year and now runs the COPLINK X search engine. In a social media post, Davis recounted the 10 years helming the firm and what it meant to work in the public safety sector.

Some 600 phones in the Bay Area recorded waveform data from the Seven Trees earthquake last October. That data is being used by researchers at the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory to better understand the effects of quakes.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ National Integrated Ballistic Information Network stores millions of pieces of ballistics intelligence to help law enforcement generate investigative leads in gun crimes.

Ken Boykin’s plans to promote data-based decision-making start by convening a steering committee and advisory group, along with writing a charter for the recently revived role he now occupies.

With Thanksgiving days away, GIS technology has been helping cities and local organizations understand how and where food insecurity impacts residents in their communities so they can prepare accordingly.

The Digital Footprints Project at West Virginia University shows the potential for institutional data about student engagement, performance and other metrics to enable early intervention strategies.