Katherine Hillenbrand
The Future of Civic Engagement
January 14, 2020 Civic Engagement Hollie Russon Gilman, Ash Center Democracy Fellow, is the co-author of a new book with K. Sabeel Rahman, Civic Power: Rebuilding American Democracy in an Era of Crisis. She recently sat down with Data-Smart to discuss the...
Data-Savvy Budget Cuts to Save Jobs in Jackson
June 12, 2017 What Works Cities This article originally appeared as part of a paper on What Works Cities’ Certification program. Last year, Jackson, Mississippi faced a challenge familiar to many cities: a need to make significant budget cuts while trying...
The District of Columbia's Scientific Approach to Policy
May 16, 2017 What Works Cities This article originally appeared as part of a paper on What Works Cities’ Certification program. To download the paper as a PDF, please click here. In the past year, Washington, D.C. has dramatically increased its efforts to...
Case Study | Boston’s Citywide Analytics Team
May 15, 2017 Civic Data In Boston, when an ambulance arrives at an address in under six minutes, when a resident’s call to 311 is answered in less than 30 seconds, or when a restaurant inspector finds a health code violation before anyone gets sick, there...
Incentivizing Excellence in Boston Through Results-Driven Contracting
April 25, 2017 What Works Cities This article originally appeared as part of a paper on What Works Cities’ Certification program. To download the paper as a PDF, please click here. Boston, Massachusetts has a robust open data, performance, and analytics...
