![emmanuel-ikwuegbu-0-kl1bjvfc-unsplash.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/datasmart/files/emmanuel-ikwuegbu-0-kl1bjvfc-unsplash.jpg?itok=AG0lEHNO) # Making a Socially-Just Social Service System through the Lever of Procurement Episode Twenty-Two March 23, 2022 [ Betsy Gardner ](/betsy-gardner) - March 23, 2022 - [City Administration](/city-administration) March is National Procurement Month, and in this episode Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Kailey Burger, the Managing Director of the Procurement and Economic Mobility Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab. Burger discusses her experience seeing service delivery on the ground working in Bronx Family Court, the two prongs of equity and economic mobility, and how the pandemic radically changed government procurement. Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts, to learn more. [Transcript available here](https://data-smart-city-pod.simplecast.com/episodes/socially-just-social-system-procurement/transcript). Embed ## About the Author ### Betsy Gardner ![Headshot of Betsy Gardner](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/2025-05/Betsy%20Headshot%20resize.jpg?itok=k2OsSp1g) Betsy Gardner is the editor of Data-Smart City Solutions and the producer of the Data-Smart City Pod. Prior to this, Betsy worked in a variety of roles in higher education, focusing on deconstructing racial and gender inequality through research, writing, and facilitation. She also researched government spending and transparency at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Betsy holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Policy from Northeastern University, a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Boston University, and a graduate certificate in Digital Storytelling from the Harvard Extension School. See also:- [ City Administration ](/topics/city-administration) - [ Equity ](/topics/equity) - [ Workforce ](/topics/workforce) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)