Congratulations to the @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social City Data Alliance team in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia on the launch of their citywide data strategy last month. Cities in the Alliance develop a multi-year data strategy to support data collection and use across their workforce.

From outer space to city hall — On our podcast GovEx Research and Analytics Director Sara Bertran de Lis, PdD shares her journey to public sector data and why the rise of AI makes strong data infrastructure more critical than ever.

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Vacaville, CA is charting a new course as part of its participation in the @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social City Data Alliance. Last month, Mayor John Carli announced the launch of the city’s new three-year data strategy, rooted in governance, quality, use, capacity + transparency.
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Learn how municipalities in Latin America are applying generative AI to governance, operations, and public services!

📅 March 26
⌚ 11 a.m. ET
🌎 Hosted in Spanish with live English translation

Visit cityaiconnect.jhu.edu to join the community & register for the live session!

In the latest installment of the GovExperts, Instructional Designer Dr. Jessica Arends breaks down what makes adult learning engaging, how to connect with city leaders, and how COVID reshaped the world of instructional design.

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Building on this momentum, last week, Charlotte hosted its first-ever Data & Analytics conference, where they welcomed back City Data Alliance coach, GovEx’s Practice Manager Alexx Baerwald Simard, to share insights on building a data-driven city.

🏢Dr. Timnit Gebru co-founded Black in AI, a nonprofit focused on building inclusivity and equity in artificial intelligence. She is also the founder and Executive Director of the @dairinstitute.bsky.social .

⚕️Dr. Lisa A. Cooper is a pioneer researcher in healthcare disparities and patient-provider communication. A Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, she is also Director of Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute.

🎓Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D. is a scholar and author illuminating how data systems can perpetuate inequality and bias. She is a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow recognized for her work on algorithmic discrimination.

Episode 90: Tessa Cushman, the Food Access and Systems Coordinator in Adams County, Colorado and a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow, puts our Food System Resiliency guide to work for her community.

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Episode 88: In September we launched our new mini-series, The GovExperts, with our resident futurist Andrew Nicklin!
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Episode 87: GovEx and Iowa City staff chatted about collaborative efforts to track bus ridership for a free-fare program aimed at reducing carbon emissions.
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Episode 86: May brought the 10th anniversary of the federal Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, the nation’s first open data law. Our Executive Director Amy Edwards Holmes was deeply involved in the development and implementation of this groundbreaking law.
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Episode 85: In April, we focused on our work with the Data track of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, teaching mayors to tap data’s “sneaky superpower.”

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Episode 84: We celebrated Women’s History Month with women who led the development of the Coronavirus Resource Center. Launched in Jan. 2020, the CRC became the indispensable COVID-19 data source for government officials, academics, journalists, and the public.
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Episode 83: In our first podcast of 2024 we discussed our novel global learning community and digital platform for cities to trial and advance Generative AI to improve public services—City AI Connect.
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One of our favorite ways to share the work of GovEx is through the Data Points Podcast. The conversations here go deep on all things data. From city innovation to federal data leadership, we covered it all in 2024. 🧵