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Making peace between IT and data science teams

By understanding a few basic data science concepts, IT teams can better support their colleagues and limit the headaches along the way.
Open data when government is closed

The lapse in data services from shuttered government offices can have downstream effects beyond just static agency websites.
How to build and run a successful data team

A data-savvy staff that works to meet the requirements of program managers will deliver the insights agencies need to make sense of their data, a local government agency chief data officer says.
From pledges to action: Cities need to show their climate progress with hard data

Cities should generate and share local-scale information on greenhouse gases to demonstrate transparency and show that progress is real and not just on paper.
Creating an 'AI ecosystem' for government health data

A Feb. 7 demo day will showcase the results of the TOP Health initiative’s 14-week sprint.
How big data has created a big crisis in science

The reproducibility crisis is driven in part by invalid statistical analyses that are from data-driven hypotheses -- the opposite of how things are traditionally done.
Can smartphone data deliver better traffic stats?

The Federal Highway Administration is considering using passively collected data from smartphones and GPS signals to help it make sense of daily traffic volumes.