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Technology experts say such a position is necessary to help government and the public better access and share critical information.

University of Louisville researchers are helping the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections by analyzing jail data that could help decide future criminal justice reforms. Their research is part of a nationwide project looking at jail population trends across the nation through the Research Network on Misdemeanor Justice, a project of the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College in New York City. The network consists of seven cities where researchers study lower-level enforcement t...

*A year ago, I asked this question: Why does the LAPD have to send waves of officers to calls in South L.A. no matter how seemingly trivial the complaint? A year later, I still ask that question. Here’s the latest case in point. On Monday, May 17, I approach the intersection of a side street near Slauson and Crenshaw. It is nearly blocked off. There are multiple LAPD cruisers and a small platoon of officers hovering on the sidewalk at the intersection. There was no bank nearby, so there wasn...

WHO/A. Maharjan This elderly woman has had more time to spend with her granddaughters since the COVID-19 pandemic. Nepal © Credits 5 May 2021 Monitoring health inequalities is essential for achieving Universal Health Coverage because it enables populations that are being left behind to be identified and helps to inform equity-oriented policies, programmes and practices. Such monitoring requires various forms of disaggregated data, which are curr...

Malawi – Strengthening data for greater equity and impact in primary health care WHO/Monta Reinfelde © Credits © Credits 5 May 2021 Through its Health Sector Strategic Plan 2017-2022 (HSSP II), the Government of Malawi aims to move towards universal coverage of quality, equitable and affordable health care with the aim of improving health status, financial risk protection and client satisfaction. Developed with support from WHO a...

May 3, 2021 At their meeting on May 12, members of the State Board of Education are expected to finally adopt what other states have adopted and what’s been under study for years in California: a way to include individual students’ progress on state standardized tests as part of the state’s school accountability system. State board members agree with the criticism of advocates of student equity and school accountability hawks that a “student growth model” should replace what the sta...

(0) In the Information Age, Data Becomes a New Factor of Productivity Singapore, Singapore--(Newsfile Corp. - April 29, 2021) - In economics, factors of production, also known as production inputs, are essential resources for the production of goods and services. In his epochal work "Principles of Economics", famous British economist Marshall put forward the theory of four factors of production -- land, labor, capital and entrepreneurial talent. National income (NI) is the reward of four factor...

Racial disparities persist in Boston police interactions April 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BOSTON (AP) — Figures released by the Boston Police Department indicate that Black people were far more likely than white people to be the subject of street investigations by Boston police in 2020. Black people were the subject of 62% of last year’s field interrogation and observations in the city, where they comprise less than a quarter of the population, The Boston Globe reported. White people, wh...

Perpetual punishment? Study looks at how past criminal convictions affect housing, work chances Updated 6:31 AM; Today 6:31 AM A new study showed disproportionate levels of convictions for Black and Latinx people in New York City. (Cory Morse | MLive.com) Cory Morse Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New research published by the Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ) at John Jay College found substantial racial disparities in criminal convictions over the past four decades — a finding th...

VMCFARREN Valeria is a connector and social entrepreneur who is passionate about building strategic partnerships and using data and communications for social impact. Her multi-cultural upbringing and experience in 68 countries allows her to connect with companies and individuals to discover their personal identities, to share their stories and to use data for sustained impact. As the president and founder of Chaski Global, Valeria instills her strengths of communications, strategy, training, pr...