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The number of Pennsylvanians hospitalized because of covid-19 continues to decline at a rapid pace. According to the latest data from OpenData PA, which tracks hospital numbers in the state, the number of patients hospitalized has dropped 12% in the past week and 46% in the past month. As of

Before turning to costly technology cities can begin to unlock the value of the data they already have, writes Milly Zimeta, head of public policy at the Open Data Institute. Sponsored comment from the Open Data Institute. In recent years there has been a lot of focus on creating smart cities that make strong use of digital technologies to optimise services and create efficiencies. Many cities worldwide have invested in technology such as smart energy systems in homes, smart lighting, intellig...

Book Review: The Many Lives of Data in India The book Lives of Data: Essays on Computational Cultures from India, edited by Sandeep Mertia, delivers a fantastic range of meditations on how data lives, and how we, as individuals and collectives, are shaped by it. File photo of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) collecting data from a citizen for Aadhar. Photo: Reuters. Tech06/Feb/2021 About a decade ago, the CEO of a data analytics firm I worked for in Bangalore vied for the d...

DC’s Vision Zero initiative released a new interactive data portal last week that provides a new way to visualize crash data in the District. The portal will “help us work with the community to identify and fix traffic crash hot spots,” the Vision Zero team said in a tweet. None of this data is new to the public — DC already publishes crash data in its Open Data portal — but the tool provides a more user-friendly way to visualize where people are getting hurt and killed by traffic cra...

Westmoreland County recorded nearly 47% fewer new cases of covid-19 in January than in December. The latest report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health completes January’s data, showing a total of 5,370 new cases, a 46.7% decline from December’s total (10,072). The report stated there were 105 additional cases over the Sunday-Monday period, with all but one confirmed through 539 new PCR tests. One of the new cases remains listed as probable. Health officials define a probable case as ...

Allegheny County saw a 39% decline in new covid-19 cases in January compared to December. The latest report from the Department of Health shows a total of 15,559 cases reported in January. In December, health officials reported 25,405 new cases. January saw an average of 502 newly reported cases per day as opposed to December’s 820 per day. On Monday, the health department reported 169 new cases — the lowest single-day report since Nov. 2 (120). The past two days saw 402 new cases reported ...

Published on 28 January 2021 This paper reviews the existing literature on Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (ODAN). The review was commissioned as a background paper for a performance evaluation of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition programme (GODAN). This paper begins by first locating GODAN in the context of the wider open data movement. It reviews the literature on open data, then ODAN, before focusing in on GODAN specifically. The r...

Jan 27, 2021 Asheville, N.C., is powering up its Office of Data and Performance, a new initiative to increase transparency and provide data-driven accountability. The city established the office in December to support a results-based, data-driven approach to city programs and to deliver clear communication about program goals, processes and performance. The office will be organized as a cross-departmental team, consisting of staff working in budgeting, community engagement, equity, GIS and la...

EBR City-Parish rolls out new online tool featuring detailed view of annual operating budget 1 month 3 weeks 3 days ago Wednesday, January 27 2021 Jan 27, 2021 January 27, 2021 8:57 AM January 27, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge citizens have access to a new web-based platform that offers a detailed, interactive view of the City-Parishs annual operating budget. EBR Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced the launch of Open Budget BR, on Wednesday (Jan. 27) m...

15:15, 26.01.21 Ukraine 172 REUTERS Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine Valeriya Ionan says the ministry has presented an edutainment series on the basics of cyber hygiene and internet safety rules for civil servants and local government officials. "Today, we are presenting a new educational series dedicated to the topic of cyber hygiene and Internet safety rules, which ...