How A Divided Congress Could Unite Around Tech
Beyond tougher oversight hearings, somber observers expect so little from our newly divided Congress that we all ought to be on the lookout for nonpartisan opportunities.
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Digital Service Teams: The End of the Beginning?
We are at an interesting time for digital service units. One the one hand, the novelty and newness of these teams has worn off.
Saying it’s Anonymous Doesn't Make It So: Re-identifications of “anonymized” law school data
Society trusts data privacy practitioners to make decisions about which fields of personal income, medical, or educational information can be shared publicly in accordance with laws and standards.
Can Democracy Survive in the Information Age?
States have always used a combination of diplomatic, military, economic, and informational measures to advance their national interests, and technological change has altered each of these levers of po
Cooperative Procurement: Today’s Contracting Tool, Tomorrow’s Contracting Strategy
Increasingly, governments across the country are turning to cooperative procurement for greater value.
Risks to Patient Privacy: A Re-identification of Patients in Maine and Vermont Statewide Hospital Data
Forty-eight states in the United States collect statewide inpatient discharge data that include personal health information of each patient’s hospital visit [1].
2018 State of Digital Transformation
On June 12-13, 2018, digital vlog welcomed public sector digital services teams from around the world to share stories of success, talk about lessons learned, and discuss the challenges they face in tr
A Tough Call: Understanding Barriers to and Impacts of Women’s Mobile Phone Adoption in India
Today in India, 67% percent of men own mobile phones, but only 33% percent of women do.
Charging the Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicle Adoption
Electric vehicles (EVs) have advanced significantly this decade, owing in part to decreasing battery costs. Yet EVs remain more costly than gasoline fueled vehicles over their useful life.
Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Low-Carbon Development and Public Policy
On June 7, 2018, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Center for Science, Technology, and Education Policy at Tsinghua University held the fifth annual Tsingh
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