NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

How to put data to work in your neighborhood

  • Written by Stephanie Shipp, Deputy Director and Research Professor at the Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory, Virginia Tech
imageMany cities collect valuable data on themselves.TDKvisuals/shutterstock.com

Every day, city governments collect vast amounts of administrative data – local property tax assessments, 911 emergency response calls, social assistance recipients and more.

These data have huge potential to enhance residents’ quality of life and stimulate...

Read more: How to put data to work in your neighborhood

More Articles ...

  1. Can cranberries conquer the world? A US industry depends on it
  2. Naughty or nice: Is there a financial reward for acting ethically?
  3. American Jews and charitable giving: An enduring tradition
  4. How the 'Greatest Showman' paved the way for Donald Trump
  5. Taxing the rich to help the poor? Here's what the Bible says
  6. For baby's brain to benefit, read the right books at the right time
  7. What will Trump's declaration on Jerusalem mean to Palestinians?
  8. Honduras's election crisis is likely to end in violence
  9. Will artificial intelligence become conscious?
  10. California fire damage to homes is less 'random' than it seems
  11. Who's to blame for keeping Time's #MeToo 'silence breakers' silent?
  12. Eating out might be devouring your food budget – and you probably have no idea
  13. Why Trump's evangelical supporters welcome his move on Jerusalem
  14. Can Atlanta's new mayor revive America's 'black mecca'?
  15. Hanukkah's true meaning is about Jewish survival
  16. DNA has gone digital – what could possibly go wrong?
  17. Exposure to wildfire smoke: 5 questions answered
  18. The GOP tax plan, state and local taxes deductions – and you
  19. What better forensic science can reveal about the JFK assassination
  20. CVS merger with Aetna: Health care cure or curse?
  21. Why aren't Hollywood films more diverse? The international box office might be to blame
  22. How the tax package could sap the flow of charitable giving
  23. Literature has long been sounding the alarm about sexual violence in Hollywood
  24. How a group of California nuns challenged the Catholic Church
  25. Venezuela's elections are just a new way for Maduro to cling to power
  26. Bajo Maduro, las elecciones venezolanas son otra forma de mantener el poder
  27. The obscure federal agency that soon could raise your electric bill: 5 questions answered on FERC
  28. President Trump's national monument rollback is illegal and likely to be reversed in court
  29. The constitutional right to education is long overdue
  30. Why the president's anti-Muslim tweets could increase tensions
  31. A new collaborative approach to investigate what happens in the brain when it makes a decision
  32. How the tax bill opens wide a big back door to overhaul health care
  33. Turning hurricanes into music: Can listening to storms help us understand them better?
  34. Two little-known ways GOP tax bill would make chasm between rich and poor even wider
  35. Taking a second look at the learn-to-code craze
  36. Should lying to the FBI be a crime?
  37. When should you unfriend someone on Facebook?
  38. Why psychiatrists should not be involved in presidential politics
  39. Historic tax overhaul nears finish line: 5 essential reads
  40. The new tax bill will make Americans less healthy – and that's bad for the economy
  41. The latest threat to peace in Colombia: Congress
  42. The GOP doesn't care if you like their tax plan. Here's why
  43. The GOP doesn't care if you like its tax plan. Here's why
  44. Tax bill's attack on higher education undermines America's economic vitality
  45. Is the British monarchy actually adapting to changing social norms?
  46. Teaching machines to teach themselves
  47. Could the ERA pass in the #Metoo era?
  48. Why society should talk about forced sex in intimate relationships, too
  49. Stop criticizing bizarrely shaped voting districts. They might not be gerrymandered after all
  50. Who are the Baha'is and why are they so persecuted?