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Why broadening access to Federal administrative data is critical for improving government services and increasing taxpayer value: An interview with Maria Cancian, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Episode #134

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Maria Cancian is a Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the former Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty. From 2015 to 2016, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In 1978 the architect Ian Davis published a small book entitled Shelter After Disaster , [iv] which included a number of well-chosen exposés of post-disaster housing as architectural fantasy rather than useful dwelling place. Public Affairs, New York, 443 pp. Krimgold (eds) 2015. i] Muggah, R. ii] Farmer, Paul 2012.