Data.gov
JUNE 12, 2017
When viewed from the shore the ocean may seem like a boundless resource with plenty of space, but the reality is quite different. Coastal areas are home to shipping lanes used by commercial vessels, attractive fish habitat that supports commercial and recreational fisheries, … Continued. The post Visualizing ocean traffic on Marine Cadastre appeared first on Data.gov.
Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast
JUNE 25, 2017
What principles can help guide public leaders—whether policymakers or public managers—in their use of evidence-based policy to improve results? Howard White ( @HowardNWhite ) of the Campbell Collaboration joins us to share four fundamental principles: Use the right evidence to answer the right question. Different types of evidence — e.g., monitoring, process evaluation, impact evaluation and systematic reviews — all can produce useful information for decision makers.
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Poverty & Policy
JUNE 17, 2017
Last year long about this time, I read a tribute by Walter Moseley to his father Leroy. His dad, Walter says, taught him “to bob and weave in life and art,” which, if understand it, means to agilely protect himself. The lessons were Leroy’s own stories about growing up poor and oppressed in harshly racist Louisiana, learning to do various sorts of paying work and to protect himself after he fled to New York City — this after his mother died, his father left and the relatives he resorted to
Data.gov
JUNE 8, 2017
Every day, people around the world use data to make decisions. When heading out of town, most of us use weather apps to check the forecast anywhere in the world before packing our bags. However, when we travel to far-flung … Continued. The post Open Data Revolution to Fight Global Hunger appeared first on Data.gov.
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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast
JUNE 2, 2017
One of the most innovative new approaches in Federal policy is known as Performance Partnership Pilots , also called P3. In 2014, Congress authorized several Federal agencies, including Education, Labor and HHS, to enter into up to ten Performance Partnership agreements per year with states, regions, localities, or tribal communities. These agreements allow these jurisdictions to have additional flexibility in using discretionary funds across multiple Federal programs, in exchange for a commitme
Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast
JUNE 14, 2017
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Poverty & Policy
JUNE 12, 2017
Here in the District of Columbia, the Council has just made history by eliminating the time limit it had imposed on all Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants. No state has done this, DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s Executive Director notes in an emailed budget wrap-up. And proudly because DCFPI played a major role in developing and then advocating for a policy that will ensure very poor families some cash assistance, activities that may get them jobs so they no longer need it and chi
Poverty & Policy
JUNE 6, 2017
Our Secretary of Education seems still confused (charitable word) about our equal opportunity in education laws. She was asked again in a Congressional hearing whether her department would deny federal funds to private schools with students who have vouchers her budget would pay for if they discriminated. And she said again she thinks that’s a choice for states to make.
Poverty & Policy
JUNE 8, 2017
I recently said I was torn between delving into Trump’s proposed budget and picking at less-reported angles because the package was DOA in the Senate. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says no such thing. Some Republicans may balk at some details, but the major thrusts replicate those in budgets the House has passed ever since Republicans gained control in 2010.
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