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Why hide from data?

Barrett & Greene

Though this may be short sighted, we can certainly understand that there's pressure to use limited resources on direct services, like sanitation, pot-hole filling or public safety. It's a simple equation: Clean up the potholes and it’ll help you get re-elected. Measure the number of potholes and nobody will notice.

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An inside look at the ‘Oscars’ of government: Meet our 2024 Sammies winners

Partnership for Public Service

Meet the 2024 Service to America Medals winners Federal Employee of the Year Medal At the Department of Labor, Nancy Alcantara, Shannon Rebolledo, Justin Uphold and the Packers Sanitation Leads Team discovered more than 100 children ages 13 to 17 illegally working on dangerous machinery in 13 meat slaughterhouses across eight states. “[The