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New dashboard tracks climate data, projects extreme weather events
September 09, 2022 | News, Data & AnalyticsThe Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation portal tracks real-time and location-specific information about extreme weather threats and shares resources about federal funding opportunities and case studies of how communities are navigating climate threats.
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Dashboard, sensors report real-time data on city flooding
September 07, 2022 | News, Data & AnalyticsNYC FloodNet sensors deployed across New York City measure the depth of flood water and report real-time data to a map-based dashboard showing flooding over time at each sensor location.
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Health info exchange’s data innovations take the ‘detective work’ out of public health
| News, Data & AnalyticsCRISP’s data lake and scalable, sharable applications help community health services in Maryland investigate overdoses.
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States build on COVID lessons for monkeypox tracking
| News, Data & AnalyticsAs case levels rise, states are reporting more demographic data.
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Statistical uncertainty could be problematic for evidence-based policies, study finds
| News, Data & AnalyticsCertain privacy measures, as well as general data errors, can skew funding allocations derived from census information.
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Child abuse risk analysis tool flags families that need enhanced social services
September 06, 2022 | News, Data & AnalyticsBy providing supervisors with data on children at risk early in the assessment process, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services can better respond to family crises.
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Census bureau finishes some local count challenges
| News, Data & AnalyticsSome cities complained that flawed counts cut off population-based funding, and others cited mapping mistakes that placed buildings in the wrong municipality.
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Medicare boosts incentives for hospitals to provide data to public health agencies
| News, Data & AnalyticsAn updated federal rule gives hospitals greater financial incentives to report information electronically about patient illnesses, injuries and treatments to state and local health departments.
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Feds to update standards on race and ethnicity data collection
September 01, 2022 | News, Data & AnalyticsNew minimum standards will ensure the government can compare race and ethnicity data across agencies and understand how well federal programs serve a diverse nation.
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NASCIO selects 31 finalists for state IT recognition awards
August 31, 2022 | News, Data & AnalyticsStates nominated their IT success stories, detailing how they improved government operations through IT modernization and business process innovations.