Philadelphia cut its jail population by nearly 58% over a decade, a project aided by a data-sharing initiative at criminal justice agencies.

A new interactive map from the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation shows that states are often short on resources needed to standardize data governance.

Many state chief data officers struggle with limited resources and weak influence in their organizations, according to a new report published by NASCIO.

Iowa corrections officials partially credited recently adopted data analytics tools with helping the state achieve its lowest recidivism rate in a decade.

Responding to public demand, California's Cradle-to-Career Office published a dataset that could lend new insights into student performance.

University researchers from Florida and the Netherlands tested a new hurricane classification system that goes beyond wind speed.

The Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information are expanding their work in an effort to get more eligible but unregistered Americans at the voting…

The California Policy Lab found that LA County's Homelessness Prevention Unit is finding success with a new predictive analytics model.

Bloomberg's City Data Alliance now includes 80 cities from 12 countries.

The two Midwest cities are using GIS, artificial intelligence and lidar to make fix accessibility issues with their curb ramps and sidewalks.