California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images) California governor appoints new data and innovation director The California Office of Data and Innovation, created only in 2022, has a new director after the recent departure of its former leader. Jan 17, 2024 By Sophia Fox-Sowell
(Scoop News Group) Minnesota’s new crime data tool helps keep law agencies accountable, official says New data reporting tools allow Minnesotans to view real-time crime statistics in their communities. Oct 4, 2023 By Sophia Fox-Sowell
Priorities Podcast Question about sludge? NYC’s Open Data Help Desk can help with that On the Priorities podcast, New York City Chief Analytics Officer Martha Norrick highlights the city’s 10,000th open data help desk request. Aug 31, 2023 By StateScoop Staff
Priorities Podcast How one city uses data to track short-term rentals On the Priorities podcast, Scottsdale, Arizona’s Bianca Lochner shares how the city is tailoring digital services to residents' needs. Apr 19, 2023 By StateScoop Staff
Priorities Podcast What’s on Baltimore’s digital services to-do list On the Priorities podcast, Baltimore chief data officer Justin Elszasz says the city has a menu of options for digital services growth. Jan 19, 2023 By StateScoop Staff
Priorities Podcast Maryland improves website navigation with analytics data On the Priorities Podcast, Maryland's Stefanos Ghebrehewariat says the state used its analytics data to inform its new website design. Jun 23, 2022 By StateScoop Staff
(Getty Images) Illinois building ‘2.0’ version of education-data system Officials said they'll be able to answer more sophisticated questions about education with the new Illinois Longitudinal Data System. Mar 10, 2022 By Colin Wood
(Scoop News Group) The state chief data officer is here to stay More states are hiring chief data officers as data and technology move closer to the center of agency business. Mar 7, 2022 By Colin Wood
(Getty Images) NASCIO analytics paper says states are becoming ‘ecosystem of rationale’ The report's author encouraged state chief information officers to continue improving their data governance to support decision making across a broad range of policy areas. Sep 8, 2021 By Colin Wood