Actor and musician Will Smith and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appear at the Will Smith Way street renaming ceremony on March 26, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (MediaPunch / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images)
Philadelphia's new data dashboard tracks metrics on housing initiatives, including the total number of rental units and affordable housing units participating in city programs.
Nick Hart, president and CEO of Data Foundation, left, and Josh Martin, chief data officer of Indiana, speak at the NASCIO midyear conference on May 1, 2023. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)
From left: NHS England Chief Data and Analytics Officer Ming Tang; Baltimore Chief Data Officer Justin Elszasz; Louisville, Kentucky, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer Grace Simrall; and Johns Hopkins University Associate Vice Provost for Public Sector Innovation Beth Blauer speak at the Bloomberg Philanthropies CityLab 2022 event in Amsterdam. (Screenshot / Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Minnesota officials hope the new data tool will support "a covenant of accountability" as the state progresses through early phases of vaccine distribution.