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COVID-19: California's Workforce & Economy (with Angelov Farooq)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Chairman of the California Workforce Development Board, Dr. Angelov Farooq talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about state strategies and policies to combat historic unemployment, a struggling economy, and distance learning amidst a statewide shelter-in-place order.

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COVID-19: California's Workforce & Economy (with Angelov Farooq)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Chairman of the California Workforce Development Board, Dr. Angelov Farooq talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about state strategies and policies to combat historic unemployment, a struggling economy, and distance learning amidst a statewide shelter-in-place order.

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COVID-19: Preparing for a New School Year (with Mike McCormick)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Val Verde Unified School District Superintendent Mike McCormick talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the challenges school districts face as the academic school year begins and distanced learning continues. Learn more about Mike McCormick and Val Verde Unified School District here.

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COVID-19: Preparing for a New School Year (with Mike McCormick)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Val Verde Unified School District Superintendent Mike McCormick talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the challenges school districts face as the academic school year begins and distanced learning continues. Learn more about Mike McCormick and Val Verde Unified School District here.

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What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

Barrett & Greene

By Elizabeth Linos, Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Director, , The People Lab. ​ ​ The crises of the past few years have brought with them a rallying cry for more evidence in government; a call to “follow the science” and “lead with data.”

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I made a presentation about this at the University of Delaware public policy school in early 2010, " Metropolitan Mass Transit Planning presentation " (link to presentation within). 15 years ago I first wrote that WMATA needed to rebuild the regional consensus about the value of transit: -- " St.

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Automation: How to Make Quick Work of Analytics

GovLoop

In her article “ The Innovative State ,” Beth Simone Noveck highlighted an initiative by Chicago’s Department of Public Health. When the initiative launched in 2015, the city had more than 15,000 food establishments but only three dozen health inspectors. They needed to figure out where to put their energies. They turned to data.