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Defining Open Data

GovLoop

Addressing environmental injustice is critical to advancing health equity,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky in a press release announcing the index. CDC is taking action to address the adverse health effects associated with environmental injustice by identifying those most at risk with tools like the Environmental Justice Index.”

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Capital shallowing: the effect of disinvestment on government functioning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But the failures with FEMA and disaster response after Hurricane Katrina and under Trump with Puerto Rico and Houston are a good example. But I don't know if the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers and levees was about capital shallowing or just politics, failure to adequately address risk, budget shortfalls, etc.