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Use Data Visualization to Show, Not Tell

GovLoop

Agencies generate and analyze a lot of data these days. We talked to three employees at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Community Development Department (CDD) about how they use visualization to help data fulfill its purpose. There’s nothing more transparent than raw data. That’s where data visualization comes in.

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Where Data Makes a Difference, Pt. 2

GovLoop

In Part 1 , we told you about some of the ways government agencies are using data to make a difference. But data — collected regularly — helps agencies compete by enabling them to monitor trends and plan. But data — collected regularly — helps agencies compete by enabling them to monitor trends and plan.

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The Value of Design-led Thinking

GovLoop

These are best practices for creating items such as “click here” buttons, search boxes, page headers, and other visual and functional tools. The guidance will tell you. As Albert Einstein said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

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The SMART Approach to Writing Your Proposal

Grant Consulting Services, LLC

Funders base their decision on granting funds to the applicants that tell a compelling story through the written proposal that matches the funders focus area. Show the funder you know and care about who they are by clearly and briefly stating their top priorities/values. Know the data. Back up the need(s) with clear data.

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Budgeting Is a Collaborative Effort

GovLoop

What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments. Rules-based software avoids these problems. “By

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Generating program-defining insights in seconds for child, adult, senior, and military services

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post by Shahirah Mahmood, PhD, director of data management, measurement, and outcomes at Easterseals, DC MD VA. From data silos to strategic insights in seconds with AWS. The principal challenge Easterseals faced before implementing AWS solutions was siloed data.

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Supporting health equity with data insights and visualizations using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

health is a healthcare technology ( HealthTech ) nonprofit that uses geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) to improve the quality of healthcare. We study the relationship between these components and use visualization tools to tell the story of how diverse, compounding health factors affect populations.