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Data Stewardship Course

ANNOUNCING: First of its Kind Executive Course on Data Stewardship — Focused on Data Re-Use in the Public Interest

Learn how to initiate a data strategy in the public interest from key players in the field

Today, the Open Data Policy Lab is excited to announce a first ever online executive course on Data Stewardship: Developing a Data Reuse...

The Data Assembly

The GovLab at NYU Tandon releases recommendations for data-driven response to COVID-19

BROOKLYN, New York, November 16, 2020 – The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, with support from the...

The Third Wave of Open Data

Connecting the Past, Present, and Future of Re-Using Data to Advance Societal Goals

Our world faces many challenges ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to the threat of climate change to growing economic inequality. Faced...

Data to Go

The Value of Data Portability as a Means to Data Liquidity

If data is the “new oil,” why isn’t it flowing? For almost two decades, data management in fields such as government,...

The Data Assembly

Toward Responsible Data Re-Use for COVID-19 in New York City

Key Takeaways

The Data Assembly is an initiative from The GovLab supported by the Henry Luce Foundation to solicit diverse, actionable public input on...

Open Data and Climate Change

The World is On Fire. Data Can Help

Accelerating Data Collaboration

Right now, huge swathes of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are burning. In the Arctic, ice has melted to near-record...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #10

Defining the Value Proposition, Building Common Infrastructure, and Avoiding Missed Use

Panelists, clockwise from top left: Andrew Young (The GovLab); Daniel Jarratt (Infinite Campus); Vanessa Brown (National Student...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #9

Incentives for Data Reuse, Frameworks for Collaboration, and Centering Data Responsibility

The Summer of Open Data is a three-month project spearheaded by the Open Data Policy Lab (an initiative of The GovLab with support from...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #8

Focus on Public Communication, Legal Mandates, and Data Ethics

The Summer of Open Data is a three-month project spearheaded by the Open Data Policy Lab (an initiative of The GovLab with support from...

Building a Knowledge Base

Selected Readings on Data Portability

Emerging Literature for Future Work on Data Portability

As part of an ongoing effort to build a knowledge base for the field of improving governance through technology, The GovLab publishes a...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #7

The Impact of COVID-19 on States, Localities, and Business

Clockwise from the top left: Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab); Rudi Borrmann (Open Government Partnership); Kara Selke (StreetLight Data); and...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #6

Subnational Data, Sustainability, and Skills Development

Panelists, clockwise from top left: Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab); Rhiannan Price (Maxar Technologies); Stephen Chacha (Tanzania Data Lab);...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #5

Data Reuse, Service Delivery, and Horizontal Silos

Panelists, clockwise from top left: Arturo Muente Kunigami (Inter-American Development Bank); Malarvizhi Veerappan (World Bank); Jaimie Boyd...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #4

Data Responsibility and New Forms of Collaboration

The Summer of Open Data is a three-month project spearheaded by the Open Data Policy Lab (an initiative of The GovLab with support from...

Summer of Open Data

#3: Keynote

Conversation with Taiwan's Audrey Tang

The Summer of Open Data is a three-month project spearheaded by the Open Data Policy Lab (an initiative of The...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #2

Data Re-Use from Local Government to the Corporate Sector

Panelists, clockwise from top left: Stefaan Verhulst, The Govlab; Paul Ko, LinkedIn; Denise Linn Reidl, City of South Bend, Indiana; Justine...

Summer of Open Data

Panel #1: Kick-Off

What Are The Contours of The Third Wave of Open Data?

Today, The Open Data Policy Lab is delighted to release the kick-off panel of our Summer of Open Data including three of the...

Summer of Open Data

Accelerating Data Collaboration

Jump Starting the Third Wave of Open Data

Despite the proliferation of data, its potential has yet to be realized in policy- and decision-making. Many of the most useful datasets...

Building a Knowledge Base

Selected Readings on Open Data Legislation and Policy

Outlining the Open Data Ecosystem

INTRODUCTION Amid increasingly pressing demands for information pertaining to public health, government response, and administrative...

Launching the Open Data Policy...

From Idea to Reality

Why We Need an Open Data Policy Lab

The belief that we are living in a data age — one characterized by unprecedented amounts of data, with unprecedented potential —...

Building a Knowledge Base

Open Data Index

10 Insights on the Value of Open Data

What’s the value of open data? For the last few years, The GovLab has curated and identified hundreds of studies on the use and value...