The erosion—and deliberate erasure—of government data by the Trump Administration threaten both public safety and the US economy, says former US chief data scientist Denice Ross.
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Posted inMagazine
Memo to AOC: Only You Can Save the Government
There’s a way to stop privatization of the civil service and help working Americans. Here’s how.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
What’s Missing from the American Rescue Plan
We still need reform and funding for the federal government’s crazy quilt of job training and career assistance programs.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
What’s Wrong With the Federal Government Buying American?
A slew of procurement laws and policies are meant to help U.S. businesses—but they hardly do.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2019
Why It’s So Hard to Build Trust In Government
Americans literally can’t believe popular public programs are public.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump Won’t Be Filling Hundreds of Agency Jobs
He’s trying to run the government like a mom-and-pop.
Posted inPolitical Animal
How the Trump Administration Will Use “Alternative Facts”
They are already undermining federal data.
Posted inGovernment
How Trump Can Engage Federal Workers
Trump’s administration has a tough road ahead.
Posted inPolitical Animal
For Federal Civil Servants: A Hostile Invasion
The new administration contradicts their values.
Posted inMagazine
Paradigm Lost
Every time a president of the United States proclaims himself to be in favor of returning power to states, cities, and neighborhoods, and opposed to our trying to solve national problems from Washington, he is echoing, probably unconsciously, a little book published in 1953 called The Quest for Community, by Robert Nisbet. Nisbet’s work is the […]
