Data Governance – Cutter Business Technology Journal

An article I co-authored with Gregory S. Dawson (Arizona State University) and James S. Denford (Royal Military College of Canada) appears in the current issue of the Cutter Business Technology Journal.  We focus our article on a fundamental organizational question: in a medium-to-large organization, should data governance be centralized or decentralized (or, possibly, federated)? There are pros and cons for […]

Seminar – Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia

I will deliver a seminar at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet next week.   The Public Sector in a World of Autonomous Systems Emerging technologies are fundamentally impacting and transforming all aspects of our society. I am particularly concerned with how technological innovations impact 1) the design of our public institutions, 2) […]

IZA – Inst. for Labor Econ. Working Paper – Childcare Reviews on Yelp.com

New working paper available from IZA – Institute for Labor Economics. What Do Parents Value in a Child Care Provider? Evidence from Yelp Consumer Reviews – IZA Discussion Paper No. 11741. Click here to download. This paper exploits novel data and empirical methods to examine parental preferences for child care. Specifically, we analyze consumer reviews of […]

Blockchain Research

Our recent research on blockchain continues to be published on Brookings TechTank. See below for links to recent articles: How China’s local governments and academia propel blockchain business Is China leading the blockchain innovation race? How blockchain could improve election transparency Blockchain and U.S. state governments: An initial assessment Collaborators: Chen Ye, Kiran Kabtta Somvanshi, Xiaofeng […]

Mechanics for the Future – Salzburg Global Forum

I am looking forward to participating in the Mechanics for the Future: How Can Governments Transform Themselves? session at the Salzburg Global Forum. Governments worldwide are under pressure to meet complex needs as populations age, countries urbanize, and technology transforms lives and work. They have lead responsibility to prepare their societies for a radically changing world, […]

Visiting Professor – Università Bocconi, March 2018

I will be spending time at the Università Bocconi during March 2018 as a Visiting Professor. I will deliver several lectures as part of the Innovation and Big Data in the Public Sector course taught by my colleague, Prof. Maria Cucciniello. In addition, I will be working on several research projects with colleagues in Milan.

Beijing Universities – Technological Innovation and the Public

I will be giving research presentations at Renmin University (School of Public Administration and Policy) and Beijing Forestry University (School of Humanities and Social Sciences) on November 3, 2017 Technological Innovation and the Public: 3Ps – Purpose, Process, and Products Technological innovations are fundamentally transforming all aspects of our society. I am particularly concerned with […]

Cognitive Computing, Performance Analytics and Local Gov, & WalletHub Updates

Cognitive Computing @ Brookings Institution Tech Tank “Learning from Public Sector Experimentation with Artificial Intelligence,” (w/Krishnamurthy, R. and Dawson, G.S.) June 23, 2017. “Chatbots Move Public Sector towards Artificial Intelligence,” (w/Krishnamurthy, R.) June 2, 2017. Performance Analytics Project Report “The State of Performance Analytics in Local Government: Analysis of Measures,” (2/ Dawson, G.S., Ho, A. […]