Federal funds are building long-term data capacity in US cities

As well as supporting individual projects related to public safety, affordable housing, education and economic development, historic federal funds are also helping cities and states to build their capacity in using data to improve performance and transparency.

This is according to experts on a recent webinar held by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. The watchdog agency was set up by Congress in 2020 to prevent fraud and mismanagement of pandemic relief funds and to promote transparency in how money is used.
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Results for America, a non-profit that promotes evidence-based policymaking, created a dashboard in collaboration with consulting company Mathematica to t...