A review of OTI’s recent work confronting how data and its use under the new administration are reshaping public life and what is at stake.

Interior of a modern data center. (Photo by Imaginima/Getty Images) Data centers evoke strong and conflicting opinions. Advocates point to the truly significant revenue they can generate for local ...

The term “democratizing data” has been gaining traction in recent years, but what does it truly mean? Without question, it refers to making data accessible to all individuals within an organization, ...

Democracy may be one of man’s greatest inventions, but it has suffered lately in many developed countries due to low citizen participation and general distrust of politicians and government ...

In an age where technology offers us unprecedented ways to assess public opinion with precision and efficiency, the political party as a means of delivering representative democracy is hopelessly ...

The July jobs report released last Friday wasn’t pretty. It showed weaker than anticipated U.S. job growth in July, and there were substantial downward revisions of jobs numbers for May and June as ...

Data, the lifeblood of modern democracies, can also be their undoing when exploited by bad actors to spread misinformation. At a time when democracy itself is on the ballot in many countries, ...

The dedication to accuracy, identification, and resource equality is driving Kenya's quest for inclusive governance as it embarks on a digital journey, marking a significant step towards a data-driven ...

The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz will present “Data and Democracy”—the fifth installment of its signature Questions That Matter series—on Tuesday, January 29, at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in ...