Data Nerds and Open Source Activists Are Filling Crucial COVID-19 Information Gaps
The federal government has failed to provide detailed COVID-19 data—but NGOs and volunteers have stepped in with open source solutions.
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Federal COVID-19 Guidance on ELs: Better Late than Never?
Living in Hotels, Students Lose Ground While Dealing with Cramped Rooms and Eviction Fears
Many children are receiving little education with schools closed, and school districts have simply lost track of thousands of students.
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A WWII-Era Solution to the Pandemic
How to get thousands of new nurses into hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19.
New Reports Investigate the State of High School Skilled Trades Education
The Dawn of the COVID Self-Attestation
Some companies want employees to swear they have not had COVID-19 symptoms. But what good do these policies do?
DIGI Launches Transformation: How Innovation and Technology Can Help Us Reinvent Institutions Beyond the Pandemic
DIGI launches Transformation, an online event series examining how innovation and technology can reshape institutions in a post-COVID world.
Essential—and Invisible
Child care providers are crucial to reopening the economy, but most are struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic.
Re-Imagining Systemic Change Around City Government
Sascha Haselmayer explores empowering communities to co-produce government, and helping social entrepreneurs be agents of that change.
Testing the Digital Standard: Smart Lock
Follow along as OTI tests its open-source methodology for the Digital Standard against a smart lock.
2020 Asian American Pacific Islander National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders
Congratulations to the 2020 AAPI National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders
COVID-19 Exposed Holes In Unemployment Insurance
A workforce expert found herself unemployed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Here's what she says must change about the unemployment system.
Renters Prepare for Tough Choices as Eviction Proceedings Resume in Texas
Unemployment has disproportionately affected renters since the crisis began. Advocates fear displacement and an increase in homelessness.
We Have No Idea How Many People in Prison Actually Have COVID-19
The criminal justice system has always been opaque. During the pandemic, it’s even worse.