J.B. Wogan

Data Foundation monitoring Oct 10 federal RIFs affecting ~4,300 employees. Significant impacts at CDC (including NCHS vital records), IRS, SAMHSA, ACF & other data/evaluation units. Share information: impact@datafoundation.org or www.safe-track.org (anonymous). Tracking doc in comments.

2024 Impact Report Our 2024 Impact Report shares some of the powerful stories we witnessed last year—stories of measurable progress, innovative solutions, and collaborative breakthroughs.

💡 From helping reduce healthcare costs to strengthening trade ecosystems, Mathematica's newly released Impact Report highlights how we're turning data and evidence into action that improves public well-being.

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2024 Impact Report Our 2024 Impact Report shares some of the powerful stories we witnessed last year—stories of measurable progress, innovative solutions, and collaborative breakthroughs.

Proud to have led the latest effort to capture stories of impact from @mathematicanow.bsky.social's work with public agencies and philanthropy across the U.S. and around the world: www.mathematica.org/news/2024-im...

YouTube video by Mathematica How a Fintech Company Helps Workers in Africa Access Credit and Savings with Smartphones

A #FinTech company operating in Africa is helping “everyday earners” build credit, save money, and launch businesses. Smartphones are the key. Learn more in a new episode of our On the Evidence podcast, featuring M-KOPA CEO Jesse Moore.

Love this quote! #Publichealth is an underappreciated field... many don't recognize that they are staying healthy and *not* going to the doctor because of public health measures like seatbelts, clean water, and income support. @aphapublichealth.bsky.social @societyforepi.bsky.social

Will Video Kill the Audio Star in 2025? “The traditional audio-only podcast format, delivered in an app, feels small and quaint.”

More serious concerns about video-centrism in podcasting are laid out nicely in this Vulture piece: www.vulture.com/article/will...

The thing I like the least about recording video for our podcast is the biweekly reminder that I have a lot more gray hair than I used to. 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5LZ...

"Data enables public health agencies to do everything from spotting emerging threats to tracking how and where they spread to determining which communities and populations need the most support."

Public health agencies need data that's accurate and up-to-date. We talk about how to deliver it on a new episode of our On the Evidence podcast: www.mathematica.org/blogs/modern... @jbwogan.bsky.social #dataSky

YouTube video by Mathematica ACF’s Lauren Supplee on Boosting the Use of Social Policy Research

It was lovely to have @lauren-supplee.bsky.social on the @mathematicanow.bsky.social podcast to talk about the use of evidence, and even the very meta topic of evidence on the use of evidence. youtu.be/v5LZXpRGmJI?...

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"Public health is not that visible. We prevent illness. We prevent bad outcomes. You're not going to see splashy outcomes. You're going to have a healthy person who didn't get sick because they got a vaccine or they weren't exposed to an illness or they didn't eat a contaminated food product." This quote appears alongside a photo of Annie Fine, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.

What are the implications of a just-released Pew Charitable Trusts report on the state of public health data across the U.S.? Experts discuss in a new On the Evidence podcast: www.mathematica.org/blogs/modern... #dataSky #medSky @jbwogan.bsky.social

Modernizing State Public Health Data Policies and Practices The latest episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast features a discussion about a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts about state public health data policies and practices.

One of my favorite @mathematicanow.bsky.social podcasts on 2024: Taking stock of how public health data gets reported in all 50 states+DC, w/ a focus on the role of state policy in requiring/encouraging faster, more complete reporting. @pewtrusts.bsky.social www.mathematica.org/blogs/modern...

Report: Electronic case reporting helped states during the pandemic — they need to use it more A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts highlights an emerging method for improving the sharing and use of public health data.

Grateful for this reporting from Kaitlyn Levinson and @routefifty.bsky.social on new research from The Pew Charitable Trusts + @mathematicanow.bsky.social on state public health data policies and practices: www.route-fifty.com/digital-gove...

Friends, you know those references that say that only 1 out of every 100 dollars spent in government has any evidence behind it? Anyone have the original source and/or updated numbers?

Embedding Data and Innovation Across California State Government Jeffery Marino, the director of California’s Office of Data and Innovation, talks with Mathematica’s President and CEO Paul Decker about generative AI, interagency data sharing agreements, human-cente...

As a fellow English major who works for a data-driven org, I very much enjoyed hearing about the career path and current work of Jeffery Marino, director of California's Office of Data and Innovation, a recent guest of the @mathematicanow.bsky.social podcast. www.mathematica.org/blogs/embedd...

I got to speak with amazing, mission-driven people working at the intersection of evidence and public policy at the 2024 @appam.bsky.social fall research conference. Expect highlights to appear on @mathematicanow.bsky.social’s #OnTheEvidence podcast, as well as our social and YouTube channels.

How AmeriCorps Uses Data to Support Communities Through National Service and Volunteerism This episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast explores the role of data and research in helping AmeriCorps and its grantees deliver on their respective missions, with guests Dr. Mary Hyde of A...

My conversation on the @mathematicanow.bsky.social podcast with Dr. Hyde about the 30th anniversary of AmeriCorps and how the agency uses data to support communities through national service and volunteerism is here: www.mathematica.org/blogs/how-am...

Column | These are the most fulfilling jobs in America When we looked at new data on which jobs give you the most pride or satisfaction, or serve the community best, one job took the top spot in every category.

I'm a big fan of @andrewvandam.bsky.social's Dept. of Data WaPo column and AmeriCorps' Office of Research and Evaluation, so this story felt to me like an Avengers Assemble moment. Great to see #OnTheEvidence guest Dr. Mary Hyde talking about fulfilling jobs: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Has Working from Home Given Way to Return to Office? | Econofact Chats A discussion with Nick Bloom on the effects of working from home, and how a new configuration of work location choice could best serve the interests of companies and their employees.

One of my favorite podcasts in the economics/evidence-based policy genre is Michael Klein's EconoFact Chats. His most recent guest Nick Bloom shares data on WFH/RTO/hybrid work trends since the COVID-19 pandemic. econofact.org/podcast/has-...

Prof. Katherine Michelmore of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy wins the 2024 David N. Kershaw Award & Prize! We discussed expanding tax credits to benefit family well-being: www.mathematica.org/blogs/kersha... #EconSky

YouTube video by Mathematica Embedding Data and Innovation Across California State Government

🎤 A conversation with the director of California's Office of Data and Innovation. #dataSky

I wanted to see what all the Bluesky buzz was all about. Follow here for updates on the podcast I host for Mathematica, #OnTheEvidence, plus other hot takes on policy evidence and maybe armchair expert opinions on tennis happenings.

A photo of Jeffery Marino taken as a screenshot from his On the Evidence interview. Behind him is a whiteboard with writing on it.

"Having a statewide Chief Data Officer is a really, really valuable role. And that's really where I would start, because data is not really IT, right? Data is a business asset in many ways."

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