How AI can empower city workers to make decisions while remaining accountable
Research by Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Goldsmith and Juncheng “Tony” Yang outlines how artificial intelligence can enable “accountable discretion.”
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Research
How do Americans View Government Workers?
Negative stereotypes of government workers are widespread in media and public discourse, yet relatively little is known about the extent to which these stereotypes are held by the general American pub
Managing public-private collaboration: extensive and intensive accountability
There are characteristic--though not universal--differences between business and governmental organizations in how accountability is conceptualized, constructed, and enforced.
How Economic and Budget Analysis Informs Policymaking
The role of our panel is to talk about how economic and budget analysis informs policymaking. I will focus on the role of the Congressional Budget Office.
Partisan Polarization in Local Politics
A growing body of scholarship investigates the extent to which national partisan polarization filters down to the local level.
Experts
Watch & Listen
How do Americans perceive public servants?
Professor Elizabeth Linos and her team at The People Lab have released a report based on a national survey looking at how Americans view public workers.
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