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CivMetrics Data, Documents and News
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Development & Housing
Local development, housing and construction projects, including large public construction projects.
Economics
Data on employment, inflation, labor markets, local GDP, housing, and other critical measures of local economic and business conditions.
Infrastructure
Large infrastructure, such as airports, transit, ports, stadiums and other large scale projects.
Incentives
Credits and incentives in connection with new local development, expansion or company relocations.
Civic Services
Non-profit and government services, including large private service organizations, cultural institutions, and units of local government.
People & Livability
Demographics and livability information, such as crime, weather, pollution, health, and other quality-of-life measures.
Latest News
New Imperial College London Model Estimates At Least 7 Million Infections in European Countries
A new paper from researchers at the Imperial College London estimates prevalence of COVID-19 infections in 11 European countries, as of March 28th. From the paper: In this report, we use a semi-mechanistic Bayesian hierarchical model to attempt to infer the impact of...
Run COVID-19 “Curve-Flattening” Simulations With This Harvard Model
A useful app, put together by Harvard research fellow Alison Lynn Hill, lets users explore various "flatten the curve" interventions and compare levels of healthcare resources required in different scenarios. [Use the app here.] [Github here]. Dr. Hill explains: The...
University of Melbourne App Models COVID-19 Spread in Australia
University of Melbourne has released an app designed to model how fast COVID-19 might be spreading in various countries, including Australia. See the application here. Code is available on the Github. Associate Professor Ben Phillips explains the model in a blog post:...
UPenn Model Forecasts Hospitalizations
For many hospitals, exceeding resources due to high volumes of COVID-19 is not a matter of if, but when. A model from the University of Pennsylvania is helping hospitals predict how close that when might be. [See the app here.] [Github here.] From STAT: CHIME...
Harvard Model Explores Infection Scenarios in Areas Without Testing
A team from the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has designed an app to explore how many COVID-19 cases may exist in areas without widespread testing. The app lets users adjust various parameters, which are then...
Nobel Laureate Forecasts Quicker Coronavirus Recovery
A new forecast this week goes against the conventional wisdom that many countries are facing a long, painful recovery from COVID-19. The forecast from Michael Levitt, a Stanford biophysicist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013, focuses on the number of...
Imperial College of London Models Effects of Social Distancing
A recent report from the Imperial College of London modeled three scenarios for how the COVID-19 pandemic could unfold. The model's results showcase starkly different outcomes the United States, and the world, could face depending on how officials react to the virus....
States Urged To Demand More Transparency From NonProfits Over Donors
Big money talks very loudly. That is why states should demand more information from nonprofits about their biggest donors. Marian Conway filed this report for The NonProfit Quarterly: The question of whether a large donor will attempt to influence how the organization...
IRS Budget, Staff Cuts Leave Door Open To More Nonprofit Fraud
A smaller and weaker Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has led to weaker oversight and more attempts at using nonprofits for fraudulent purposes. Karen Hensel and Douglas Moser filed this report for NBC Boston: “It’s definitely a problem that could get worse, and that is...
Should Nonprofits Accept Money From ‘Tainted Donors’?
The Sacklers (of OxyContin fame), disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, and the financier Jeffrey Epstein were all big donors to nonprofits. How do we deal with the problem of ‘tainted donors’ going forward? Michael Moody and Michael Pratt filed this report for...
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