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CivMetrics believes in measuring and presenting critical data, information and documents regarding local development, construction and governance. Our data covers selected critical types of community development, construction and programs. CivMetrics also seeks to provide macro context along with the micro details. See our actionable data and information regarding local economics, demographics, and market conditions. This includes data, RFPs, financing documents and other information on housing, labor, business conditions and demographics. Select any of the CivMetrics targeted topics for updated data, developments and directories.
CivMetrics Data, Documents and News
CivMetrics collects critical data, information and documents regarding local development, construction and governance. See our actional data and documents, including RFPs, financing documents and the latest stats on local metrics such as housing, labor, demographics and business conditions. Select a CivMetrics topic below for target data and documents.
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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
Dark Money Groups Seek To Gut Nonprofit Reporting Requirements
Foreign corporate donors who want to influence US elections are funding efforts to persuade the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to drop donor reporting requirements, specifically the Schedule B form for 501(c) nonprofits. Lee Fang filed this report for The Intercept:...
Donor-Advised Funds Might Face Greater Scrutiny in 2020
Donor-Advised Funds (DAF) are investment accounts for charitable donations to nonprofits. These have boomed since the changes brought about by changes in tax law since 2017. DAFs offer greater tax benefits, less regulation, and greater flexibility compared to setting...
Improved Data Technologies Help Nonprofits Perform Better
Because the impact of nonprofit activities is much harder to quantify than for-profit businesses, the advent of improved data harvesting and analyzing technologies can only help nonprofits gain a better sense of how to improve themselves over time. Margaret Lindquist...
Paypal Settles Lawsuit, Agrees To Expand Nonprofit Donation Disclosures
Three years after 23 state charity regulators filed a lawsuit, Paypal caved in and has agreed to provide more information to donors who use the Paypal Charitable Gift Fund to make donations to nonprofits. According to the terms of the settlement, Paypal will also have...
January’s Most Over- and Under-Hyped Health Studies
Health Versus Hype Project: January’s Most Over- and Under-Hyped Medical Research Studies Americans rely on the news media to accurately report on new health-related research. But the media often gives credence to dubious or inconclusive studies while ignoring...
Researchers Find Major Discrepancies In Diet Trials
A team led by Dr. David Ludwig from Boston Children’s Hospital that reviewed diet trials found that 86% of such studies “lacked rigor” and were prone to bias. Ludwig adds that diet research is also severely underfunded. Nathan Gray filed this report in NUTRA: When the...
Federal Government Keeps Purse Closed for Nutrition Research Funding
The costs of diet-related diseases are rising fast but Washington is still not alarmed enough to open the purse strings for federal nutrition research. Helena Bottemiller Evich and Catherine Boudreau filed this report for Politico: A POLITICO review of federal budget...
Hair Dye Cancer Study Shows Why Numbers Need Context To Make Sense
Several studies, including a widely reported-on study published recently in the International Journal of Cancer, have examined the link between hair dye and cancer. But the media members who cover these studies do not always gleam the truth from naked rows of numbers...
Doctors Use Data Analytics To Track Diabetes Progression
A data-centered approach is seen as the future of diabetes diagnosis and treatment. Akansh Khurana filed this report in BioSpectrum: Once prediabetes progresses to diabetes, it leads to serious complications and becomes much harder to control. Screening and awareness...
Health Records Of Over 5 Million Americans Are On Insecure Servers: Report
X-Rays, MRIs, and CT scans of millions of U.S. patients are left unprotected by even a modicum of security on publicly accessible servers, according to an investigation conducted by ProPublica. Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson reported on lack of security for...
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