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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
Pew: States Are Measuring Outcomes, But Fragmented Process Leads to Dubious Results
Performance management systems help states keep their eye on the ball and warn them if they are heading off-target. But not all such systems are calibrated for full efficiency. Sarah Dube, a director at the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, writes on the...
Looking for Political Insights, GMU Researchers Mine Caverns of Government Textual Data
The United States abounds in databases both public and private but most of federal government data remain in unstructured formats and residing in inaccessible servers. A recent push towards an open data policy has achieved some gains but the incompatibility among data...
Should We Trust Predictive Analytics Driving Government Regulation?
As the use of predictive analytics expands beyond niches like suicide prevention and road safety into more contentious areas like child protection and parole/sentencing decisions, more and more voices are raised against the opaque algorithms that govern such software....
Big Data In The Big City: Decision Support Systems Help Smart Cities Thrive
Cities generate tremendous amounts of data, most of it heterogeneous and unstructured. But the actionable information that can be gleaned from this huge pile of data can help cities thrive and prosper going forward. Facing limited resources and urgent needs, cities...
It’s All In The GDP: Gov. Agencies Developing More Accurate Forecasts Using Data Science Tools
Federal officials who try to an accurate read of the US economy from the mass of available public and private economic data influence need all the help they can get. Their insights into the economy and where it is heading influence important economic decisions by the...
The Number Aren’t Lying, They’re Just Confused: Why Gang Stats Are So Unreliable
How many gang members are in the United States? It depends who you ask, and what political party they affiliate with. In his State of the Union speech this January, President Donald Trump called one such gang, the MS-13 as “worse than Al-Qaeda” and “true animals.” The...
Who Is Accountable When Crime Prediction AI Shows Bias?
Many industries have their own version of the same dilemma: When driverless cars kill their first pedestrian, who should be blamed? When that automated doctor fouls up your diagnosis, who do we point the finger at? And when innocent people are sent to jail because...
Researchers Using Body Cam Footage and Machine Learning to Gain Insight on Police Interactions
Police interactions are complex. They aren't always clear or easy to dissect, even after the fact and with the benefit of footage. But one group of researchers believe they can use machine learning to dissect body cam footage and help police departments train their...
Disappearing Data: Five Senators Question FBI Over Missing Crime Stats
More than three months after FBI Director Christopher Wray promised to restore the missing crime tables in the FBI’s annual crime report, the data is nowhere to be seen. The FBI has released an annual Crime in the United States report every year since 1930. Collated...
When Big Data Isn’t An Expert Witness: Risk Assessment Algorithms May Not Be Fit For Courtroom, Say Researchers
Big Data could be viewed as a great fit for the courtroom. The legal system is built on rules derived from cases decided in the past and whose precedence is still honored today. Artificial Intelligence and machine learning systems are trained along the same lines as...
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