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Making a Socially Just Social Service System through the Lever of Procurement
Making a Socially Just Social Service System through the Lever of Procurement
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17 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2022
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Podcast episode
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March is National Procurement Month, and in this episode Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Kailey Burger, the Managing Director of the Procurement and Economic Mobility Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab. Burger discusses her experience seeing service delivery on the ground working in Bronx Family Court, the two prongs of equity and economic mobility, and how the pandemic radically changes government procurement.Music credit: Summer-Man by KetsaAbout Data-Smart City SolutionsData-Smart City Solutions, housed at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, is working to catalyze the adoption of data projects on the local government level by serving as a central resource for cities interested in this emerging field. We highlight best practices, top innovators, and promising case studies while also connecting leading industry, academic, and government officials. Our research focus is the intersection of government and data, ranging from open data and predictive analytics to civic engagement technology. We seek to promote the combination of integrated, cross-agency data with community data to better discover and preemptively address civic problems. To learn more visit us online and follow us on Twitter.
Released:
Mar 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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