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December 28, 2020 / Last updated : December 28, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: A mysterious gap in COVID-19 deaths appeared in Florida before the presidential election

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: A mysterious gap in COVID-19 deaths appeared in Florida before the presidential election. “An astonishing pattern has emerged in Florida’s COVID death tally — one that suggests the state manipulated a backlog of unrecorded fatalities, presenting more favorable death counts in the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election. At issue […]

December 28, 2020 / Last updated : December 28, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Tampa Bay Times: DeSantis refused to disclose White House coronavirus report that contradicts him

Tampa Bay Times: DeSantis refused to disclose White House coronavirus report that contradicts him. “The Dec. 6 report, which was obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, is one in a series of weekly reports which the governor’s office has refused to regularly provide news organizations. The Tampa Bay Times began last month to request […]

December 26, 2020 / Last updated : December 26, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Yahoo News: Angry Florida governor defends police raid on COVID data whistleblower

Yahoo News: Angry Florida governor defends police raid on COVID data whistleblower. “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis angrily defended the handling of a search warrant at the Tallahassee home of Rebekah Jones, the data scientist who ran the state’s coronavirus dashboard until she was fired in May. State police officers entered her home with guns drawn […]

December 26, 2020 / Last updated : December 26, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

‘Data is useless unless you find a way to communicate’ | New website for COVID-19 data in DC schools (WUSA)

WUSA: ‘Data is useless unless you find a way to communicate’ | New website for COVID-19 data in DC schools. “As DC Public Schools plan to open their doors to in-person learning in 2021, there is a new tool parents are sharing about COVID-19 data, but it doesn’t exactly come from an official source.”

December 23, 2020 / Last updated : December 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

L.A. County Coronavirus Update: Mayor Eric Garcetti Announces New Interactive Covid Map, Responds To Congress’ New Stimulus Check (Deadline)

Deadline: L.A. County Coronavirus Update: Mayor Eric Garcetti Announces New Interactive Covid Map, Responds To Congress’ New Stimulus Check. “On Monday Garcetti unveiled a new interactive map of Los Angeles that would provide Angelenos will real time information about infection rates and deaths in varying neighborhoods. In addition to visualizing real-time information about the coronavirus […]

December 23, 2020 / Last updated : December 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Reuters: Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research – documents

Reuters: Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research – documents. “Alphabet Inc’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a ‘sensitive topics’ review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications […]

December 21, 2020 / Last updated : December 21, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

WZTV: Tennessee launches COVID-19 vaccination dashboard, changes time of data reports

WZTV: Tennessee launches COVID-19 vaccination dashboard, changes time of data reports. “Tennessee has launched a new COVID-19 reporting vaccination dashboard. It includes data on vaccinations reported by day, week and overall. The new website will provide a percentage of each county’s population who have been vaccinated. It will be updated each Tuesday and Friday.”

December 18, 2020 / Last updated : December 18, 2020 ResearchBuzz New Resources

KWCH: ACLU of Kansas launches data tool to encourage citizen participation in local government

KWCH: ACLU of Kansas launches data tool to encourage citizen participation in local government. “After compiling data from hundreds of open records requests, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas unveiled a database that breaks down and examines voter registration, racial justice and policing in the state.”

December 15, 2020 / Last updated : December 15, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

WKYC: Ohio Department of Health to launch new COVID-19 vaccination dashboard

WKYC: Ohio Department of Health to launch new COVID-19 vaccination dashboard. “During his Monday afternoon press conference, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that the state–along with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH)–will soon launch a new tool on the COVID-19 dashboard that allows Ohioans to track the distribution and number of people who have received […]

December 11, 2020 / Last updated : December 11, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Secrecy and spin: How Florida’s governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Secrecy and spin: How Florida’s governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic. “Throughout the COVID-19 crisis in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration engaged in a pattern of spin and concealment that misled the public on the gravest health threat the state has ever faced, a South Florida Sun Sentinel investigation has […]

December 10, 2020 / Last updated : December 10, 2020 ResearchBuzz New Resources

US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission: EEOC Launches New Data Tool to Track Employment Trends

US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: EEOC Launches New Data Tool to Track Employment Trends. “EEOC Explore allows users to analyze aggregate data associated with more than 56 million employees and 73,000 employers nationwide. The user-friendly tool enables stakeholders to explore and compare data trends across a number of categories, including location, sex, race and ethnicity, […]

December 10, 2020 / Last updated : December 10, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

COVID dashboards: Best practices advice from a national COVID database creator (District Administration)

District Administration: COVID dashboards: Best practices advice from a national COVID database creator. “Many school districts are updating their communities on COVID case information via an easy-to-read dashboard. Here’s what these communication tools should include—and what superintendents surveyed by DA report about their dashboard development and features.”

December 9, 2020 / Last updated : December 9, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Mashable: Activists demand Google open up about user data shared with police

Mashable: Activists demand Google open up about user data shared with police. “A coalition of 59 civil rights, labor, and civil society organizations sent an open letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai Tuesday, demanding the company be more transparent when it comes to how often it complies with law enforcement requests for user data. What’s […]

December 8, 2020 / Last updated : December 8, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Court Hands Journalists a Big Freedom of Information Act Win: Gun Data Access (CityBeat)

CityBeat: Court Hands Journalists a Big Freedom of Information Act Win: Gun Data Access. “Reveal, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), originally sued for records in November 2017. The Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) never responded. ATF’s gun tracing database lists 6.8 million firearms linked to criminal activity. Reveal sought records for any […]

December 8, 2020 / Last updated : December 8, 2020 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Cleveland .com: Ohio state government unveils new data website

Cleveland .com: Ohio state government unveils new data website. “A new state website makes available data sets ranging from unemployment claims to COVID-19 rates in sewage, as part of a new transparency initiative announced on Monday.”

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