Data Insights Part 3: Unlocking your data to fight blight
Albany, NY works across departments to fight blight with data partner Tolemi
Summary
In Part 3 of our series on data driven government, Sam Wells from the $ City of Albany, New York$ , discusses the city's work to make better use of their data in house and to work more collaboratively across departments. Andrew Kieve, the CEO and co-founder of Tolemi, joins us as well and together we'll learn what made Albany choose Tolemi to help break down their data silos and unlock the power of their data for better decision-making and what you should know as well in your search for an appropriate vendor.
In this short series, we're interviewing local government innovators from communities of all sizes to talk about their approach to data, what tools they are leveraging and important considerations for other local governments seeking a strong vendor partner. You can listen to the full episode on Govlaunch or whereever you get your podcasts.
Data 101 Guide
To supplement this series, we’ve released $ Data 101$ – a free guide full of conversations, best practices and successful project examples. Whether you’re just beginning your data journey or are looking to implement more mature data-driven projects (i.e. building a digital twin), there’s something in here for everyone.