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Data & Society
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Data & Society Research Institute
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Guide
Greening AI in the public sector: an introductory handbook for procurement
As public agencies consider adopting new artificial intelligence (AI) products, it’s clear that residents and public sector staff have concerns about the environmental impacts of AI infrastructures. This handbook demonstrates that there are practical steps agencies can take to incorporate environmental performance criteria into public AI procurement, optimising sustainability while preserving quality of service.
Report
Gear shift: driving change in public sector technology through community input
As government technology increasingly mediates people’s access to essential services – and impacts their rights – technology purchasing has never been more high stakes. Yet government technology decision-making processes rarely feature robust public input. This report argues that such input is essential, and that the most strategically important time to elicit it is before a...
Report
Wellness capitalism: employee health, the benefits maze, and worker control
Employee health and wellness benefits in the United States have surged in popularity over the past half-century, with proponents arguing that when employers offer wellness benefits, everyone wins. In this report, the authors explore how employee wellness has been promoted in the United States through public policies and government support, and how this has led...
Report
Bounty everything: hackers and the making of the global bug marketplace
This report provides a window into the working lives of hackers who participate in “bug bounty” programs—programs that hire hackers to discover and report bugs or other vulnerabilities in their systems.
Briefing paper
Electronic Visit Verification: a guide to intersecting harms and policy consequences
The implementation of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) systems highlights the risks of uncritical adoption of data-centric technologies in the provision of public services. This policy brief describes the harms that EVV and—technologies like it—create, and the stakes of continued inaction by federal and state governments.