Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
Getting Into High School in Philadelphia
In the School District of Philadelphia, students are not required to attend a particular high school. A wide—and potentially bewildering—variety of choices confronts eighth-graders and their parents.
Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
Behavioral Analytics Help Save Unemployment Insurance Funds
Each year, billions of dollars in improper payments are disbursed throughout states as a result of unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and overpayments. To address this problem, New Mexico’s Department ...
Pew Charitable Trusts1 年
Broadband Basics: How it Works, Why It’s Important, and What Comes Next
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Pew Charitable Trusts4 年
Indiana's Flood Control Revolving Fund Makes Resources Available to Communities
This brief is one of 13 that examine state and local policies that have resulted in actions to mitigate flooding. Revolving loan programs provide low- or no-interest loans to state or local entities ...
Pew Charitable Trusts9 年
Results First Clearinghouse Database
To assist policymakers at all levels of government in identifying such programs and making data-driven budget decisions, the project has created the Results First Clearinghouse Database. This one-stop ...
Pew Charitable Trusts9 年
Results First Clearinghouse Database
The Results First Clearinghouse Database is an online resource that brings together information on the effectiveness of social policy programs from nine national clearinghouses. It applies ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 年
Judicious Animal Antibiotic Use Requires Drug Label Refinements
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Guidance for Industry #213 1 —a policy designed to ensure the judicious use of antibiotics that are medically important to humans in the production of food ...
Pew Charitable Trusts2 天
Per-inmate Spending Higher in States with Older Inmate Populations
Founded in 1948, The Pew Charitable Trusts uses data to make a difference. Pew addresses the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious ...
Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
Worker Reactions to State-Sponsored Auto-IRA Programs
At least one-quarter of nongovernmental, nonagricultural full-time workers do not have access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan. Many Americans are uncertain about how they will pay for their ...
Pew Charitable Trusts3 年
How FDA Regulates Artificial Intelligence in Medical Products
Health care organizations are using artificial intelligence (AI)—which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines”—for a growing range ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 年
State Retiree Health Care Liabilities
States paid $18.4 billion in 2013 for worker retirement benefits other than pensions, which are known as other post-employment benefits (OPEB). Almost all of this total was spent on retiree health ...
Pew Charitable Trusts2 年
How Does the Internet Work and What Are the Implications for Broadband Policy?
The internet is, as its name suggests, a complex “network of networks.” And sending an email or accessing a webpage requires data to transit multiple networks, owned and operated by different internet ...