Drawing on the Power of Government Data with Richard Coffin USAFacts

<p><strong>Richard Coffin</strong> is the Chief Product Officer at USAFacts which is making government data available and understandable for a larger audience.  With the growth of fake news, this non-partisan, non-profit organization serves as a trusted source for Americans giving them access to the data and analysis generated by a wide range of government agencies.</p> <p>We talk about</p> <p>* The USAFacts Third Annual State of the Union in Numbers report which includes a variety of data points about the impact of COVID on categories including population growth, crime, inflation, and employment</p> <p>* What questions still need to be asked and what are people  asking about that is not available</p> <p>* Challenges of getting timely data from State and local government agencies and who is still using paper documents and static PDF files</p> <p>* Innovations for gathering more data faster and finding the best dataset to address a question</p> <p>@USAFacts  #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #COVID #COVIDImpact #GovernmentData</p> <p><strong><a title="USAFacts" href="http://USAFacts.org" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">USAFacts.org</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><a title="USAFacts" href="http://USAFacts.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/69800/USAFacts_2.jpg" alt= "USAFacts" width="249" height="131" /></strong></a></p>