When Data Becomes Law: How Governments Use Information as a Regulatory Tool
This blog post explores the provocative thesis that data—how it is gathered, released, or suppressed—can serve as a powerful instrument of public policy. Drawing from Janet Freilich and W. Nicholson Price II’s forthcoming article Data as Policy, we examine the regulatory role of government-provided data in law, innovation, and society.
2023 Investigation Reveals U.S. Military Members’ Personal Data Being Sold to Overseas Buyers
A West Point-backed study reported by Politico finds that U.S. servicemembers’ personal data is being sold to foreign buyers by data brokers, posing serious national security threats.
Transforming Data Architecture: An Overview of the Army’s Unified Data Reference Architecture Report
Explore the U.S. Army's Unified Data Reference Architecture (UDRA) report, a comprehensive guide to modernizing data architecture. Learn about the data mesh concept, data domains, data products, and the automated services that support a more agile, interoperable, and data-driven organization. Discover the guiding principles and the role of computational governance in this transformative approach