Day archives: August 2nd, 2020

Washington Post tracking coronavirus’s spread across the U.S.

“There’s a lot that we know or are learning about the coronavirus, but two seemingly basic questions are still difficult to answer: How many people have been infected with the virus and how many have been killed by it? That’s where Jacqueline Dupree comes in. Dupree, a technologist on The Post’s News Logistics team, has …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine

Data Journalism & COVID-19 data in Russia

“Some sources on COVID-19 in Russia: this one is collected by activists, provided as open data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L1eFrloQdG5BcJrR-Ivkqmfda-7Vf4GXPPlVR26iY20/edit#gid=1549966515 also, the media Meduza has a dedicated page https://meduza.io/specials/coronavirus where they provide data https://meduza.io/feature/2020/04/17/koronavirus-v-rossii-poslednie-dannye [via Anastasia Valeeva, Data Journalism Lecturer, AUCA, School of Data, Kyrgyzstan]”

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

Employment Effects of Unemployment Insurance Generosity During the Pandemic

Employment Effects of Unemployment Insurance Generosity During the Pandemic. Joseph Altonji, Zara Contractor, Lucas Finamor, Ryan Haygood, Ilse Lindenlaub,  Costas Meghir, Cormac O’Dea, Dana Scott, Liana Wang, and Ebonya Washington, Tobin Center for Economic Policy Yale University. July 14, 2020. Abstract: “The CARES Act expanded unemployment insurance (UI) benefits by providing a $600 weekly payment …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation

University Research Should Be Free to All

Inside Higher Education: “Since the novel coronavirus struck, scientific research has been shared, and built upon, at an unprecedented pace. An open and deeply collaborative academic enterprise has emerged, with scientists from around the world sharing data and working together to map the SARS-CoV-2 genome and develop the first vaccines. During normal times — when …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management