COVID-19 has presented new and unique challenges across both the
private and public sector. For local governments, the shift of
workforces into their homes and consequential repopulation of
suburbs during working weeks, as well the shut down or pivoting of
local economies, presents the opportunity for local governments to
revisit how data sets can be used to refocus internal work streams
and promote growth in local businesses in the post-COVID world.
Central to leveraging data to emerge from COVID-19 is privacy and
security protections and policies, particularly when local
governments collaborate with the private sector to create
particular data sets.
Using data to prepare local governments for a post-COVID
world
