Special Datasets Digest: Data for Democracy
This week we’re highlighting datasets from Data for Democracy, a quickly growing community of data people volunteering on social impact projects.
An open source project to detect anomalous voting behavior
Finding ways to make Medicare drug spending data more consumable
Data on how the U.S. House of Representatives spends their annual budget
A snippet from Data for Democracy’s Origin Story:
Data people have a lot to offer. We’re driven by a passion to find the truth. We understand how information can be used to make better decisions and improve our communities. Whether you’re an experienced data scientist looking for a side project, still learning, or just trying to figure out how you can help, we’re inviting you to join us. This is an experiment to see how the data science community comes together.
We invite you to join us and Data for Democracy in building this community. Check out the Data for Democracy website to learn more or request an invite to the Slack channel.
