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Getting a Clear View of Revenues at Seasonal Businesses
Getting a Clear View of Revenues at Seasonal Businesses
Small business lenders are constantly searching for the right balance between gathering critical information from loan applicants and…
Madeline Ross
Apr 18, 2023
Combat Trafficking in Agriculture with Public Data
Combat Trafficking in Agriculture with Public Data
By Vivien Ngo
Enigma
Dec 7, 2018
D&I at Enigma: June 2018 Diversity Report & Next Steps
D&I at Enigma: June 2018 Diversity Report & Next Steps
By Anh-Thu Huynh, Jenny Kang, Vivien Ngo, Kat Tuttle
Enigma
Dec 4, 2018
Why We’re Joining the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Why We’re Joining the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Our mission is to empower people to interpret and improve the world around them.
Enigma
Dec 4, 2018
Diversity & Inclusion at Enigma
Diversity & Inclusion at Enigma
Introducing the Guild + Enacting a Code of Conduct
Elisabeth Mart
Nov 11, 2018
Exploring the Gender Wage Gap Through Public Data
Exploring the Gender Wage Gap Through Public Data
One of my first responsibilities as a new hire at Enigma was to complete an onboarding project focusing on public data. The scope of the…
Mary Boyd
Oct 25, 2018
Letter From Our Founders
Letter From Our Founders
Today, we’re excited to share news that marks a milestone for our company. We founded Enigma with a mission to empower people to interpret…
Enigma
Sep 17, 2018
A Primer on Data Ethics
A Primer on Data Ethics
Last month we learned that Cambridge Analytica used the personal data of over 50 million people to manipulate democratic elections in the…
Enigma
Apr 5, 2018
Parental Leave at Enigma
Parental Leave at Enigma
by Rebecca Price, VP of People
Enigma
Mar 14, 2018
Data Through Design: A Tactile Take on Open Data
Data Through Design: A Tactile Take on Open Data
Data Through Design, a newly installed art exhibit created in honor of NYC’s Open Data Week, offers data enthusiasts a rare treat: a…
Rashida Kamal
Mar 7, 2018
Look at the Logs! (FOIA Edition)
Look at the Logs! (FOIA Edition)
In our recent public records examination of Theranos, a now-disfavored medical technology startup, we noticed that FOIA requests sometimes…
Rashida Kamal
Mar 1, 2018
How Enigma got its Start
How Enigma got its Start
Enigma. The name elicits thoughts of mysterious events, puzzling questions, or perhaps your friend who is, well, a bit of an enigma. It’s a…
Enigma
Feb 21, 2018
Hack Week Day 4: The Final(ish) Countdown
Hack Week Day 4: The Final(ish) Countdown
After yesterday’s success with sign tags, we were ready to press onward with the remaining 36 hours. We laid out the plan for the next step…
Kat Tuttle
Jan 25, 2018
Hack Week Day 3: Visualizations and Frustrations
Hack Week Day 3: Visualizations and Frustrations
With only 2.5 days left, we needed to start putting everything together and getting loose ends tied up. As mentioned yesterday, Cade had…
Kat Tuttle
Jan 24, 2018
Hack Week Day 2: Building our Toolkit
Hack Week Day 2: Building our Toolkit
After spending day one finalizing our initial plan of action and testing out some basic routes we could take to get there, we decided to…
Kat Tuttle
Jan 23, 2018
Hack Week Day 1: Planning and Chaos
Hack Week Day 1: Planning and Chaos
It’s go time.
Kat Tuttle
Jan 22, 2018
How Public Data Drives Proactive Prevention of Financial Crimes in the Wake of Disaster
How Public Data Drives Proactive Prevention of Financial Crimes in the Wake of Disaster
It is no secret that financial fraud follows natural disasters. The two are so closely entwined that the Justice Department saw it fit to…
Rashida Kamal
Dec 21, 2017
Theranos: Tracking a Startup in Trouble via Public Data
Theranos: Tracking a Startup in Trouble via Public Data
Theranos, a medical technology startup born in the dormitories of Stanford University, had a meteoric rise and an equally spectacular fall.
Rashida Kamal
Dec 5, 2017
Trend Watching Across FinCEN’s Suspicious Activity Data
Trend Watching Across FinCEN’s Suspicious Activity Data
This is the first post in a new series on Suspicious Activity Report trends Enigma will produce in an effort to make valuable shared…
Rashida Kamal
Nov 17, 2017
Uncovering Intel in FinCEN Suspicious Activity Data
Uncovering Intel in FinCEN Suspicious Activity Data
As Paul Manafort’s recent troubles demonstrate, records of suspicious financial activity can be instrumental to an investigation. Prior to…
Rashida Kamal
Nov 16, 2017
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