Jonathan Schwabish

2 months ago | urban.org | Jonathan Schwabish

President-elect Donald Trump tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with running the new nongovernmental Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” or, in their own words, “cut the federal government down to size.” How DOGE plans to cut $2 trillion from the $6.1 trillion federal budget and reduce the federal workforce by 75 percent remains to be seen.

2 months ago | urban.org | Jonathan Schwabish

This brief examines what would happen to local unemployment rates throughout the US if the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were to cut 75 percent of the federal workforce. The analysis uses geographic-specific counts of federal civilian employees from the US Office of Personnel Management and Bureau of Labor Statistics to simulate a 75 percent reduction in the federal workforce. The federal civilian workforce is spread across the country.

Oct 8, 2024 | urban.org | Jonathan Schwabish |Wesley Curtis Jenkins |Shubhangi Kumari

Context plays a crucial role in shaping research agendas, priorities, and methods. At the Urban Institute, our work predominantly focuses on experiences within the United States, but we recognize that best practices in the US may not produce the same outcomes in international contexts. Contextual factors, such as the resources, history, and politics of a place or time, will influence decisionmaking and can hinder research collaboration.

Feb 16, 2024 | apo.org.au | Jonathan Schwabish |Alice Feng |Wesley Jenkins

Description So much of our world derives from framing—the narratives we lift up, the words we use, the images we show, the data we highlight. But there are also the narratives we ignore, the words we leave unsaid, the images we overlook, and the data we omit. All these framing decisions embolden and enrich some people while demonizing or minimizing others. This sixth guide of the Urban Institute’s Do No Harm project explores the concept of crafting equitable data narratives. What does equity mean?

May 30, 2023 | routledge.com | Jonathan Schwabish

Skip to main contentTo hear autocomplete suggestions tab past the search button after typing keywords. Table of Contents Book DescriptionCritics' Reviews1st EditionBy Jonathan SchwabishCopyright 2023400 Pages349 Color IllustrationsbyA K Peters/CRC Press400 Pages349 Color IllustrationsbyA K Peters/CRC Press This book closes the gap between what people think Excel can do and what they can achieve in the tool.