In our new paper, we look at 50+ years of GAO reports to understand how administrative use of algorithms has changed the scope of legitimate practices within federal agencies, even when agency algorithms (unlike prior forms of state quantification) are seen as undermining legitimacy.

Considering developments in Michigan as a case study, Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.

I'll be talking about our work on the Census Bureau's public engagement around differential privacy tomorrow morning alongside lots of other exciting presentations. Come check it out on Zoom!