Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania
CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles"The Promise of Integrated Data Systems for Social Science Research"
Abstract: Integrated Data Systems (IDS) linking administrative, public agency data hold great promise for rapid and low-cost implementation and evaluation of homeless initiatives. Culhane will review the legal, ethical, scientific and economic challenges of interagency data sharing, as well as systematic efforts including policy reform and inter-agency collaboration to overcome these challenges. Finally, he will review important new IDS initiatives in LA County and California.