


The New Data Privacy Environment: Is your Organization Ready?
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021As discussed in an earlier post, California was the first state to enact a comprehensive state privacy law. Now, a second state has signed into law a wide–ranging privacy act similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). On March 2, 2021, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) became law. Several other states are […]

Open Research Data: Strengthening the Scientific Process
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018This piece is the fifth installment of a six-part series called “Open to potential: How embracing open data can advance public health practice, governance, and research.” See links to the previous Parts 1-4 below, at the base of this post. As a longtime member of the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association, […]

Cadence Group Attending 2018 Preparedness Summit
Thursday, April 5th, 2018Cadence Group is hosting Table 606 at The 2018 Preparedness Summit, the premier national conference in the field of public health and healthcare preparedness, which is to be held in the Atlanta Hyatt Regency from April 17th-20th. This is a rare opportunity to engage with Cadence Group’s public health experts and learn about how they […]

Open Data in Government: Transparency, Accountability, & Improving Service Delivery
Monday, February 5th, 2018This piece is the fourth installment of a six-part series called “Open to potential: How embracing open data can advance public health practice, governance, and research.” See links to the previous Parts 1, 2, & 3 below, at the base of this post. Open data initiatives are a natural fit for government programs at any […]

Open Data: Why Knowledge Management is Critical to its Sustainability
Friday, November 3rd, 2017This piece is the second installment of a six-part series called “Open to potential: How embracing open data can advance public health practice, governance, and research.” See part 1 of this series: Open Data: What is it and Why is it Important to Public Health? Open data sounds great on paper. After all, what’s not […]

Puzzle Problems: What are the current barriers to implementing good knowledge management practices in public health?
Friday, December 19th, 2014This piece is the fifth and final installment of a five-part series on knowledge management practices in public health titled, “The Missing Pieces: How Better Knowledge Management Practices Can Complete the Public Health Puzzle.”

Finding the Right Piece: How Can Public Health Use Knowledge Management to Preserve its Expertise?
Friday, November 21st, 2014This piece is the fourth installment of a five-part series on the importance of knowledge management strategy titled, “The Missing Pieces: How Better Knowledge Management Practices Can Complete the Public Health Puzzle.”

Fitting the Pieces Together: How can Public Health Organizations Save Time and Resources with Good Knowledge Management?
Thursday, October 9th, 2014This piece is the third installment of a five-part series on Public Health Capacity and Knowledge Management titled, “The Missing Pieces: How Better Knowledge Management Practices Can Complete the Public Health Puzzle.”

The Point of the Puzzle: How Can Public Health Save Lives with Good Knowledge Management?
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014This piece is the second installment of a five-part series about Public Health Knowledge Management titled, “The Missing Pieces: How Better Knowledge Management Can Complete the Public Health Puzzle.”