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June 26, 1968: Town attempts punch-card ballots and computer tabulation in 1968 elections
The town of Arlington, MA attempted to bring computers into their election process. A bug in a computer program for vote tabulation resulted in a return to hand counting. “Town...
June 21, 1967: Computer languages COBOL and ADPAC revolutionize business world
The digital revolution was underway. A new computer language, ADPAC, joined COBOL and RPG in the race to transform the business world. Computerworld Volume 1, Issue 1 published on June...
Data and Society Blog
Taking impact to the next level: Unlocking data + AI in nonprofits A how-to guide: AWS cost and usage reporting from multiple AWS accounts Foundation announces inaugural Data4Change Accelerator Grants...
Op-ed: To build it back better, nonprofits must become data guardians
Data use and ownership is concentrated in a few tightly held hands. Those few hands make decisions about how the data of billions of individuals is used, re-used and shared....
Karen Kelley Gill
Karen serves as the Vice President of Operations at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. With more than thirty years of experience in the non-profit and philanthropic arena, Karen’s primary expertise...
The Hidden Genius Project: leading incubator of young Black male entrepreneurs and technologists
In 2012, five entrepreneurs, all African American men, wanted to create a program for young Black men that would open the doors to technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership. They launched The...
Claudia Juech
Claudia Juech is the Vice President of Data and Society at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. Claudia Juech, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation’s Vice President of Data and Society Claudia is...