Brookings: Emergency Response: Missing Data at the Center of the Storm

An article I co-authored with Pari Sabety, published by the Brookings Institution:

The quiet crisis at the center of the chaos following the natural disasters in the United States in 2005 was a total breakdown of already inadequate local data and information systems. With an army of public and private sector volunteers converging with relief supplies, good information and its real-time exchange were the items in shortest supply. This was especially true in the aftermath of Katrina. Before the system is tested again, it is imperative that we address this critical need. -- Full Article