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Workshop: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enroll in Federal and State Benefits

Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era

CityLine: Linking people in need with critical services

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Power At Work Blogcast #103: State Labor Leaders Take on Artificial Intelligence

Labor unions mobilize to challenge advance of algorithms in workplaces

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EuroPComm Opening Session

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DOGE results murky amid Elon Musk's exit - UPI.com

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InnovateUS Workshop - Building Better Access: Portland’s GenAI Pilot for Smarter Permitting Appointments

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US Labor Department Ending Mental Health, Child Care Benefits for Own Staff

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From Vision to Implementation: AI for Principals and School Boards

ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2025: Top 50 — No. 44 Beth Noveck

Civic Tech Hackathon 2025

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How AI is changing esports: Northeastern students win big at Valorant challenge

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Skills-First Workforce Hiring: Creating More Equitable and Inclusive State Employment Opportunities Using AI - The Burnes Center for Social Change

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REGISTRATION: AI and the Future of Lawmaking: Innovation at the Library of Congress with Natalie Buda Smith

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Northeastern at the forefront of Massachusetts’ AI-driven economic growth, governor says in announcing AI Hub

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Apolitical's Government AI 100 2025

Smart City, Smarter Citizens with Mayor San-Cheng Chang

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and data.org Announce AI2AI Challenge Awardees  - data.org

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Building Worker Power in the AI Age: A Blueprint from DOL

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Digital Participation Infrastructure

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Northeastern University Student Projects Improve Government With AI

Using Generative AI at Work

Behind Bars, Beyond Right - Power at Work

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Governor Healey Meets with Northeastern Students Working with Administration on AI Project Under InnovateMA Partnership

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Reboot Democracy: NEW BOOK: Why AI Undermines Democracy and What to Do about It

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Inside Audrey Tang’s Plan to Align Technology with Democracy

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Reboot Democracy: Senator Booker Introduces AI Grand Challenges Act

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Power at Work Blogcast: FTC Kills Non-Compete Agreements

The legacy of the Columbine shooting 25 years later

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Ian P. Sharp Lecture featuring Beth Simone Noveck

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Mastering dX: Upskilling Your Workforce for the Age of AI

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Author Q&A + Book Signing with Hamilton Nolan on "The Hammer"

Cyborg Book Launch with Authors Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau

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8 prominent Black leaders in medicine

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Reboot Democracy: AI and the Media

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The Internet We Deserve: How the History of the Internet Could Inform the Future of Democracy and AI

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Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI: "AI and the Media" with Jill Abramson and Ethan Zuckerman - The Burnes Center for Social Change

Beth Simone Noveck’s full testimony on Harnessing AI to Improve Government Service and Customer Experience

Harnessing AI to Improve Government Services and Customer Experience - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

How AI could restore our faith in democracy

Vint Cerf: Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI

UNLOCKING LITERACY

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2023 Ideas We Should Steal Festival

AI for the People: A Federal Mandate for Inclusive Engagement

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AI and the Future of Youth Democracy

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Google.org support to train more government workers in digital skills

Cérémonie 2023 - Dies academicus - UNIGE

Why are there so many strikes?

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Modernizing Unemployment Benefits: A Hands-On Workshop for States

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Rebooting Democracy Lecture Series

Workers by the Numbers: August

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Food Politics 2023: The Key Issues  - The Burnes Center for Social Change

Theme Tracks — DRS2024

2023 InnovateUS Workshops Registration

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Burnes Center Director Beth Noveck in Boston.com