Professor Julia Lane Wins 2018 Public Sector Innovation Award

The US Census Bureau's Administrative Data Research Facility (ADRF), led by Professor Julia Lane, has won a 2018 Public Sector Innovation Award. The ADRF provides a secure platform to host confidential microdata in an environment designed to promote collaboration, facilitate documentation, and provide information about data use to the agencies that own the data. Dr. Lane, a labor economist, is on the faculty of NYU Center for Urban Science and NYU Wagner. The full list of award-winning public sector IT innovations can be found here. These awards recognize projects from federal, state, and local agencies that feature both cutting-edge technology and creative approaches to meeting critical government missions.