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RESEARCH
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CivicPulse is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization generating data and insights about a wide range of issues faced by local and state governments in the United States. Our nationally representative survey panels include elected officials, department heads, and civil service staff representing town, city, county, and state governments across America.

Research Programs

While CivicPulse's surveys and analyses cover a wide range of topics, we bring particular attention to four research programs. For a fuller list of topics CivicPulse has previously covered, please see the topics dropdown in the “All Research” section below.

Election Day
Democracy and
Elections
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Energy and
Environment
Laughing Work Colleagues
Diversity and
Representation
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Technology and
Innovation

All Research

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Academic Papers

Do Policymakers Listen to Experts? Evidence from a National Survey of Local and State Policymakers

September 25, 2021
By Nathan Lee. Published in American Political Science Review.
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Research Brief

Problem or solution? Cybersecurity and cloud-based “software as a service” in local government

August 29, 2021
CivicPulse fielded a survey of 584 local government leaders involved in IT decision-making in July 2021 and conducted eleven in-depth...
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Academic Papers

Surveying Surveillance: A National Study of Police Department Surveillance Technologies

August 22, 2021
By Mariana Oliver and Matthew B. Kugler. Published in Arizona State Law Journal.
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Research Brief

Local policymaker views on adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technology

July 29, 2021
A CivicPulse Research Spotlight The quickly-evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is transforming life as we know it....
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Research Brief

What Have Been the Challenges in Spending Coronavirus Relief Funding?

July 28, 2021
Billions of dollars in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) are beginning to make their way to local governments around the country, but the money comes with strings attached. The administrative requirements mandated by ARPA have compelled some smaller governments to forego the funds entirely due to a lack of capacity.
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