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Accountability and Innovation: A Pathway to Responsible Technology

Are you more likely to vote a specific way based on information you’ve consumed on WhatsApp? What if you receive the information in a video?

How can we scale virtual reality training for police on spotting the signs of misconduct and bias in their partners, a method that has shown a reduction in misconduct?

Can we use technology and principles from tech companies – like agility and user-centered design – to ease bureaucratic headaches for everyday people? Could doing so actually improve economic outcomes for people as well as their trust in government?

These are just some of the questions that scholars at Georgetown University are exploring as grantees of the Tech & Public Policy (TPP) program at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy, a grant program supported by the Project Liberty Foundation.