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USAFacts

USAFacts taps former DataKind CEO Lauren Woodman as new president

Woodman is the second president in the Bellevue, Wash.-based organization’s 10-year history and will report to founder Steve Ballmer when she starts April 20. Read More

Ballmer’s USAFacts warns against politicizing data after Trump fires BLS chief over jobs report

USAFacts, the nonpartisan organization led by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, rarely weighs in on political controversies. But the firestorm… Read More

Tech Moves: USAFacts president stepping down; Starbucks’ new COO; WSOS names leader

Steve Ballmer is hiring. USAFacts, the data-sharing nonprofit founded by the former Microsoft CEO, is looking for a president to… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts hires new CTO, who calls access to non-biased data ‘everything right now’

Megan Winfield has been named the new chief technology officer at USAFacts, the nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization started by former Microsoft… Read More

Steve Ballmer brings his facts in a deep dive on government policy with ‘Daily Show’s’ Jon Stewart

“It’s an incredibly complex conversation,” Jon Stewart said near the conclusion of just that on Tuesday night after a “Daily… Read More

Steve Ballmer launches ‘Just the Facts’ video series to better inform American voters on key issues

Ahead of the 2024 election, USAFacts founder and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is launching a new video series called… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts offers insights on the State of the Union ahead of Biden’s address

In time for President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, USAFacts has released its annual “nonpartisan, data-driven snapshot”… Read More

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How to be an ‘Uncommon Thinker’: What we learned profiling innovative leaders solving big problems

What does it take to create meaningful change in the modern world? A few ideas: Those are some of the… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: For USAFacts’ Poppy MacDonald, ‘facts are paramount’ for democracy

Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Philips CEO joins Absci board; AWS exec departs; and more

— Vancouver, Wash.-based AI drug design and development company Absci named Frans van Houten to its board of directors. A… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts releases new stats on American crime, jobs, population and more

USAFacts this week released its yearly roundup of U.S. stats ahead of President Biden’s annual State of the Union address… Read More

Tech Moves: USAFacts picks Microsoft and Amazon vet as CTO; Zillow CMO departs; and more

— Tanuja Korlepra, a former Amazon and Microsoft product management leader, has been named chief technology officer of USAFacts, the… Read More

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USAFacts founder and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the State of the Union in numbers

Understanding any subject requires knowing the numbers, and that includes looking at the long-term trends. That was one of Steve… Read More

Feast on facts: USAFacts serves its annual helping of real data to help steer holiday discussions

There are plenty of ways to be a total turkey at your Thanksgiving gathering. Not having your facts straight about… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts whips up more ‘table topics’ to stuff Thanksgiving talk with real data

Granny’s green bean casserole might be worth a second helping during any other Thanksgiving gathering, but this year the people… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts airing $10M ad campaign during presidential debates to highlight real data

USAFacts, the nonpartisan, not-for-profit civic data initiative founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is launching a $10 million ad… Read More

Gobble up data from Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts with ‘table topics’ meant to help Thanksgiving debates

You may not have Steve Ballmer excitedly thumping a turkey leg at your Thanksgiving gathering this week, but you can… Read More

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‘Own the darn numbers’: Steve Ballmer releases new USAFacts annual report, with a challenge for elected officials

“I want our electeds to own the darn numbers. This is the state of our government. This is what’s going… Read More

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Diagnosing U.S. healthcare: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explains the key numbers to track

Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation, and the 2020 presidential campaign is already heating up. So what’s next… Read More

Steve Ballmer gets pumped, as usual, about the NBA, government data and more on ‘Kimmel’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXKPaddZZss Steve Ballmer brought his trademark fist-pumping high energy to the guest chair on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Tuesday night… Read More

Tech Moves: Airbnb gets into transportation; OfferUp brings on Buddy co-founder to lead engineering; Amazon Go’s AI director departs

Airbnb hired Fred Reid to be global head of transportation, a role that will focus on building partnerships and services… Read More

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The Education Equation: What the numbers say about the state of U.S. public K-12 schools

Back in ninth grade, Steve Ballmer transferred to a new school in Detroit and found himself behind in math. Fortunately,… Read More

Top 3 voter concerns are Trump, immigration and racism, poll from Ballmer’s USAFacts reveals

The most common concern among voters, as they prepare to cast their ballots Tuesday, is President Donald Trump, according to… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts launches new Voter Center to arm Americans with data for midterms

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s nonprofit group USAFacts today debuted a new Voter Center, an online resource that shows the positions… Read More

Steve Ballmer sticks to the USAFacts and wins fans in interview on HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’

Steve Ballmer bound onto the set of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night in his usual high-energy style,… Read More

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to U.S. politicians: ‘Shame on you’ if you ignore data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many of the people who filled an auditorium here Thursday for an appearance by former Microsoft CEO… Read More

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Watch: Live from ‘America’s Shareholder Meeting’ with Steve Ballmer and USAFacts

REDMOND — It’s tax day in the United States, and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is hosting a first-of-its-kind “shareholder… Read More

Interview: Why former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is holding a ‘shareholder meeting’ for America

Steve Ballmer is no stranger to shareholder meetings, but this is not your typical investor gathering. The former Microsoft CEO… Read More

Catching up with Steve Ballmer on AI, sports tech, the economy, fake news and life after Microsoft

It has been nearly four years since Steve Ballmer left his job as Microsoft CEO, and he’s noticeably more relaxed… Read More

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