Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge Speaks
at White House Summit
Yesterday marked the end of a two-day White House Summit on Poverty and Opportunity held on the Stanford University campus. At the Summit, Leon County Commissioner and President of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Bryan Desloge spoke about the Data-Driven Justice Initiative and its commitment to improve approaches to pretrial incarceration.
The White House partnered with the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative to co-host the summit which focused on using technological innovation to address current day issues such as poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.
The goal of the event was to bring together 275 high-level players in technology, philanthropy, community service, government, and academia to discuss how we can use technology and Big Data to address these issues. The list of attendees and speakers includes ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, White House Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, and Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge, current President of NACo.
“As owners of criminal justice, human services and health data, counties are important partners in moving data-driven justice forward,” said Leon County Commissioner and NACo President Bryan Desloge. “Elected county officials wield the political, budgetary and convening power to establish and maintain interagency and cross-system networks.”
In June, Desloge attended a day-long Data-Driven Justice workshop hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The workshop provided an opportunity for Leon County to share its own best practices related to criminal justice and public health. He focused in particular on finding different ways to divert low-level offenders with mental illnesses out of the criminal system and improving pretrial incarceration.
Commissioner Desloge was elected President of the National Association of Counties in July 2016 and has made it his mission initiative to identify and disseminate the most compelling county policies and programs around the country that are making a difference in residents’ lives.
For more information, contact Mathieu Cavell, Leon County Community and Media Relations, at (850) 606-5300 / cmr@LeonCountyFL.gov .
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