DAPP analyzes the repercussion of the acquittal of state deputies Jorge Picciani, Paulo Melo and Edson Albertassi on Twitter. Although it was located in Rio, it also had a very bad repercussion in São Paulo, which represented more than 20% of the mentions on Twitter.

Researchers and representatives from the government and from the civil society participated of the seminar about migration policies and management at DAPP in partnership with the Migration Observatory. The debate pointed out that the changes in the new Migration Law should be seen as opportunities for the development of the country and presented bottlenecks to be addressed.

An analysis on the yellow fever points out that there is a discrepancy between public expenditure and the needs of the areas under vigilance. Another issue on debate is that the budget for the Ministry of Health focusing on the epidemic has decreased compared to the past two years.

In August, DAPP carried out an opinion research to analyze the dissatisfaction of Brazilians, divided among two lines, one related to trust in the political system, economy and social structure, and the other related to the behavior of Brazilians regarding the social structure of the country.

A data collection by DAPP demonstrates the relevance of the H-1B work visa, granted to highly skilled temporary workers, for the migratory policy and innovation of the United States.

DAPP releases a platform that presents public data with a clear and interactive language, indicating whether there is a discrepancy throughout the year in relation to the initial plan for the fiscal goal. The north of the compass always points to the current fiscal goal.

A data collection by DAPP demonstrated the automated profiles motivated debates on Twitter in cases such as the 2014 elections, the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff, municipal elections of São Paulo, the general strike in April and the voting for the labor reform. In the case of the this year’s general paralyzation, for example, there was interference in up to 20% of the interactions on Twitter.

The Congress brought some proposals for political reform for discussion, among them the district, semidisctrict and mixed district systems, the party fund and other ideas. DAPP explains how it works today and what it could become if the terms of the reform were accepted.

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, supported the Social Security Reform as vital for the country to overcome the crisis in the panel “Challenges for Brazil: The reform agenda and the public security in Rio de Janeiro”, an initiative by DAPP.

A study by DAPP based on data from Fogo Cruzado puts together data on child learning and development and schools in areas with shooting/gunfire reports in the city. By contrasting this information, it is possible to look for ways to mitigate the effects of violence on child learning.

The minister of Finance, Henrique Meireless, pointed to paths for the growth of Brazil and defended the labor reform as a way to modernize the Brazilian job market in the panel “Economic perspectives and public policies: the challenges for Brazil”, promoted by DAPP.

A joint action between the civil and military police forces in the state of Pará for reintegration of land ownership on May 24, 2017, resulted in the death of ten rural workers connected to agrarian union movements in Pará. The case was highlighted in the social networks; on the day of the massacre, its mentions represented 27% of the discussion on Twitter, increasing to 38% two days later with mentions about the sate.

An analysis of the protests and conflict at the Esplanade show a new increase in mentions to “Diretas Já” (Direct Elections Now), with 54,300 mentions, in addition to criticism to the social security and labor reforms after the protests. The map of retweets about the theme shows a group of profiles traditionally connected to the opposition in an offensive position against the government, which does not find an organic field of defense on the networks.

The disclosure of a record involving president Temer and senator Aécio Neves had more than 2 million mentions on Twitter, shows DAPP about the JBS delation. The announcement where Temer declared he would not resign the presidency generate 200 thousand mentions in only one hour.

Lula’s testimony received 650 thousand mentions on Twitter, shows DAPP Report. Despite the polarization, with groups against and for Lula, the data collection shows another group that demonstrates an equidistant evaluation of the former president’s testimony; this group corresponded to 32.3% of the mentions. Profiles opposed to Lula represented 20.7% of the interactions, while the ones supporting him represented 19.2%.

DAPP and Open Knowledge Brasil release the Rio de Janeiro edition of the Index of Open Data in a panel that debated transparency in public administration. The city obtained a positive results of 80%, but only 27% of the databases were considered completely open.

DAPP Report monitored the discussion about migration in Brazil through the analysis of 60.5 thousand tweets about the theme in period between the approval of the bill by the Senate and its presidential sanction. There is a clear concentration of messages regarding this law, with higher cohesion among those who demand that Temer vetoes the project. Favorable posts focus on criticizing the position of those opposed to it.

DAPP Report presents and analysis of mentions in French associated to the presidential candidates in France. Covering the two rounds, there were 4.9 million posts. Throughout the first turn, Macron was the furthest-reaching influencer, dominating 10.4% of the debate, more than double of Le Pen’s 4.9%, who competed against him in the second round.

DAPP releases a data collection showing that the movement in the social networks supporting the paralyzation on April 28 was the largest action opposing the Temer administration in a year. Mentions related to the general strike on Twitter exceeded 1.1 million.

The release of the list of targets for investigation by the redactor of Operation Car Wash in the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Luiz Edson Fachin, was received as an “atomic bomb” in the Brazilian political system. In the first 24 ours, there were 300 thousand tweets and 780 thousand interactions on Facebook about the theme.

DAPP and Open Knowledge Brasil release the yearly edition of the Index of Open Data for Brazil, which obtained a grade of 64%, making it the eighth in the world, but only six (40%) of the dimensions of the index received the highest grade, that is, were considered completely open.

DAPP and Open Knowledge Brasil release the first edition of the “Index of Open Data for Cities - São Paulo”. The data collection is a tool for evaluating and identifying bottlenecks in order to guide cities regarding the improvement of their open data policies.

Inaugurating DAPP Report, which will develop a series of publications about relevant themes, we analyzed 4 million interactions on Facebook and Twitter between pro-impeachment actors. Dória is the only actor who has been ascending on social networks, registering 13 times more interactions than the governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, and surpassing the president of PSDB, Aécio Neves, with 50 times more mentions.

DAPP analyzes the development strategy adopted in recent years by Rio de Janeiro, which is seen as an example of city that did not take advantage of the window of opportunity for sustainable development brought by the big events hosted by the city. The analysis included studies focusing on debts, unemployment, social security and choices of the administrators.

DataCrime gathers information from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Unified Health System (SUS), the National Penitentiary Department (Depen) and the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook. The tool contributes to the access to public security data.

Despite the defeat, PVV, an extreme right party, dominates the social networks. We analyzed tweets in English and Dutch and PVV had more than half of the mentions outside of the Netherlands. Inside the country, on the other hand, the number drops to 41.93%, although still leading the debate by a large margin.

With the changes to electoral financing in 2015, only natural persons could make electoral donations, through candidates and through party funds. Out of 76 donors mapped, only one is not connected to a company and most of them are from managers or partners.

A data collection draws a profile of the service in the daycare centers of Rio de Janeiro. Although the public sector serves 47.3% of the children, there is not a large quantity of these daycare centers and they also do not have the best installations.

After the inauguration of a new mayor in Rio de Janeiro, DAPP identifies the electoral territories of the candidates, where each one was stronger. Interactive maps point to Maré as Crivella’s best performance and Laranjeiras as Freixo’s highest percentage.

DAPP releases a new website, emphasizing the production of applied research, analysis and interactive tools for data viewing. The homepage now shows a mosaic highlighting the most recent contents.

The tool Carioca Conjuncture provides maps with the distribution of votes for the main candidates for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in the first round of the 2016 elections. The maps show that Crivella and Freixo had opposing electoral bases in the first round.

DAPP analyzes the impact of subway fares and of BRT in the city of Rio de Janeiro on the per capita income of residents, aiming to understand how much proximity to high quality transport services can really guarantee easy circulation in the city.

The elections in the USA, with the unexpected victory of Donald Trump, stir up the networks. DAPP carries out an analysis of mentions on Twitter, which sum up more than 74 million in 24 hours around the world. In addition, DAPP collects data on how the event was seen in 5 different countries.

With the growing level of electoral alienation, DAPP made a diagnosis of the situation. Electoral alienation is the name given to the total number of blank votes, null votes and abstentions.

A study developed by DAPP based on data from the State Office of Penitentiary Administration (SEAP) identified the geographic origin of inmates and of occurrence of crimes leading to detention in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

DAPP establishes a partnership with Open Knowledge Brasil to build the Open Data Index in Brasil, a initiative of the civil society concerning the mapping of open data in many countries of the world.

DAPP releases a series of studies about Brazilian bureaucracy. “The structure of the bureaucracy of the Brazilian State”, “The relationship between powers” and “The profile of the civil service”.

DAPP carries out a data collection with transcriptions of the quotes from Trump and Clinton and created an interactive cloud with the terms mentioned more often by each of the candidates. Trump mentions the construction of a wall on the Mexico border and Hilary emphasizes women and tax collection.

The former president of the Chamber of deputies, Eduardo Cunha, is arrested in Brasília. The decision is based on the accusation that the congressman received bribe money in a contract for oil exploration in Africa and used accounts in Switzerland for money laundering. On the networks, DAPP points out that the mentions to Cunha were strengthened by the hashtags #DelataCunha (“delate, Cunha”) and #CunhaNaCadeia (Cunha in jail) and by the meme of the “lumberjack of the Federal Police”.

DAPP releases a study that is a geography of urban crime in Rio, considering areas for the implementation of potential supporting policies that the city administration could execute to complement the actions of the state.

A new line of research at DAPP focused on the analysis of municipal public policies, Cidades, inaugurates the tool “Carioca Conjuncture” aimining to qualify the debate about the public management of the city of Rio.

On the eve of the municipal elections, DAPP points out that security and education, followed by heath and mobility, are the main concerns of the citizens on the social networks.

The municipal elections of 2016 were the first to happen under the law that prohibits the financing of candidates by companies and limits the campaign expenditures. DAPP, in a partnership with the newspaper “O Globo”, finds that companies found ways to maintain their influence on the campaigns through their directors.

DAPP shows the expenses per capita with municipal servants and demonstrates that the annual expenditure per capita with these employees has increased by 210.5% between 2000 and 2014, going from R$ 216 to R$ 671 per Brazilian.

Based on the history of the UPPs since their implementation in Rio, DAPP suggests possible initiatives to further the understanding of the advances of this police in community model.

DAPP releases the tool Rio Experience, an interactive platform that monitors the debate on the internet about the 2016 Olympic Games in real-time.

By 52% votes against 48%, the majority of the British decide, in the referendum called Brexit, that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. Research by DAPP reveals, however, a polarization in the networks.

DAPP explains the challenges for balancing the public budget, a historical problem. Proposals by Temer include the social security reform, a review of the cost of civil service and establishing a ceiling for expenses.

An analysis by FGV/DAPP shows that there is an inverse relationship between the proportion of immigrants and votes for the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union; areas with more foreigners had results more favorable to staying in the EU. A hypothesis is that the coexistence in urban centers makes the British less likely to see the issue as “problematic”.

Supreme Federal Court minister and Car Wash reporter Teori Zavascki determines the suspension of Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ) from his mandate of federal deputy and from the presidency of the House. DAPP shows that more than 400 thousand tweets related to the suspension were registered between 5 a.m. and midnight on May 5.

Cariocas are struck by Shock and indignation with the collapse of a recently inaugurated bike lane for the Olympic games. A data collection by DAPP registered more than 36 thousand mentions to the collapse on Twitter until the end of the afternoon on April 22.

The Chamber of Deputies authorizes the installation of the impeachment process with 367 votes for and 137 votes against, and the process is taken to the Senate. A data collection by the Theme Monitor shows that, between noon on Sunday and the same time on Monday, Twitter registered 3 million mentions to the theme.

The social networks were a place for honoring the victims of terrorist attacks in Brussels. Hashtags similar to the ones used after the attacks in Paris are highlighted. Xenophobia, however, occupied a significant space, strengthened by comments made by Trump.

Encouraged by the investigations of Operation Car Wash, large protests against and in favor of the Dilma administration mark the month of March. The first acts of 2016, on March 13, added up to at least 3 million people in the 26 states and in the Federal District — the larger demonstration in the history of the country.

The visit of the American president Barack Obama to Cuba was commented about in the networks. An analysis by DAPP identified, between 8 a.m. on March 21 and 11 a.m. on March 22, more than 1.6 million mentions on Twitter about the topics in the entire world. The peak of mentions (800 thousand) happened when Obama began a tour of Havana.

DAPP points out, based on SIGA Brasil, that there has been a percentage reduction between the values paid for fighting the Aedes aegypti in relation to the ones authorized in the fund transfers from the Union to the states and cities. The budget for fighting the mosquito dropped from 98% in 2013 to 77% in 2015.

DAPP Lab suggests the use of drones to make monitoring in larger areas easier, faster and spending less public resources, including in closed buildings, which the public power cannot access. The research is highlighted on Globonews.

DAPP releases research line “Health in numbers”, aiming to promote transparency for the debate on the theme. The first study of the area shows that, in the Olympic year, dengue fever cases increased more than seven times.

The Department releases the tool Brasileirão on the Web in order to monitor the main topics of Brazilian soccer, bringing together sponsors, managers of the sport, teams and, of course, fans.

Based on data from the National Council of Immigration (CNIg), the General Coordination of Immigration (CGIg) and the System for the Registration of Foreigners (SINCRE) of the Federal Police, DAPP analyzes the different stories that the numbers presented by the sources tell.

DAPP releases the section Political Transparency, a platform for monitoring electoral donations formed by the tools Transparent Chamber and Electoral Mosaic. The release happens in partnership with O Globo.

DAPP inaugurates a partnership with Valor Econômico, making the tools Budget Mosaic and Budget Simulator available on the website of the newspaper, inviting users to make “their own” fiscal adjustment.

DAPP releases the platform Brasileirão on the Web, which monitors the main topcs of Brazilian soccer on the social networks and presents financial data about the A Series teams and about the Brazilian Soccer Confederation.

DAPP organizes its first debate open to the public in its new office. The guest was professor Fabiano Santos, professor of political science at Uerj (Rio de Janeiro State University), who discussed the challenge of governability in Brazil with live broadcast by Periscope.

Due to the growing size of its team, DAPP moves into a new, larger and more modern office.

In partnership with the newspaper “O Globo”, DAPP releases Budget Mosaic and Budget Geology, tools for graphic viewing of the federal public budget. The mosaic shows the destination of the public resources; the geology shows the evolution of the public expenses, with data starting from 2001 and updated monthly.

The DAPP team makes its first analysis for British newspaper “Financial Times”, one of the most prestigious of the world, about the polarization of social network users during the election and after the victory of Dilma Rousseff

DAPP inaugurates the tool Politics on the Web, an interactive platform for real-time monitoring of social networks, with information on what and where people are talking about education, health, security, transport, economy, corruptions and protests.

DAPP establishes a partnership with the channel GloboNews for monitoring social networks for themes of public interest, with weekly analyses of social networks and participation of DAPP researches in programs of the channel.

DAPP releases the Theme Monitor, a tool for real-time monitoring of mentions related to public policies on the internet, including social networks, blogs, sites and comment sections.

DAPP establishes a partnership with the newspaper “O Globo” to monitor the debate about the main themes related to public policies in the social networks during the elections. Analyses are published weekly in the newspaper between July and November, 2014.

In a partnership with Brandwatch, a leading company on social intelligence, DAPP releases a tool for viewing Twitter mentions about the World Cup in Brazil.

DAPP carries out the research “Urban Mobility and Citizenship”, the first survey of the series “public services and citizenship”, interviewing 3600 inhabitants of the six major metropolitan regions of Brazil. The results are published on the newspaper “O Globo”.

DAPP publishes a report on immigration as a strategic vector for the socioeconomic development of Brazil and suggests the creation of a specific governmental agency for the theme.

The Department of Public Policy Analysis (FGV/DAPP) is created in October, 2012 to encourage the understanding of public policies in an innovative way and improve the transparency and dialogue between State and society.