In episode 18 of Perry World House’s podcast, The Global Cable, Governor Martin O’Malley talks about the three things every citizen needs to hear from government during a pandemic; how policymakers can use data to tackle society’s biggest problems, from coronavirus to climate change; and his dream of meeting Bruce Springsteen.

“However large the emergency, there are really three questions that any leader has to be able to answer for her or his people: What has happened? What are we doing about it? And what should I and my family do to protect ourselves?”

Martin O’Malley served as governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore. Throughout his time in office, he championed new ways of thinking about city and state government. He introduced systems called ‘CitiStat’ and ‘StateStat’ to improve performance management in government, and ‘BayStat’ to help turn around a 300-year decline in the health of the Chesapeake Bay. He recently published his second book, Smarter Government: How To Govern for Results in the Information Age.

To hear the podcast, visit https://global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse/news/fighting-coronavirus-martin-omalley