Sean Simone, Ph.D. recently participated in a series of virtual roundtables hosted by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program to inform the development of a report on transforming labor and education data systems in the United States. The report, Digital Transformation in Labor and Education Systems: Improving the Government Response to the Next Unemployment Crisis, explores ways to improve response to future unemployment crises. The report includes case studies of current efforts to improve labor and education data systems as well as policy recommendations. Sean Simone is Director of Research and Evaluation at the Heldrich Center and Director of the New Jersey Education to Earnings Data System.