--- title: James Anderson | TIME description: James Anderson, a former communications director for New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and associate commissioner for the New York City Department of Homeless Services, established and leads the Government Innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. His work focuses on bolstering the problem-solving capacity of mayors and local governments through developing the data, innovation, and collaboration capabilities they need to effectively lead—and move their communities forward. canonical: https://time.com/author/james-anderson/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/james-anderson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # James Anderson ## James Anderson _James Anderson, a former communications director for New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and associate commissioner for the New York City Department of Homeless Services, established and leads the Government Innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. His work focuses on bolstering the problem-solving capacity of mayors and local governments through developing the data, innovation, and collaboration capabilities they need to effectively lead—and move their communities forward._ ## James Anderson *  May 15, 2024 ### [Why America’s Infrastructure Is So Hard To Fix](https://time.com/6977919/america-infrastructure/) James Anderson writes that support for local innovation, data, and more should be built into federal... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/james-anderson/","name":"James Anderson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/james-anderson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/james-anderson/"},"name":"James Anderson","jobTitle":null,"description":"James Anderson, a former communications director for New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and associate commissioner for the New York City Department of Homeless Services, established and leads the Government Innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. His work focuses on bolstering the problem-solving capacity of mayors and local governments through developing the data, innovation, and collaboration capabilities they need to effectively lead—and move their communities forward.","url":"https://time.com/author/james-anderson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```