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Amina Abdu

@aminaabdu.bsky.social

PhD candidate @ University of Michigan School of Information aminaxabdu.github.io

Amina Abdu @aminaabdu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Thanks so much to everyone who has given feedback on this project over the past couple of years! I hope you'll give it a read and reach out if you want to chat administrative algorithms!

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Amina Abdu @aminaabdu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Our analysis shows that this highly visible legitimacy crisis was preceded by a longer term move toward cost reduction as a central tenet of legitimate public administration and the sidelining of reason-giving and participation.

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Amina Abdu @aminaabdu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Since starting this work in 2023, the landscape around US agencies, algorithms, and legitimacy has received more public attention with the rise of DOGE and rapid push toward government AI. However...

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Amina Abdu @aminaabdu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In our new paper, we look at 50+ years of GAO reports to understand how administrative use of algorithms has changed the scope of legitimate practices within federal agencies, even when agency algorithms (unlike prior forms of state quantification) are seen as undermining legitimacy.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Considering developments in Michigan as a case study, Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.

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Michigan Offers Handouts for Data Centers Promising Jobs. Will Those Jobs Come? | TechPolicy.Press

Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.

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Amina Abdu @aminaabdu.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'll be talking about our work on the Census Bureau's public engagement around differential privacy tomorrow morning alongside lots of other exciting presentations. Come check it out on Zoom!

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