PROGnostications
Welcome to the CTA Blog, featuring how-to’s, tool insights, partner spotlights, and more (including from PROG, our mascot).
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How CTA approaches intentional, in-person retreats!
At CTA, we think our Team Retreats are pretty special, so we thought we’d not-so-humbly brag about how we approach them

5 Hot Tips to Make the most of PAD
To help you stay calm, cool, and in control, we’ve pulled together a few hot tips for making the most of PAD.







Using Partitions and Clusters to Improve Query Performance
How can I improve query performance on large datasets and help reduce usage costs in PAD?

What We’re Reading, Watching, and Listening To
Our recommended books, TV shows, movies, podcasts, articles — updated every month.

CTA-SEIU BigQuery Training
Collaborating with the SEIU to host a data training session for SEIU locals.

NEW! Polling Place Data Available in PAD
Offering our partners access to the DNC’s IWillVote.com polling place data in PAD — at no extra charge!



4 Time-Saving PAD Tips For the Final Push!
Ways to let PAD and our suite of tools take care of the heavy lifting, so you can focus on what really counts.

Sharing Datasets Based on User Profiles
Is there an easy way to share datasets with others based on their user profile levels?

Data Security in the Age of GenAI
Tips for developing policies on how your organization uses Generative AI.


Monitoring Compute in BigQuery
Is it possible to access and query historical data in BigQuery?

New Models and Datasets Ready for you in PAD
We're thrilled to help deliver cutting-edge offerings from some of our partners.