Depending on the type of analysis agencies want to conduct — real-time or historical — there are different data gathering and analytics tools to support those efforts. Let’s take a closer look at each of these examples to better understand how they benefit government agencies.
For a growing number of agencies, the answer to powering their data analytics operations has come in the form of flash storage, which can be a more cost-effective and efficient alternative to the legacy disk storage agencies have traditionally used.
Think back to when you were in school. You would approach your final exam thinking, “How on earth am I going to digest a semester’s worth of information for this one test?” But you hopefully figured out that mass information had to be broken down into smaller categories. Without some semblance of organization, information canRead… Read more »
At our recent training, we asked what the future of data analytics looks like. Kurt Heisler, PhD, MPH, MS, Senior Policy Advisory, Technology and Innovation, Office of the Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave us two answers. “I have what I want to talk about,” he said.Read… Read more »
Data analytics isn’t about technology — it’s about the people. That was the main takeaway from a lively roundtable session held at GovLoop’s March 8th event, How to Understand Government Data Analytics. Nicole Blake Johnson, Technology Writer at GovLoop came together with Caryl Brzymialkiewicz, Assistant Inspector General / Chief Data Officer at Department of Health and HumanRead… Read more »
At GovLoop’s March 8 Data Analytics Event, Department of Defense’s Deputy Director for Enterprise Information, Mark E. Krzysko, relays the importance of data and analytics in an agency’s mission and for making critical decisions.
There are data science graduate degree programs popping up all over the country, but relatively few that are focusing on the problems of the public sector.
While the benefits of big data in government are tremendous, the implementation is proving very challenging because legacy infrastructure cannot handle the demanding workload. Here’s how multi-tiered flash storage systems can help.
Every data point is a puzzle piece with its own shape, function and origin. To get a complete picture that influences your decisions about everything from organizational change to user-friendly web principles to communicating within an organization, you have to start grouping things together.
While big data presents myriad opportunities for improving government, the challenges of interpreting massive data sets demand a higher level of analytical skills, as well as a healthy respect for the unpredictability of human nature.