FY 2017 Budget Takes Evidence Agenda to Scale
President Obama’s final budget puts a stake in the ground for his long-running agenda to inject the use of data and evidence into budget, policy, and operational decisions.
Posts Tagged: data
Wearing Your Data Geek Badge With Pride
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 »
The Data Scientist Skill Shortage in Government: Part II
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.
When Open Data is Not Enough
Open data may not be sufficient to solve some of our toughest social problems. Skilled data professionals working with government officials and neighborhood stakeholders in partnership to develop new solutions requires good data, but also trust.
Numbers Don’t Lie: Making Data-Driven Decisions
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.
How to Create a Customer-Centered Government
Learn about how to make government more customer-centered!
The Data Science Skill Shortage in the Public Sector
Most of us are not that familiar with what happens behind the scenes to process the petabytes of data collected through sensors, cell phones, images, search engines and financial transactions, but it’s safe to say that the analysis of these data make our current information-based economy run.
Re-imagining the Press Release Through Data
Admit it, press releases rarely work. King County, Wash., is now tracking data to learn which reporters are interested in specific subjects.
Duplication of Data Collection in the Public Sector
Government already collects data about us that could be used to more efficiently provide access to the range of services that one might need. Through implementing a consent process, like what the health care and financial sectors have done, government could make better use, through data sharing, of the data it already has.
Be an Agent of Change. Here Are 3 Small But Important Steps to Help
For any organization, big or small, we have three important lessons to share to help you navigate your own digital transformation. They tackle the intricacies of setting everyone on a common course, building collaboration, and managing expectations.