Where Is State and Local Headed With Data?
The continuous process of managing data — not just the deployment of a cool service — is the true producer of value in data.
The continuous process of managing data — not just the deployment of a cool service — is the true producer of value in data.
The huge and diverse data workloads that government handles pose challenges to IT staff and agency leads in the form of siloed data, volume of data and mobility and regulatory risks.
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At NASCIO’s 50th anniversary, GovLoop spoke with state chief information officers about the tech priorities they’re focusing on in 2020.
By standardizing, integrating and sharing data, North Carolina has been able to provide better health care to those who visit its hospitals.
The fruits of labor that have been linked for decades to artificial intelligence and machine learning finally are ripe, and agencies can harvest their full value by going to the cloud.
Data, just like language, needs a dictionary for it to make sense. The Defense Logistics Agency recently finalized a data and analytics strategy and governance plan to get everybody on the same terms when talking about data.
Not only is the amount of data rapidly increasing in government, but the potential value of data is growing as well. Predictive analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are broadening the use cases for data and in turn unshackling productivity for government employees.
“Treasury sits in some ways in the center of the federal government because we’re the financial managers for the rest of the government,” said Justin Marsico, Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Data Executive at Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service. “And at the heart of that financial management activity is data.”
“It’s not just about the data. It’s about the cybersecurity, the collaboration, how agencies and private sector coordinate and have transparency between each other,” said David Bargh, Solution Manager for SAP Analytics Cloud at SAP National Security Services.