Just as the relationship between corporate IT departments and employees has shifted, interactions between vendors and CHCOs are evolving toward a state of greater collaboration, in the interest of flexible systems that are highly responsive to agency demands. As a result, the systems elevate business process management capabilities. There’s no need to “reinvent the wheel”… Read more »
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.
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.
You might not think of data as raw material for storytelling, but remember, those metrics aren’t just numbers — they represent information about your customers. If you can figure out your customers’ stories, you’ll learn what you need to know to provide them with the best overall experience.
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 »
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.
Aside from budgets, cultural barriers pose one of the greatest challenges to introducing new technologies and new ways of thinking into any agency. There’s a certain way that people have always done things, and sometimes learning a new way can cause angst or pushback. So how do you foster an environment where people are openRead… Read more »
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.
Customization remains key. IT vendors are increasingly recognizing that they can no longer force tech to dictate functions. They understand that – if solutions do not adapt to existing, preferred processes – then users will reject the new tech outright.