Nathan Greenhut

If you would like to learn even more about Smarter Care, take a look at this announcement:
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41066.wss

Seth, great response. Hopefully for a new bridge/tunnel they rethink that one at this point or figure out some other forms of effective transportation.

For the mapping of gas stations, I agree data is the best way to keep the lines balanced, but there also needs to be a backup system.

There should be a mix of solar, wind, gas, propane, etc. so…[Read more]

Please also refer to Frank Stein’s article on “Big Weather, Big Data” for some more information about the magnitude of this issue in the future:
https://www.govloop.com/group/analyticstooutcomes/forum/topics/big-weather-big-data

I agree with you that adding process steps and restrictions may not be the way to go. Do you think looking more closely at the transactional and external data to see if there are issues going on could work? Is there a way to do sampling, audits or risk scoring to see where more investigation needs to be done? This way we don’t add time or work…[Read more]

I have a running to-do list that I prioritize and put estimated hours next to. For projects, I set aside that many hours a day. I think it is important to keep a to-do list, so you don’t lose track of things and make sure you spend the appropriate time on each task. The other benefit is when more projects or tasks come in, they are easy to…[Read more]

It is about master data, sharing, collaboration, being more transparent, social networking and predictive analytics. Visit the link below if you want to learn more about analytics.
Click here to visit “Analytics to Outcomes” on Govloop

I heard the earthquake over the phone minutes before it hit, since I was on the phone with people close to the epicenter. I asked others if they felt it. Then it hit New Jersey. Then I started to wonder how often this happened and found out it was once every 40 years. I also found out that animals in the local zoo started acting strange…[Read more]

Predicting the world’s toughest problems and achieving the best possible results.

How do you feel about the use of predictive analytics? I have heard that inaccuracies in forecasting can cause huge swings in inventory in supply chains. Also, some of the best companies seem to be able to forecast the market, products, services and competitors better to achieve results. Do you think government can better forecast needs,…[Read more]

Below are some interesting stories, tools and examples of using predictive analytics to achieve results. These are all from the nucleusresearch.com site. There are many more government and cross-industry uses of analytics on this site and I find it to be useful across IT Services as well.…[Read more]

I think the right mix of “trusting your guts” and deliberate analysis are what it takes to achieve the best outcomes. There are multiple ways of getting the right answers and their is no one-size fits all approach. We need to be smart about how we look at numbers, results, qualitative evidence and cases to determine the leading practices given…[Read more]

Check this website out. Templates for any project and they are FREE! Well at least 100 of them are free:
http://www.exinfm.com/free_spreadsheets.html
On a side note, Google spreadsheets is an interesting collaborative spreadsheet platform for non-sensitive data. You can quickly incorporate APIs there and republish sharp dashboards to the web…[Read more]

Another website that I think you may be interested in for Open Collaboration around data and analytics for a City environment is http://cityforward.org/wps/wcm/connect/CityForward_en_US/City+Forward/Home.