Data Visualization: Make Them See What You’re Saying
Data-driven decision-making improves effectiveness and efficiency, increases transparency, and enables agencies to be more proactive. But raw data alone rarely inspires action.
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Are You Committing Any of These Data Viz Sins?
Data visualizations are crucial to sharing the results of quantitative work. Ideally, they should help your audience understand your findings quicker, like a power-assisted bicycle. However, most of us are not trained in data visualization best practices and it can be difficult to know what type of chart to choose.
Data Visualization: How to Show, not Tell
Data visualization helps people understand and use data more effectively. Here are some pointers for doing it right.
Use Data Visualization to Show, Not Tell
There’s nothing more transparent than raw data. But that’s not accessible to people. That’s where data visualization comes in. Increasingly, users expect data to be something they can see, not just read.
It’s Time to Double Down on Data Literacy
In a recent survey conducted by Forrester Consulting and Tableau, 60% of respondents said they did not have the data skills they were expected to have for their jobs.
Connecting Community Feedback to Implementation
What the community really wants to know is how their input was incorporated into the project. Here are some practical ways to visualize community feedback.
AWS Partner Network Facilitates Data Sharing & Analytics to Support Crisis Management Efforts
The AWS partner network is helping government agencies facilitate data sharing and analytics to support crisis management efforts.
Treasury Data Opens the Federal Government to Smarter Decisions
“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.”
Where Did Your Federal Tax Dollars Go? Find Out with This Interactive Treasury Guide
Your Guide to America’s Finances is an overview of federal government finances in 2018, providing information on spending, revenue, the deficit, and the debt.
How a TED Talks Speaker Does Data Visualization
What can you learn from this TED Talks speaker about data visualization and effective storytelling?