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Data, Data Everywhere, but Not a Byte to Eat

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Data drives decisions — both good and bad. The days of “static data” housed in filing cabinets or resources like encyclopedias are long over. Intelligent data management helps organizations enhance their public-facing services, while improving their backend operations, Breakiron said.

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Protecting APIs & Sensitive Data

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In today’s interconnected digital landscape, application programming interfaces (APIs) play a pivotal role in facilitating seamless communication and data exchange between various applications and systems.

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Innovations in Data: Give People Time to Figure Things Out

GovLoop

When data novices find themselves stumped, they often waste no time in calling a data expert. Patent and Trademark Office, recommends that data experts give novices an opportunity to work through problems on their own. You need to understand where a person is in their data journey. Soon enough, the problem is solved.

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Data Ecosystems Help Agencies Succeed

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In data transformation, it helps to view things through a different lens. It’s looking at your data like an ecosystem,” said Winston Chang, Chief Technology Officer for the Global Public Sector at Snowflake, a leading data cloud company. Think of the quality data that lives and breathes as an ecosystem.”

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Decision Intelligence: Data Ethics

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By definition, data ethics refers to the norms of behavior that promote appropriate judgments and accountability when acquiring, managing or using data. But AI’s expansive use has made data ethics increasingly important. 4 Basic Principles of Data Ethics Ownership: Individuals own their data or their information.

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Defining Open Data

GovLoop

CDC Data Maps Illustrate Threat Impacts It’s often impossible to confine environmental and public health events to a specific jurisdiction, agency or area of responsibility. EJI draws its data from the CDC, Census Bureau, Environmental Protection Agency, and Mine Safety and Health Administration.

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The Future of Data-Based Decision-Making

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For instance, “If you’re on Windows XP and you’re relying on faxes, those tools are so old that [new] analysis tools can’t read [your data],” Kowalski said. And with an unthinkable amount of data in the world, errors are inevitable with outdated IT.

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