GovLoop

MARCH 22, 2023

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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GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2024

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 And with an unthinkable amount of data in the world, errors are inevitable with outdated IT.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Good leaders are evangelists for making data-based decisions. They don’t need highly technical degrees: They need an appreciation of data’s ability to drive modernization efforts and successful outcomes for the organization and the people they serve. Data literacy is the foundation on which leaders make effective choices.

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GovLoop

JUNE 19, 2023

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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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to find valuable new insights in your data. But to make the most of it, your data, and your organization, must be ready. But data ops are so critical to AI and machine learning,” he said. Get your data governance set up. That’s all unstructured data,” Chang said.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In today’s world of siloed and scattered data, agencies often have an incomplete picture of their constituents. But adopting an integrated, digital data platform can vastly improve how agencies do business and interact with the public. But agencies that look more deeply can greatly impact lives.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 30, 2024

In fact, in the last five years, some of the largest cybersecurity breaches were tied to cloud permission issues that allowed anyone to access protected data. But the cloud offers protection against downtime, not data deletion. But the cloud offers protection against downtime, not data deletion. In the U.S.,

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GovLoop

MAY 6, 2024

With the rise of remote work and the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) generating large volumes of data in the field, agencies want to provide staff the ability to analyze and use that data in the field as well. But there’s a catch: They also need to secure that data. This is the concept of edge computing. The solution?

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

However, the data surrounding these procurement processes has traditionally been fragmented and difficult to access. Only about 20 percent of the total procurement data is readily available and searchable at the EU level through the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) portal.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 3, 2023

As soon as agencies started thinking in terms of enterprise-level data initiatives, their existing data solutions became legacy systems. The problem is the necessary data is scattered across the organization and stored in siloed systems both on premises and in the cloud or, more likely, in a multi-cloud environment.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The concept of digital twins, which has been around for years, is gaining traction as agencies gather better data and vendors develop better tools. To read more about ways to innovate successfully, download it here: Get the guide Photo by Pixabay at pexels.com Favorite

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GovLoop

MAY 9, 2024

People often use vague language such as “vast troves” and “growing exponentially” to describe the amount of data at the government’s disposal, but those terms don’t say much. And if you were to download all the data on the internet, it would take you 181 million years. It’s the same as 1 billion terabytes.

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GovLoop

MAY 1, 2024

Whether you’re planning to use more AI or just want to improve analytics and tighten cybersecurity, good data management must be the foundation for your efforts. In 2024, agencies will need to get their data in shape to make the most of it. The Federal Data Strategy, released in 2018, set high-level goals for using and handling data.

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GovLoop

MAY 8, 2023

Throughout the day, each of us makes decisions based on available data. Think about all the precise, real-time data the U.S. The challenging thing about data [is] it grows exponentially,” said Scott Woestman Vice President of Sales, U.S. “The Public Sector, with Alation, a data intelligence firm.

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GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

Discussions about the value of an enterprise approach to data governance often miss an important point: The difference it actually makes to anyone outside the IT department or the chief data officer’s (CDO) team. I thought about that while listening to a recent GovLoop virtual event on data virtualization.

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GovLoop

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s called RescueVision , and it’s an application that gives the Fire and Rescue Department’s 911 dispatch center real-time data on what’s happening where. The new system has notably improved the county’s ability to serve its residents and demonstrates the government’s belief in data-informed decision- making, county officials said.

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GovLoop

JUNE 13, 2023

Any agency undertaking an enterprise-level data initiative is likely to experience some serious growing pains. The problem is the necessary data is scattered across the organization and stored in siloed systems both on premises and in the cloud or, more likely, in a multi-cloud environment. One problem is scale.

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GovLoop

MAY 9, 2023

The danger perhaps is greatest for agencies that take advantage of new opportunities to identify, capture and analyze data, including from less traditional sources, such as online audio and video files. Take data encryption, which converts data into a form that, ideally, only authorized parties can decipher.

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GovLoop

MARCH 11, 2024

Standards create the basis of security controls on which everyone can rely, said Richard Breakiron, Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Federal Sector, with Commvault, which provides agencies with comprehensive, intuitive, enterpriselevel data management solutions. You need to have a copy that is literally immutable.

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GovLoop

MAY 3, 2024

Governments collect and analyze a lot of data. Collaboration between decisionmakers and the people who work with data can be a challenge. Everyone Is a Data Person One way to facilitate that exchange is by shifting mindsets about who is a “data person.” We all use data in our personal lives. Leventhal-Weiner said.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Data gathering may seem like a quiet pursuit, but Airis McCottry Gill speaks of it with great passion. EX Surveys When the VA measures worker experiences, “for the qualitative data, we follow the human-centered design approach,” explained Gill, who served the VA until October 2023. “We The surveys revealed some interesting data points.

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GovLoop

MARCH 12, 2024

Agencies struggle with data for many reasons. Mismanaged data can lead to poor decision-making, increased risk and even legal fallout, but the No. Mismanaged data can lead to poor decision-making, increased risk and even legal fallout, but the No. Agencies need enormous amounts of data, potentially millions of data points.

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GovLoop

MAY 2, 2024

Through automation, predictive analytics and advanced data analysis, AI is set to enhance operations and service delivery, said Chris Steel, AI Practice Lead at AlphaSix, which provides data management platforms and tools for data analysis. This not only secures critical data, but streamlines operations,” Steel explained.

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GovLoop

MARCH 5, 2024

But there are strategies that make effective cyberattacks less likely and that protect data on which government depends. It’s a matter of if, not when,” said Chris Sprague, Principal Technologist with Pure Storage, which delivers forward-thinking security and data protection via a cloud experience. Breaches will happen.

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GovLoop

MAY 10, 2024

In Part 1 , we told you about some of the ways government agencies are using data to make a difference. But data — collected regularly — helps agencies compete by enabling them to monitor trends and plan. To foster a healthy and productive workforce, effective data analysis : Integrates disparate HR systems and eliminates data silos.

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GovLoop

JULY 7, 2023

Data offers agencies so many possibilities for better-informed decision-making. Assess your staff’s data literacy levels, then develop programs to fill the gaps, including online and individual agency learning programs. Strengthen employees’ ability to read, understand, work with and communicate with data. Real-time data.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These systems are independent, leading to data siloes that can be difficult to consolidate for unified business insights. With consolidated data, public sector organizations can offer new experiences for donors and members, enrich research datasets, and improve operational efficiency for their staff.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Good Data Culture One thing successful agencies do is gather the resources they need to make data-driven decisions. “To To [be] able to do that in a fast and efficient manner, you have to have some form of a data culture established,” said Gilmore. Alteryx is here to help data governance and effective reporting.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

By its definition, “data” are individual facts, statistics or items of information. It bridges the gap between accumulating data and doing something about it. And kind of unpacking and creating that story around what that actual data or that fact says.” “The What organizational or societal change can we shoot for?

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GovLoop

JUNE 11, 2024

The concept of evidence-based policymaking — the idea that policies should be developed and refined based on hard data, not just hunches — can play a critical role in helping state and local agencies identify and mitigate systemic issues that undermine government’s ability to serve all constituents. The result? miles of public transit.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 11, 2024

Migrating from state and local governments to federal agencies and back again, data is a dynamic resource. And that presents unique security challenges and the potential for what Scott Pross, Vice President of Technology with SolarWinds, calls “data spillage.” If your devices aren’t secure, your data is unprotected.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

By its definition, “data” are individual facts, statistics or items of information. It bridges the gap between accumulating data and doing something about it. And kind of unpacking and creating that story around what that actual data or that fact says.”. Tailor all data stories to their audiences, Huss said.

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Incomplete data can have dire consequences. And partial data can deprive needy families of services that would put food on their table. Government is complex and inherently siloed, said Rock Regan, Director of Alliances, State and Local Government with Qlik, which offers data integration and analytics.

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GovLoop

MAY 3, 2023

Flash also is much denser, storing the same volume of data in a smaller system. That’s why Pure Storage offers an integrated data platform with an operating system called Purity that manages that complexity. And unlike when buying a whole new system, there’s no need to spend money on data migrations.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Data can improve traffic congestion, enhance delivery of critical government services, and save millions of dollars, according to a recent study by Forrester Consulting. The study examines the return-on-investment public sector organizations may realize from data integration initiatives.

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GovLoop

MAY 9, 2023

The Problem The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had an abundance of satellite data that government and commercial organizations could use to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts, but it was scattered across multiple offices. Cloud was in the forecast.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the era of ‘big data,’ a term that undoubtedly describes the large and complex datasets that businesses generate and exchange, it is increasingly complex for international businesses to navigate the challenge of storing, processing, and analysing their data.

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