Big Data for Government

A new Study released last week for the purposes of advising on policy in the US government provides a cogent analysis of the opportunities available to government through big data.

Big data has evolved as a term denoting the vast quantities of structured and unstructured data now available on the Internet and on various Information Systems. There has been a growing interest in the data from businesses and governments over the past year. Tools to analyze the data are being implemented in a wide number of organizations.


"The report pointed to possible values of Big Data analysis for the federal government, including determining the most effective medical outcomes across large populations, analysis of health anomalies in the hospital or home through sensors, new levels of real-time traffic information, a better understanding of the most effective online learning techniques, better fraud detection, or improved weather predictions."

The analysis of big data was incorporated in a significant big data initiative launched by the Obama administration earlier in the year. This new report marks a significant contribution to the policy issues that are now being addressed.

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