The way government communicates with citizens has fundamentally changed. Gone are the days when visiting the actual government office was the only way citizens could interact with and access information about citizen services. Now a huge portion of those services are done online. However, posting information online without a strategy is not useful. When a citizen visits a government website, they are usually looking for something very specific...

The modern Intelligence Analyst is trying to cope with large volumes of seemingly unrelated data. Location and time can reveal significant insights to into all your information. It is the foundation for data integration which can enable the discovery of key events, identify trends, and expose patterns. Join your colleagues from across the Defense and Intelligence communities on June 15th at 1776 in Washington, D.C. from 6-9pm and discover the...

Every government agency has terabytes of data, everything from social security numbers, to environmental data, to business records. And it’s imperative for agencies to make sure that information is secured properly. The key is to make sure the right people have access to the right data sets at the right time - which is known as privileged access. However, agencies don’t want to just create their own security and privacy standards f...

Are you ready to think outside the box? GovLoop is! Join us for our 6th Annual Government Innovators Virtual Summit on Wednesday, May 10 from 10am-4pm and hear from top gov and industry experts about the cutting-edge solutions they’re using to tackle some of government’s greatest challenges. Challenges like smaller workforces, adding new technologies and dealing with legacy systems. The government is on the brink of a major innovat...

These days new data is coming at us from all kinds of sources, sensors and devices. Traditional systems may have a hard time keeping up with the flow of information, making it hard for the end-user to use data for real-time decisions.Join geospatial information systems technologists, data analytics professionals and the developer community after work for this free in-person training and networking meetup to talk about how GIS technology can he...

Data is powerful. It can tell us more than we ever hoped to know about ourselves and the world around us. It’s also vital for solving today’s problems and predicting government’s future needs. However, the true power of data is only unveiled when it is coupled with analytics. A 2014 Forrester Survey found that most private sector companies only analyze 12 percent of the data they have. That means that 88 percent of a company...

Every two days, we create as much data as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003. Every two days! And we’re talking about Exabytes of data being produced. However, all the data in the world can’t help solve problems or make government more efficient if it isn’t applied correctly. That’s where data analytics come in. Proper application of analytics to data is what makes that data useful. For far too long, man...

Did you know that by 2025, buildings will be the largest emitters of greenhouse gases on our planet? And that energy costs alone represent about 30% of an office building’s total operating costs, and are typically the second highest cost behind salaries? So how can you use less energy in your buildings, be more environmentally friendly, and improve performance? The answer lies in the data your buildings are producing — and your abi...

Scientific data is powerful. It drives research on climate change, energy assurance, space exploration, earth science, water monitoring/security, and more. It can unlock the mysteries of the world. Regardless of your focus or affiliation — climate, agriculture, hydrology, conservation, geophysics, or oceans — analyzing, visualizing and sharing scientific data is imperative. On Thursday, June 18th from 2:00PM ET-3PM/11:00AM PT join...

As organizations grow, IT processes and mission needs change. Critical information becomes scattered across silos which can create huge problems for data access within the organization. When data sits in silos, end-users pay the price in terms of the time it takes to find and analyze relevant information to support critical decision-making. Fortunately, an Enterprise Data Layer (EDL) addresses this issue by ensuring that all data across an org...