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...

Has your organization realized a return on investment for your open data efforts? When it was first introduced, open data was defined as the innovation currency from which to best understand how to improve accountability and transparency. We were promised greater civic engagement and a boost to local economies. Over the last few years we learned a lot about the benefits of opening data; not just for the public but for governments as well. Open...

Q: What do government healthcare and agriculture strategies have in common?A: The increasing use of data analytics. Data analytics has the power to transform governments – the way they operate, report, regulate, and plan for the future. In this free online training, GovLoop’s Christopher Dorobek will lead a panel discussion with government leaders and industry experts about how agencies can take their data analytics to the next lev...

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...