Technology is changing the way government interacts with the citizens it serves, offering new tools, techniques, and frameworks. We'll explore these changing dynamics and take a look at case studies from agencies and teams who have transformed the way their services are designed, delivered, and perceived, all with an eye towards championing their customers — the citizens and people who use their services.

In its fifth year, the 2016 Cloudera Government Forum will bring together public and private sector practitioners to discuss the state of data analytics and share case studies of how agencies are leveraging their data to enable improved decision-making. Spend a day discovering how your organization can evolve with transformative technologies powered by Apache Hadoop and results-driven data management and analysis.

Managing, matching, and analyzing cultural name data continues to be one of the most challenging aspects of recognizing those masking or misrepresenting their identities. Long before the attacks on the USS Cole, Pentagon and World Trade Center, there was the 1993 shooting at the CIA Headquarters where Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani militant, killed two and wounded three CIA employees. Kansi had entered the United Status under the family name Ka...

Nextgov Prime: Data, Cybersecurity and the Government of Tomorrow will provide federal IT influencers with insight into the key challenges of managing, leveraging and securing data and tackling emerging cybersecurity threats in 2015 and beyond. Prime will convene technology CXOs, innovators and rising stars to explore ideas and discuss solutions around big data and data management, cybersecurity and more. 7:30 – 8:30am Registration ...

Agencies across government are expanding their C-suites with a new kind of technology expert: the Chief Data Officer. Charged with helping agencies derive new insights from existing – and expanding – data sets, CDOs are primed to play a major role in the future of government technology. As Chief Data Officers work to define their new roles, they will face a suite of opportunities and challenges that will shape their day-to-day effo...

Many federal professionals know that they need to extract actionable information from the vast data repositories that their agencies maintain. Yet challenges exist in how to get at that data and use it for meaningful analysis and more informed decision-making. How can the federal workforce leverage the resources available to support its mission requirements? One way is to take advantage of the rapidly expanding set of technology and applicatio...

According to Gartner, 73% of the world’s enterprises are using or planning to adopt big data platforms and analytical tools to better understand their operations, outcomes, and opportunities. This megatrend is driven by the increasing awareness of public and private sector organizations that technology and expertise are essential to unlock the value of the data they use, regardless of format or source. Few enterprises benefit more from i...

Big data is changing the business of government. Many agencies have turned to a platform-based approach that bundles big data tools like analytics and information management software together. This innovative approach to managing an ever-growing deluge of disparate data, allows agencies to simplify their IT landscape and make the most of their limited budget dollars. Across government, technology is doing the analytic legwork in a simplified a...

The speed, size, variety, and complexity of today’s datasets are all increasing exponentially, creating major challenges for organizations and agencies that want to siphon out actionable intelligence and insight from the noise. Fortunately, new technologies now allow even enormous and unstructured datasets to be analyzed more quickly and effectively to benefit the mission, delivering better information for decision-making and fraud detec...

Effective analytics are the most powerful tool in business. In all facets of business, internal and external facing, accurately identifying key trends and data points allow you to allocate the right resources to the right business units saving time, money and manpower as well as providing critical insights on your target audiences. Register for the IBM Government Analytics On Demand Resource Center to watch videos of business analytics experts...