Federal Government Information Technology

Evolving Government: Leveraging a data catalog to understand your agency's data

FedScoop: From digital records and information systems to new sources of data – like sensors embedded in parking meters, streetlights and yes, even trash cans – data in the public sector is increasing at a tremendous pace. Public sector organizations at every level are seeking to take advantage of all this data. But while the amount of data being created and captured has grown exponentially, the human capacity for parsing insights from that data has not kept up.

In the business world, Alation’s research shows that knowledge workers need between three weeks and two months to find, understand, and understand the data sources they need. This problem is even more apparent in government where data is siloed across agencies.

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