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395 results for "Big Data"

395 results for "Big Data"

From Big Data to Big Action

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October 13, 2015 Project on Munipical Innovation "It’s not about big data, it’s about big understanding… Understanding strengthens the link between data tools and policy action." These were the reflections of Jack Dangermond, Founder and President of the...

Interview: The Basics of Big Data

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August 21, 2014 Big Data Originally appearing on the National Research Network, this article is part of a series of interviews with leading practitioners and thought leaders on new approaches and solutions that have been proven to work. NK: What advice...

Harnessing the Full Power of Big Data

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October 10, 2013 Big Data This post originally appeared on Living Cities. Big Data – the use of large datasets to solve problems and deliver better “customer” value – was a big topic of discussion at this week’s CityLab, which brought leading urban...

Protecting Big Data

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September 29, 2015 Civic Data This post originally appeared in Government Technology magazine. Big data can produce big operational and policy breakthroughs. And if not carefully addressed, it can produce even larger privacy concerns or a backlash. To...

Big Data Isn’t Sexy (And That’s OK)

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February 22, 2017 Big Data Big data isn’t sexy anymore. Though it might be hard to believe, long before anyone had heard of deep learning, “big data” was the belle of the ball for government (and private sector) innovators. All they had to do was say big...

Big Data Gets Personal in U.S. Cities

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June 12, 2014 Civic Data Ben Hecht is President and CEO of Living Cities. His post originally appeared on the blog of the New Cities Foundation, an international non-profit organization. Much has already been said about how big data is dramatically...

Bringing Big Data to Fire Safety

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September 25, 2019 Predictive Analytics On the tail end of one of the hottest summers on record, the dangers of structure fires and wildfires in cities across the United States are continuing to spread. According to NASA, summer temperatures are predicted...

Big Data Gives a Boost to Health and Human Services

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February 11, 2014 Health & Human Services This article originally appeared in Government Technology. No single area of innovation promises as much public value as the rapidly evolving areas that allow government officials to utilize data across agency and...

Big Data, Analytics and a New Era of Efficiency in Government

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May 23, 2013 Civic Data This post originally appeared on Governing.com. Buy something from Amazon and you will soon find the online retailer telling you what other products you might like. Linger too long on your preferred cell provider's website for new...

The Big Power of Data in a Small City

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August 10, 2016 What works cities This post originally appeared on Stephen Goldsmith's Better Faster Cheaper blog on Governing.com. It is easy to look at the data-driven management successes of places like Chicago or New York and conclude that the...