Big Data and the Government Agency

A look at how three federal agencies manage Big Data in the wake of a White House document outlining a four-layer digital structure through which data can be amassed, organized, and presented.

Today's societies run on information. Data are the fuel that powers government agencies as well as private sector organizations. The proliferation of data over the past few decades has dramatically increased in volume, earning the designation Big Data.

Big Data is more than just a collection of rando