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The conversation about data should start and stop with the mission impact and how quality data can improve decision-making and customer services.
even zettabytes of data and hundreds of thousands of users.
Snowflake’s public marketplace features more than 100 datasets, and that number is rising every day. Users can gain access to shared datasets related
to weather, housing values, population counts or COVID-19 data, for example. Agencies can also create small private exchanges within a closed community, which enables the sharing of data in a protected manner.
Building momentum for a data-driven government
The pandemic has underscored the importance of data for the government’s ability to make critical decisions and reinforced the notion that data is a strategic asset. Moving the conversation from theoretical to practical can be challenging, but doing so will help the government transform from reactive to proactive.
A data-driven, anticipatory government is better able to tackle complex challenges such
as the climate crisis, the pandemic, the ongoing economic recovery and social inequities. Adopting a modern data architecture is an important step in a collaborative movement toward a more proactive government.
Nicholas Speece is chief federal technologist at Snowflake, and Vishal Kapur is a principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Strategy and Analytics practice.
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