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A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments - Using Big Data for Good M Lowman

A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments - Using Big Data for Good By M Lowman

A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments - Using Big Data for Good by M Lowman


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Analytics can make government work better this book shows you how A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments provides demonstrations of real-world analytics applications for legislators, policy-makers, and support staff at the federal, state, and local levels.

A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments - Using Big Data for Good Summary

A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments - Using Big Data for Good by M Lowman

Analytics can make government work better this book shows you how A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments provides demonstrations of real-world analytics applications for legislators, policy-makers, and support staff at the federal, state, and local levels. Big data and analytics are transforming industries across the board, and government can reap many of those same benefits by applying analytics to processes and programs already in place. From healthcare delivery and child well-being, to crime and program fraud, analytics can in fact, already does transform the way government works. This book shows you how analytics can be implemented in your own milieu: What is the downstream impact of new legislation? How can we make programs more efficient? Is it possible to predict policy outcomes without analytics? How do I get started building analytics into my government organization? The answers are all here, with accessible explanations and useful advice from an expert in the field. Analytics allows you to mine your data to create a holistic picture of your constituents; this model helps you tailor programs, fine-tune legislation, and serve the populace more effectively. This book walks you through analytics as applied to government, and shows you how to reap Big data's benefits at whatever level necessary. * Learn how analytics is already transforming government service delivery * Delve into the digital healthcare revolution * Use analytics to improve education, juvenile justice, and other child-focused areas * Apply analytics to transportation, criminal justice, fraud, and much more Legislators and policy makers have plenty of great ideas but how do they put those ideas into play? Analytics can play a crucial role in getting the job done well. A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments provides advice, perspective, and real-world guidance for public servants everywhere.

About M Lowman

MARIE LOWMAN is a principal industry consultant-government at SAS Institute. For more than two decades, she has overseen SAS's commitment to helping government organizations provide high-quality services to their constituents, while maximizing resources and budgets.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Marie Lowman Child Welfare 4 Education 5 Healthcare 5 Prescription Drug Abuse 6 Criminal Justice and Public Safety 6 Smart Cities 7 Transportation 7 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse 8 Establishing a Center of Analytics 8 Chapter 2 Child Well-Being 11 Will Jones Introduction 12 Data-Driven Culture 13 Data Sharing 16 Data Quality 18 Assessing Risk 22 Addressing the Perceived Limits of Analytics Pertaining to Assessing Risk 25 Impact on Workforce 29 Notes 32 Chapter 3 Education 35 Nadja Young Introduction 36 Build Your Engine Build the Education Data System Infrastructure 40 Use the Dashboard to Measure What Matters Most Student Learning Growth 42 Use the Navigation System to Guide Education Policy 47 Look through the Windshield with Predictive Analytics 56 Drive the Car and Use the Data 62 Notes 64 Chapter 4 Healthcare 67 Jeremy Racine Role of the Government 68 The Challenge 72 Value-Based Care 89 Conclusion 96 Notes 97 Chapter 5 Prescription Drug Abuse 99 Steve Kearney Introduction 100 National Initiatives 103 Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs 106 Advanced Analytics 107 Health Outcomes 109 Notes 111 Chapter 6 Criminal Justice and Public Safety 113 David Kennedy Improving Data Access and Data Quality 117 Analytics throughout the Justice and Public Safety System 121 Conclusion 126 Notes 127 Chapter 7 Brilliant Analytics for Smart Cities 129 Jennifer Robinson Smart Cities 131 Technologies in Smart City Solutions 133 Data Management 136 Analytics 137 Notes 150 Chapter 8 Transportation 151 Jim Trogdon Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) 152 The Role of Data and Analytics 154 Benefi ts of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 155 National Focus on Adoption of Performance Measures 156 Safety Performance Measures 157 System Performance Measures 157 The Role of Data and Analytics 159 Benefi ts of Transportation Performance Management and Improved Measures 162 Notes 163 Chapter 9 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse 165 Carl Hammersburg Healthcare 167 Tax and the Underground Economy 170 Benefi ts Programs 172 Recommendations 174 Notes 177 Chapter 10 Center of Analytics 179 Kay Meyer Why a Center of Analytics? 183 What Makes a Center of Analytics? 184 Building a Center of Analytics? 188 Notes 190 Appendix 191 Index 193

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CIN1119362822G
9781119362821
1119362822
A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments - Using Big Data for Good by M Lowman
Used - Good
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
20170801
224
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