How Government Agencies Flex Their Data Science Muscle

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Data science is being employed by the governments of every major country to inform policy, provide public services and, in some cases, surveil ordinary people. Data science underpins many of the public sector’s most important functions, whether we citizens are aware of it or not. Even the smallest, least obvious aspects of city management can be optimized by effective data collection, open sharing practices, and data analysis. The practice of data science is equally useful at the federal level, as federal agencies already had its own big data initiatives underway.