A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments: Using Big Data for Good
by Marie Lowman  (Editor)

About the Author
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.

About this book
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.

Brief contents
CHAPTER 1
    Child Welfare
    Education
    Healthcare
    Prescription Drug Abuse
    Criminal Justice and Public Safety
    Smart Cities
    Transportation
    Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
    Establishing a Center of Analytics
CHAPTER 2
    Introduction
    Data-Driven Culture
    Data Sharing
    Data Quality
    Assessing Risk
    Addressing the Perceived Limits of Analytics Pertaining to Assessing Risk
    Impact on Workforce
    Notes
CHAPTER 3
    Introduction
    Build Your Engine—Build the Education Data System Infrastructure
    Use the Dashboard to Measure What Matters Most—Student Learning Growth
    Use the Navigation System to Guide Education Policy
    Look through the Windshield with Predictive Analytics
    Drive the Car and Use the Data
    Notes
CHAPTER 4
    Role of the Government
    The Challenge
    Value-Based Care
    Conclusion
    Notes
CHAPTER 5
    Introduction
    National Initiatives
    Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
    Advanced Analytics
    Health Outcomes
    Notes
CHAPTER 6
    Improving Data Access and Data Quality
    Analytics throughout the Justice and Public Safety System
    Conclusion
    Notes
CHAPTER 7
    Smart Cities
    Technologies in Smart City Solutions
    Data Management
    Analytics
    Notes
CHAPTER 8
    Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)
    The Role of Data and Analytics
    Benefits of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
    National Focus on Adoption of Performance Measures
    Safety Performance Measures
    System Performance Measures
    The Role of Data and Analytics
    Benefits of Transportation Performance Management and Improved Measures
    Notes
CHAPTER 9
    Healthcare
    Tax and the Underground Economy
    Benefits Programs
    Recommendations
    Notes
CHAPTER 10
    Why a Center of Analytics?
    What Makes a Center of Analytics?
    Building a Center of Analytics?
    Notes
Appendix
Index

Series: Wiley and SAS Business Series
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (June 6, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1119362822
ISBN-13: 978-1119362821