Looking into Big Data: The Case of the U. S. Federal Government

Sherry L. Xie

2018

Abstract

This paper reports on a study that aimed to examine the term big data for its meaning in a particular setting. The study chose the U.S. Federal Government as its case and analysed all the big data projects and programs identified as representative of the U.S. Big Data Initiative. It constructed an analytical framework and generated findings in forms of statistic descriptions and narrative discussions. The study discovered that 1) not all the big data projects and programs possess in a collective manner the typical 3 Vs (i.e., volume, variety, and velocity), 2) variety appears to be the most valued characteristic, and 3) to-be-collected data lags largely behind existing data, indicating that technologies such as the Internet of Things are still at the stage of being developed. It also unrevealed that the U.S. Federal Government’s current big data focus is heavily placed on IT and the term big data has made that focus hidden. It then suggests to sufficiently distinguish data and the technologies underlying the various features of data so that collaborations between the owners of data and technologies can be forged with easiness and big data benefits can be realized with efficiency and effectiveness.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Xie S. (2018). Looking into Big Data: The Case of the U. S. Federal Government. In Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2018) - Volume 3: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-330-8, SciTePress, pages 144-152. DOI: 10.5220/0006919001440152

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis18,
author={Sherry L. Xie},
title={Looking into Big Data: The Case of the U. S. Federal Government},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2018) - Volume 3: KMIS},
year={2018},
pages={144-152},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006919001440152},
isbn={978-989-758-330-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2018) - Volume 3: KMIS
TI - Looking into Big Data: The Case of the U. S. Federal Government
SN - 978-989-758-330-8
AU - Xie S.
PY - 2018
SP - 144
EP - 152
DO - 10.5220/0006919001440152
PB - SciTePress