State governments are increasingly aware of opportunities with big data and are making them an important part of how they do business, according to Utah State CIO David Fletcher. Writing at Enterprise Efficiency this week, Fletcher discusses some of the current big data-focused projects that various states have underway, as we enter the third year of the Obama administration's Big Data Research and Development Initiative. Among the examples Fletcher cites are those of Massachusetts with its Billion Mile Data Challenge to encourage travel across the Commonwealth; efforts by California to use big data to fight its biggest drought in the last 100 years; and the use of big data to drive innovative transportation solutions in Utah. "State and federal government agencies are increasingly opening up their data and are encouraging its use for economic growth and development. Businesses seeking data sources to utilize in their big data innovations can begin by accessing data.gov," Fletcher notes.
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