{"id":8865,"date":"2017-11-28T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/?p=8865"},"modified":"2017-11-28T14:44:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:44:04","slug":"unlock-data-insights-to-drive-agency-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/unlock-data-insights-to-drive-agency-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlock data insights to drive agency mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8935\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Unlock-data-insights-to-drive-agency-missions1-e1511906473242.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Now more than ever, federal CIOs can leverage business intelligence (BI) and advanced analytics to simplify data management, unlock valuable insights, and use these insights to improve operations across their agencies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Advanced analytics allows CIOs to connect available data to their agency\u2019s larger mission. Sophisticated tools and techniques enable CIOs to simultaneously extend the capabilities and influence of their departments, and make strategic, data-driven recommendations to other leaders regarding government initiatives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">And with open access to data and analysis, employees across all departments \u2013 including citizen developers \u2013 are empowered to contribute to the mission through data-driven strategies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Gartner\u2019s <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/resources\/top-seven-priorities-for-us-federal-cios\/\"><span>Top Seven Priorities for U.S. Federal CIOs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"><i><span> <\/span><\/i><span>suggests the following key actions for leveraging BI &amp; advanced analytics<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Confirm and clarify specific decision making and algorithmic needs that are mission-critical, and frame those opportunities in business and mission outcome terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Assess current data governance issues that will impact operational risk or the quality of analytics recommendations, and escalate to agency leadership<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Develop an information strategy the simplifies the data environment, supports open data, empowers citizen developers and delivers mission-differentiating capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Read more about why leveraging BI and advanced analytics should be a top priority of federal Chief Information Officers with Gartner\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fazure.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fresources%2Ftop-seven-priorities-for-us-federal-cios%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-spbull%40microsoft.com%7C302fe88f05c64fd9920108d535d171d9%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636474096055483681&amp;sdata=ZwHKAzC5dxthQK8o99FzZU%2FoL6rdM1rk8nDTogJPEYY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Top Seven Priorities for U.S. Federal CIOs<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now more than ever, federal CIOs can leverage business intelligence (BI) and advanced analytics to simplify data management, unlock valuable insights, and use these insights to improve operations across their agencies. Advanced analytics allows CIOs to connect available data to their agency\u2019s larger mission. Sophisticated tools and techniques enable CIOs to simultaneously extend the capabilities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2054,"featured_media":20423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[75,196,306,315,358,502,551],"class_list":["post-8865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thought-leadership","tag-azure","tag-connectivity","tag-gartner","tag-government","tag-iot","tag-security","tag-top-seven-priorities-for-u-s-federal-cios"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Now more than ever, federal CIOs can leverage business intelligence (BI) and advanced analytics to simplify data management, unlock valuable insights, and use these insights to improve operations across their agencies. 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