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Analytics

Michael ProtzNovember 20, 2010 0

The recent mail bomb attempt on US-bound cargo and commercial airliners is another reminder of the terrorist threat the United States continues to face. While there may be a lull in the news cycles from time to time, the threat is there every day. A key component in detecting and

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Government

Analytics

Vincent TalucciNovember 4, 2010 0

Who says you can't go home?

I recently returned from the 117th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) held in Orlando, Florida. It was a tad surreal to be back with the association members and colleagues with whom I worked so closely for almost eight years when I called IACP my

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Government

Analytics | Students & Educators

Lindia HarbaughNovember 4, 2010 0

Common Core Standards key to consistent student assessment

I recently had the opportunity to attend the VA Governor’s Education Summit “Innovate to Educate” was the theme throughout the summit. Speakers and panelists discussed both the challenges we face in today’s schools across America as well as innovative ideas and best practices being implemented in an effort to raise

Education

Analytics

Brian WhittingtonOctober 12, 2010 0

The role of a government vendor in a recession

It is inspiring for me to see the determination of government employees working to provide us the level of service we have all grown accustomed to even in the midst of "The Great Recession". I don’t need to tell you that the need for government services goes up dramatically during

Analytics

Chuck EllstromSeptember 27, 2010 0

All Government is Local

We have all heard the old axiom that all politics are local. Recently, I have been in discussions about international responses to major disasters, Specifically, the floods in Pakistan, Haitian earthquake and Indonesia tsunami of 2004. In each of those cases, there were massive international responses to the crisis. Numerous

Analytics

Rick WicklinSeptember 3, 2010 0

Hello, World!

When programmers begin learning a new computer language, the first program they write is often one that prints the text “Hello, World!” Successfully writing a Hello World program assures the programmer that the software is successfully installed and that all necessary features are working: parsers, compilers, linkers, and so on.

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Analytics

Vincent TalucciAugust 18, 2010 0

Preventive Policing: Honoring the Past by Predicting the Future

In 1829, Sir Robert Peel laid the foundation for the modern day professional police force. In shaping the conceptual framework for policing, Peel put forth: “The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.” While Peel described a proactive ideal, many police agencies are struggling

Analytics

Brian WhittingtonJuly 13, 2010 0

If your agency is not using advanced analytics, why not?

I come across many government agencies that are tackling very important issues (i.e. fraud & improper payments, bio-surveillance, patient outcomes, etc.) using rules, basic analytics and intuition. These are techniques that have been used successfully for years especially when government was smaller, the dollars involved were less significant, and the

Analytics

Tim FinneganMay 26, 2010 0

Dragnet Gets a Makeover: Improving public Safety with Predictive Analytics

The Results Driven Policing Conference, which was put on by the Penn State University Justice and Safety Institute and held in Baltimore recently, showcased the great performance improvements achieved by forward thinking law enforcement agencies throughout the United State and Canada. These agencies are under increasing pressure to improve public