Data Analytics for Government Oversight

GAO-13-870CG Published: Sep 19, 2013. Publicly Released: Sep 19, 2013.

Highlights

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the Predictive Analytics World for Government 3rd Annual Conference on September 19, 2013. Major topics for this presentation include: GAO strategic planning goals, why analytics are important, how analytics can be used, challenges and opportunities, and how legislation can help.

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Topics

Government Operations

Data collectionData miningErroneous paymentsEvaluationFraudPerformance managementProgram evaluationStrategic planningTransparencyLegislation