Digital modernization requires data—but a huge portion isn’t being used

Digital modernization requires data—but a huge portion isn’t being used
Apr 11, 2024
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We asked 500 federal data and analytics professionals if they thought their agency’s data is fully utilized. Their answers may surprise you.

Every federal digital modernization project, from cloud migration to generative AI adoption, requires data. But it isn’t enough to just have data. Data needs to be accessed, interpreted, and utilized—by the right people—to be fully effective.

Why are agencies leaving a third of their data untapped? It could be that users don’t know how to access their data, aren’t able to manipulate and interpret it, or can’t visualize it to connect dots and tell a story. That may also explain why mission leaders (50%) and data and analytics pros (49%) more frequently cite limited access to data from other agencies or state governments as a leading data challenge, compared to IT pros (41%).

Read our report for a closer look at the data and technology trends shaping 2024 federal agency missions.

“Standardizing pipeline workflows and moving the analytics to the data through a single system makes data analytics easier, more accessible, more efficient, more interoperable, more collaborative, and more insightful.”

ICF Vice President of Software Engineering