2007 Best Practices Award Winner: Memorial Sloan-Kettering
A committee defined a methodology to create, maintain, and administer a data warehouse that would ultimately unite clinical, operational, and financial data.

2007 Best Practices Award Winner: Richmond Police Department
Combining technology expertise from SPSS and Information Builders, the Richmond Police Department (RPD) is now using predictive analysis and business intelligence technology to apply information-based policy.

When It Comes to BI, Government Is More than Just Another Big Organization
by Charles Kaplan
Let’s face it, with a projected federal budget deficit of $350-400 billion this year and an overall national debt of $7.8 trillion, the U.S. Government must find ways to measure and evaluate the performance of its programs and resources.

The Government Information Factory
by Bill Inmon
The arrival of the GIF was a natural evolution from the corporate information factory.

Business Intelligence: Customers and the Public Sector
by Dr. Ramon C. Barquin
Who are the real customers of the government?

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Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics Cuts Web Response Times to Seconds
by Jeff Butler
BTS creates a data warehouse called TranStats, powered by Sybase IQ Multiplex.

BI Solution Helps State of Utah Provide Quality Financial Systems
by Brent Sanderson
Using a BI solution to create quality financial systems for the State of Utah.

Fairfax County Public Schools Launches Education Decision Support Library (EDSL)
by Michael Carver
School administrators wanted to know exactly who wasn’t achieving and why, how to better allocate resources to meet student needs, and how to simplify everyday tasks such as managing attendance data—while keeping costs within a tight budget.

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