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Insider's Guide to Using Information in Government Executive Briefing



The Big Lessons

Data can’t speak for itself

Accessing, managing, sharing and disseminating data pose difficult challenges. Data collected for one purpose may not be suitable for another. Meta data may be inadequate or simply missing. Different terms can have the same meaning or the same terms used by different organizations can have different meanings. The list of challenges goes on. Allow plenty of time and resources to tackle them and be judicious about which ones matter most.

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