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In my last post, I gave some hope to the fact that the U.S. Government is working toward a Big Data plan. But, like most government initiatives, intent is usually greater than reality. Big government moves slowly and projects that are proposed as valuable, generally take several years to bear fruit. And, the unfortunate thing is that the computing industry has usually moved on to the next big thing by the time the U.S. government gets close to full implementation.
But, Big Data is not going away anytime soon and even the computing industry is struggling with implementation, putting to government and the public sector on relatively even footing. So, while we're not exactly where we need to be, things are progressing.
Still, the U.S. Government introduced the Big Data Initiative in 2012, so, it's important to highlight the specifics of that proposal, and in the next article in this series, show where innovations are happening today and what is proposed in the near and distant future.
Introduced as the "Big Data Research and Development Initiative" by the Obama Administration on March 29, 2012, the intent of the project was to improve the ability to extract knowledge and insights from large and complex collections of digital data. The effort would help accelerate the pace of discovery in science and engineering, strengthen national security and transform teaching and learning.
The initiative was launched for six Federal departments including the Department of Defense (DOD),...