Snowden Controversy Will Mean More Big Data Transparency
July 29, 2013
With the recent news of the NSA’s phone records requests and deep use of data mining, we are on the cusp of a new frontier for big data and its relationship to the government. However, a little digging shows this fascinating time capsule from 2007, “Lost in the Cloud: Google in the US Government.”
According to this whitepaper:
“Consumer Watchdog investigation has found. One of the most visible signs of Google’s clout is the hangars at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Moffett Air0ield, near Google’s world headquarters, where a 0leet of jets and helicopters stands ready to ferry the company’s top executives near or far, for business or pleasure. When a deal between NASA and top Google executives to use the base was 0irst disclosed in 2007, it called for only four jets to use the base.”
Not a stunner, really. The government has long been a supporter of big data and data mining technology that is sweeping the private sector these days. But, honestly, did anyone think Uncle Sam was sinking money into this field to help refine the census? We are not political one way or the other, but what we do love is transparency in big data and we suspect that’s what’s on the horizon after this affair.
Patrick Roland, July 29, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
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