Big Data Logic Turning Government on Its Ear
January 3, 2018
Can the same startup spirit that powers so many big data companies disrupt the way the government operates? According to a lot of experts, that’s exactly what is happening. We discovered more in a recent Next Gov article, “This Company is Trying to Turn Federal Agencies into Startups.”
According to the story:
BMNT Partners, a Palo Alto-based company, is walking various government agencies through the process of identifying pressing problems and then creating teams that compete against each other to design the best solution. The best of those products might warrant future investments from the agency.
The process begins when an agency presents BMNT with an array of problems it faces internally; BMNT staff helps them narrow down the problem scope, conduct market research to identify the problems that could pique interest from commercial companies, and then track down experts within the agency who can evaluate the solutions. BMNT also helps agencies create various teams of three or four employees who can start building minimum viable products. Newell explained those employees often are selected from the pool within the chief information officer’s or chief technology officers’ staffs.
This seems like a very plausible avenue. Federal agencies are already embracing machine learning and AI, so why not move a little further in this direction? We are looking forward to seeing how this pans out, but chances are this is something the government cannot ignore.
Patrick Roland, January 3, 2018
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