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What is one system that has not worked well for you in managing diverse types and sources of data? Why?

First, find out what folks want to know by interest group.

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What is the idea?

There are different constituencies that will want to have access to this information--John Q. Public wants to know what his tax dollars are being spent on; Jane Contractor wants to know what agencies are acquiring and to know about business opportunities; Edward Academia will want to know both of the above for analysis of process, governance, etc.

With that, we can be assured of gathering the right information that folks want to know versus just lots of information.

Why is it important?

The gathering of data and recording it in various systems is a time-consuming task on an already-burdened staff.  By ensuring we gather the information that is wanted, we can reduce the collection of data that no one is interested in.  This will help to ensure data quality and timeliness and will help to reduce "inquiries" because we only put part of the information folks wanted to see on the website.  This will avoid additional workload to respond to ad hoc inquiries.

Submitted by HHurcombe from Department of Commerce (Acquisition Support) on Apr 27, 2009

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I agree. We are hearing the term "transparency" a lot, but does this mean we devote resources to posting EVERYTHING on the web. Will we have to hire more people? The size of our government is already a concern. We should at least take information off the web, if it has not been used after a certain amount of time.  

Comment from KTrebon on Apr 27, 2009
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I agree.  The process of determining the vocabulary, then viewpoint, then interests of an individual, group, or organization, is through a process called "terminology".  I've posted several ideas and comments on terminology through the site. 

Any solution need semantics first (through the terminology method), then the syntax of the databases, then the technology.

Comment from RoyERoebuck at One World Information System on Apr 29, 2009