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Why A ‘Too Big to Manage’ Government Should Downsize

EDWARD MORRISSEY, The Fiscal Times | May 23, 2013

To listen to press secretaries and Congressional hearings, one might think that an epidemic had erupted in the...

As Scandals Rage, Polls Show Obama Made of Teflon

DAVID FRANCIS, The Fiscal Times | May 23, 2013

President Barack Obama should be in trouble. He’s under fire from all sides: IRS officials are taking the fifth...

Debt Limit: A Mere Warm-Up to a New Sequester Fight

ERIC PIANIN, The Fiscal Times | May 23, 2013

Forget the debt ceiling for now, and get ready for the next big fiscal bash: negotiating a second round of the...

Fort Hood Shooter Still Earns Government Salary

BRIANNA EHLEY, The Fiscal Times | May 22, 2013

The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others during the 2009 shooting rampage at the Fort Hood...

Sequester Takes Toll on Disaster Relief

BRIANNA EHLEY, The Fiscal Times | May 22, 2013

President Obama pledged Tuesday to provide tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, with as much federal assistance as...

Women Edge Out Men in Handling Credit

MITCH LIPKA, Reuters | May 22, 2013

When it comes to managing credit, American women have a slight edge over men, according to a study of credit...

Immigrants Wanted: Rust Belt Cities Need You!

DAVID KOEPPEL, The Fiscal Times | May 22, 2013

Arnoldo Muller-Molina, a Costa Rican native with a PhD in artificial intelligence, could have moved his fledgling...

Budget Deal on Back Burner in Scandal-Ridden D.C.

ERIC PIANIN, The Fiscal Times | May 22, 2013

Prospects were never great for a budgetary “Grand Bargain” this year, even when President Obama was waging a...

IRS Exec to Plead the Fifth Before House Committee

THE STAFF, Reuters | May 21, 2013

Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official who revealed the agency was giving extra scrutiny to...

Oklahoma Tornado One of the Top 5 Costliest in History

STAFF, CNBC | May 21, 2013

The worst of it lasted for about an hour. But the human, physical and economic toll in Oklahoma will rank among...

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D.J. Patil
Chief Data Scientist, Greylock Partners

"How is big data changing the way business captures customers? "

"Data science now has a front seat. Consider the success of ‘Moneyball’ and of election predictions. We’ve gone from targeting customers to building data products to benefit customers – like Google’s self-driving car. "
"Tell us something we don't know about a data scientist’s job."

"The most powerful skill of a great data scientist is the ability to create a narrative. Data by itself is cold. It’s the human that makes it come alive and be useful. "
"What excites you most about the field? "

"The ability to improve people’s lives, as in forecasting Hurricane Sandy. People are also using data to better track their health. There are advances in genomic analysis, too. "
"What concerns you most about this field? "

"We’re in an arms race against those who would breach security systems. There are very sophisticated data products out there. We need to better discuss privacy and the appropriate use of data by the government. "
"Best way to prepare the data scientists of the future? "

"Students need a great foundation in math, statistics, computer science. Domain expertise is also required. They also need to have another multidisciplinary area – biology or physics, for example. "

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[The AP violation] is a matter of policy. To say that there was “no knowledge of this” in the White House is false. This goes to the President and the people around him.