U.S. Census data is one of our most valuable national assets. It must be accurate, timely, protected, and used wisely to allocate over $675 billion in federal funding to states, local communities, and businesses. For the past several decades, the Census Bureau has relied heavily on 50-year old manual processes and antiquated tools to collect, process, analyze, and report data on the population, housing, businesses, workforce, public finance, resources used, etc. The sheer volume, velocity, and veracity of the Census Bureau’s big data is hard to manage with legacy systems. Manual surveying and data processing are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and costly. Learn how an innovative advanced analytics solution using satellite image analyses from Reveal and Alteryx is digitally transforming data collection, analyses, and dissemination processes for the U.S. Construction Indicator. With the solution, the Census Bureau is dramatically reducing operational costs while improving the accuracy and quality of economic indicators.
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