Re: DM: Data Mining in the Federal Government

[Dorothy Firsching]

Chris,

As a long-time government contractor, including special projects, I 
know that there are sensitive projects.  Many of the data mining 
projects in the commercial realm are sensitive as well, particularly
when they are viewed as providing a competitive edge.

However, there are plenty of potential projects in Federal agencies
where data mining has not yet been tried.  The states are doing
some.  Other countries are.  We really do want to see this technology
become more mainstream.  That is my interest, and it goes beyond
your phrase, "hock a product".  We're not product vendors, anyway.
We're consultants.

I was not expecting *those* agencies' projects. 

/Dorothy

At 06:38 PM 6/23/98 -0400, cwestpha@unitedis.com wrote:
>
>
>     There are plenty of data mining systems being developed in the 
>Gov... 
>     Not many are being advertised because they are sensitive. Most 
>of the 
>     three letter agencies have DM projects in process... Unless you 
>are of 
>     the community, you will most likely not learn about their 
>existence. 
>     If there is a specific domain that you have an interest in then 
>you 
>     can narrow it down to a number of different agencies. However, 
>     generically asking if there are any new data mining efforts in 
>the 
>     government makes it difficult to supply an adequate response.
>     
>     If you are just looking for some contacts to hock a product to 
>then 
>     stick with the AFCEA-like meetings/conferences.
>     
>     -C
>
>
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>Subject: DM: Data Mining in the Federal Government 
>Author:  Dorothy Firsching <nautilus-info@nautilus-systems.com>  at 
>INTERNET
>Date:    6/23/1998 12:23 PM
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>     
>Last December, when we prepared a panel discussion for 
>the AFCEA First Federal Data Mining Symposium, there
>were not too many data mining projects in the U. S. Federal 
>Government other than NASA, DARPA-sponsored projects,
>and so forth.  Do any of you know  (or ones we maybe 
>missed)?
>     
>Thanks! /Dorothy
>     
>     
>Dorothy Firsching
>CEO
>Nautilus Systems, Inc.
>3867 Alder Woods Court
>Fairfax, VA  22033
>http://www.nautilus-systems.com/
>nautilus-info@nautilus-systems.com
>     
>     
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> 
Dorothy Firsching
CEO
Nautilus Systems, Inc.
3867 Alder Woods Court
Fairfax, VA  22033
http://www.nautilus-systems.com/
nautilus-info@nautilus-systems.com