RE: DM: Data Mining in the Federal Government

[Beck, Hal E]

Nice shot Dorothy. I enjoyed your response.

Hal Beck

> ----------
> From:         Dorothy Firsching[SMTP:nautilus-info@nautilus-systems.com]
> Sent:         Wednesday, June 24, 1998 8:25 AM
> To:   cwestpha@unitedis.com
> Cc:   datamine-l@nautilus-sys.com
> Subject:      Re: DM: Data Mining in the Federal Government 
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >______________________________ Reply Separator
> _________________________________
> >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
> >
> >
> >     
> >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
> >     
> >     
> >     
> > 
> 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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