Big Data and Open Government Data in Public Services

Abstract

Big data is a relatively new approach in managing and analyzing a huge amount of dynamic data to discover useful information and knowledge. Even though big data is still in its infancy, it has been benefiting private and public organizations in large scale. Since public sector organizations have to maintain large amount of data from several domains, to utilize big data it is crucial that any challenges and issues faced in adapting big data to be addressed. This paper discusses the benefits and risks for accommodating big data and open government data for public services.