A recent article in the New York Times raises the question: do algorithms discriminate?  The question is legitimate, but the emphasis is wrong.  Instead of thinking of data analytics as a problem, we need to welcome the new opportunities for improved decisionmaking that they enable.  And we need to cooperate to identify and address any disparate impacts data-driven decisionmaking might have.

SIIA Event to Examine How Data is Transforming Healthcare and Policy Implications

As SIIA noted in a series of reports, big data analytics is a source of significant innovations in health care, education, energy and the delivery of government benefits.