This time of year thousands of hunters are in the field trying to harvest meat for the freezer and some of those hunters have served our great country.
This time of year thousands of hunters are in the field trying to harvest meat for the freezer and some of those hunters have served our great country.
The Next Big Thing in Data Analytics
As the amount of data that governments accumulate grows, so does the need to disaggregate it.
June 22, 2015 •
(Shutterstock) Drive through most Connecticut communities on trash pickup day, and you’ll discover two containers in front of many homes. One is for run-of-the-mill garbage. The other is for recycling.
Obviously, most communities would prefer that their citizens recycle as vigorously as possible. In Stamford, Conn., for example, leaders know that citywide about 28 percent of the trash is recycled. That may be useful information, but far more helpful is to know how much trash is recycled neighborhood by neighborhood. “Certain communities will recycle over 60 percent,” says Jay Fountain, chair of the Fiscal Committee of the Stamford Board of Representatives. “Others will recycle from 5 to 10 percent.”