Obama Administration Unveils “Big Data” Initiative

The Obama administration announced a new initiative designed to harness massive amounts of information -- including health care data. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)—in concert with several Federal departments and agencies—created the Big Data Research and Development Initiative.. For information about BIG DATA see: http://www.nitrd.gov/subcommittee/bigdata.aspx . For more information see: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/big_data_p...