Government agencies are straining daily to modernize their information management systems and make more effective use of their data. One factor that complicates those efforts—and routinely goes underestimated— is the task of assessing exabytes of data moving across government’s sprawling IT networks and then adapting those data streams for the cloud age, without disrupting critical work. Federal agencies have made major strides toward adopting cloud-based infrastructure and software services into their IT operations. However, officials continue to face a host of practical challenges around their data. Foremost among them: cataloging the nature, value and trustworthiness of the data they create; knowing where their data actually resides; and understanding how it flows and is

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