FROM COMPSTAT TO GOV 2.0: BIG DATA IN NEW YORK CITY
With interviews with NYPD police chief Bill Bratton, Bloomberg “geek squad” chief Michael Flowers, and Deputy Mayor Goldsmith, this case explores the creation of Compstat, and the birth of what would later be called the “Big Data” movement in city government.
Faculty Sponsor: William B. Eimicke, Columbia University & Dennis C. Smith, New York University
Case Writers: Adam Stepan & Kathleen Gilsinan
Researcher: Nora Shannon Johnson