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SAS has provided a list of recommended materials that explain how business analytics can help address some of the most critical concerns shared among government executives.

Financial Management

  • Webcast Series: Radical Times Require Radical Action. The sharpest business and economic minds discuss how organizations can address and overcome major implications of the financial crises – from green initiative abandonment to reduced education funding to deflation.
  • Webcast: Alternatives to Panic. How effective was your 2008 plan at predicting results and prioritizing resources? What about your 2009 plan? Industry experts explain new business practices that will emerge from the crash of '08 – from real-time management techniques to scenario- and event-based planning, and alternatives to quarterly forecasts and annual budgets.

Healthcare IT

  • Government Health Information Kit. Check out a bundle of different resources – a white paper, case study, software solution overview, etc. – that explain how different government agencies are managing health information and responding to emerging threats.

Risk Management

  • Government Fraud and Improper Payments Information Kit. This collection of resources – a Webcast, articles and executive overview – investigates how government organizations use business analytics technology to reduce improper payments and stay one step ahead of those who seek to perpetrate fraud.

Green Government and Sustainability

  • An Executive Guide to Sustainable Business Strategies. While many organizations are struggling to be green, this informative Webcast will guide you on how to create a realistic strategy for prioritizing projects and resources that create a positive return for the environment and your organization.
  • Common Sense About Green IT and Sustainability. Written by Computerworld and sponsored by SAS, this technology brief explores sustainability as a driver for innovation and topics such as green-sizing the data center, data integration for sustainability and the positive role technology can play.
  • Sustainability for Government Resource Kit. This collection of resources – a Web seminar, technology and product briefs, and a customer success story – explores how government organizations use business analytics technology to reduce costs and manage environmental impact.
  • Sustainability Management Webcasts. Episodes of this series of Webcasts include Guide to Measuring Performance in a Green Economy and Best Practices for Managing Energy Emissions.
  • SAS® for Sustainability Management Interactive Tour. SAS for Sustainability Management enables an organization to measure, manage and report on the triple bottom line – environmental, social and economic indicators – and determine business strategies that reduce risk and increase shareholder value.

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