Solution Brief
Investigations management to improve government trust and transparency
Elevate governance, trust and transparency through trustworthy decisions in data-driven audits and inspections.
The issue
Government leaders today must design and implement strategic, evidence-based and innovative policies to strengthen public governance, respond effectively to a range of disruptive challenges and deliver on the government’s commitments to citizens.
Challenges such as data availability, privacy and security, as well as unprecedented volume, variety and velocity of data, are compounded by increasing volatility and demand for greater transparency and oversight. In this environment, it is critical to make sense of disparate data and understand its underlying connections to support effective oversight or risk management.
The challenge
Technology gaps
Governments are responsible for a wide variety of audit, investigation and oversight functions that can be improved with a comprehensive technology solution.
Dormant data
Data is key to effective oversight, but many organizations lack the tools to analyze it quickly to support audits and investigations.
Scarce human resources
Governments employ only a limited number of highly skilled auditors and investigators. These experts spend too much time on low-value activities and are stretched too thin.
Increased expectations
Citizens and political leaders are increasing the requirements for effective oversight and transparency.
Data sprawl
Much of the data needed to make good decisions exists outside the organization and managing such disparate data causes delays and lowers transparency.
(Accelerate investigation, audit and inspection; Accurately target resources to address the highest risks; Improve transparency and accountability )
Our approach
Whether managing financial, safety, environmental or regulatory risks, government leaders need a comprehensive and proactive approach to monitor agency performance. SAS has developed the analytical capabilities needed to identify and assess risks by integrating data from disparate sources, identifying complex linkages and enabling better oversight.
You need to reduce the time needed for data ingestion and manipulation significantly. This allows auditors and inspectors to move through their workloads more quickly. SAS also delivers the risk-based alerting and behavior analysis needed to focus efforts for the most effective results.
Improve how you increase oversight, reduce losses and pinpoint risk by using data and AI to automate monitoring of all activities, not just a small sample. The digital transformation of audits, inspections and investigations drives better decisions that improve outcomes and provide more transparency to citizens.
As the global leader in analytics, SAS enables you to integrate, authenticate and standardize data. By harnessing quantitative and qualitative data, governments can better identify risks, prevent adverse events and focus scarce human resources on the highest priorities.
SAS difference
The SAS solution is designed to enable governments to identify and explore complex relationships among transactions, filings, regulations and more – across multiple data sources and over variable time periods. By providing market-leading data management and analytical tools, SAS gives government investigators:
- A comprehensive view of risks. Evolve from reactive spot checks to proactive and continuous monitoring.
- Data ingestion and integration. Access, process and analyze large volumes of complex data in many different formats. Reconcile and map data from diverse data providers.
- Integrated analytics. Gain valuable insights and make better decisions through an easy user interface that includes network analysis, timelines, computer vision and text analytics.
- Mobile access for fieldwork. Give remote users secure access to essential information.
- Intelligent case management. Drive efficiencies, improve reporting consistency and facilitate collaboration through intuitive workflows.
- An end-to-end solution. Improve oversight and regulatory activities using enterprise data management, analytics and alert triage.
- Product configurability. Adapt the SAS solution to accommodate future rules and regulations.
Next steps
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