About GDAC

About GDAC

The GDAC works with agencies to define their analytic needs, determine access to required data sources, and scope the level of effort to support the analytics development. As more organizations request the assistance of the GDAC, prioritization of these needs will be based on level of effort and cost, return on investment, and available resources.

The GDAC is developing a comprehensive master data management tool to document the State’s data sources and definitions, as well as any quality issues associated with the data in terms of accuracy, currency, and completeness. Evaluating a data source at the enterprise level with varying business perspectives can point out these types of data quality concerns. Based on this knowledge, the GDAC can work with the data source agency to identify ways to improve and expand the capture of quality data to support more accurate analysis and decisions.

 

Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles

  1. Cultivate Collaborative Partnerships
  2. Implement Strong Data Governance
  3. Provide Quality Intelligence
  4. Innovate and Learn
  5. Evolve, Start Small, Be Strategic
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History

With millions of people living in and moving in and out of North Carolina, the need became apparent for a dedicated body to handle business intelligence for the state in order to improve organizational efficiency of state agencies and the quality of service to North Carolinians.

A statewide data integration plan was developed by the state legislature in 2007 that became the foundation for the eventual creation of the N.C. Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC). GDAC became part of the Data Division of the N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) in 2015.

 

Program Information

 

Leadership Team

  • Christie Burris - GDAC Director, Chief Data Officer
  • Jo Ann Upchurch - Production Services Manager
  • Sam Thompson - Executive Director, N.C. Health Information Exchange Authority
  • Nitya Ganapathy - Analytics Director
  • Vinay Kancharla - Assistant Analytics Director, Criminal Justice
  • Kiran Pasupu - Assistant Analytics Director, Enterprise Solutions and Innovation
  • Ashley Sieman - Assistant Analytics Director, Longitudinal and Performance
  • Trip Stallings - Executive Director, N.C. Longitudinal Data System
  • Jason Taylor - Assistant Analytics Director, Financial, Fraud and Child Safety

Testimonials from GDAC Customers

"GDAC serves as a unified and reliable source of information, enabling legislatures and other public sector agencies to access consolidated data from a single point."

"I appreciate the 'can do' attitude that GDAC exhibits. There have been several good discussions that resulted in questions of capabilities of systems, but the attitude was that there must be a way to accomplish the task at hand and GDAC would figure out how."

"The team has been very supportive in working with us as we sought to understand the data and how best to analyze it. I am very glad that an agency such as GDAC exists to help facilitate cross sector data analysis."

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