Jeanne Holm: Sure. Again, GSA really provides the federation of data from across cities, counties, states and the federal government. I always like to think of the stories of what people are acutally doing with that. We think of it as the fuel for innovation for the American economy. When we look at what people are doing with government data in private sector and, as Tom mentioned, in startups, we look at organizations like the Climate Organization. This is a group of a couple hundred folks who've grown a small company, that looks at helping American farmers to predict whether they need to take out insurance on their crops. They look at a huge amount of NOAA data, looking at weather predictions. They look at USDA on crop viability based on soil and a variety of other factors that we can get back from NASA imagery. They put all this together to help farmers may really smart, practical day-to-day solutions and choices about what they're going to fund. What we found is that it's so successful. Monsanto just bought that company for a billion dollars. We're seeing Big data make a big difference.
JIm Flyzik: [inaudible 00:01:03] ROI there.
Jeanne Holm: Yes, it's a good ROI. Big Data makes a big difference for people actually trying to use to help people make day-to-day decisions, whether it's for social good, civic engagement or for new business startups accross the country.
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