A report issued in May 2014 by the Executive Office of the President, lays out the Obama Administration's approach to Big Data in the areas of open data, privacy law and international frameworks. In it, they discuss both the public and private sectors management of data and touch on issues in health care, education, homeland security and law enforcement, as well as a policy framework to address citizen and consumer issues.
Concluding with ‘Anticipating the Big Data Revolution’s Next Chapter,’ the team gives recommendations covering the preservation of privacy values, responsible educational innovation in the digital age, discrimination, law enforcement and security and data as a public resource.
For more on Big Data and the Obama Administration, read the 2012 press release on the Big Data Research and Development Initiative issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION UNVEILS “BIG DATA” INITIATIVE: ANNOUNCES $200 MILLION IN NEW R&D INVESTMENTS
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/big_data_press_release_final_2.pdf
More details at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/big_data_privacy_report_may_1_2014.pdf