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Cundiff, Jacob; McCallum, Taylor; Rich, Andrew; Truax, Michael; Ward, Tamara; Havelka, Douglas – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
The launch of HealthCare.gov, the website of the Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), was a major public relations disaster for the Obama administration. This case examines some of the factors that contributed to the failure of the launch and then details how Optum, an information technology service provider, considered the opportunity provided by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Online Vendors
Atkinson, Al – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2009
The Education Planner website provides a searchable database of approximately 1,700 undergraduate post-secondary programs in British Columbia (BC). It is intended as a "one-start entry point" for students looking for post-secondary options. This independent review of Education Planner was undertaken to determine its overall…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Postsecondary Education, Undergraduate Study, Databases
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MacManus, Susan A. – Public Administration Review, 1986
Analyzes the degree to which states have promoted a linkage of economic development and employment and training programs. It examines organizational rearrangements ranging from administration of these activities by a single agency to collaboration by separate organizational units through such methods as joint databases, planning, training, and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Databases, Delivery Systems, Economic Development
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Manock, John J.; Crater, K. Lynne – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1985
Current issues in selecting, structuring, and implementing microcomputer database management systems in research administration offices are discussed, and their capabilities are illustrated with the system used by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Trends in microcomputer technology and their likely impact on research administration…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computers, Databases
Stewart, Henry M. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
The University of Rochester's experience with online analytical processing (OLAP), part of its executive information system, is reported. The server, a multiuser, local area network (LAN)-based database loaded from legacy systems or a data warehouse, can rapidly manipulate and display data, and allows quick creation and changing of analytical…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Processing, Databases, Decision Making
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Porter, John D.; Barberini, Paul G. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1989
Institutional researchers and student financial aid officers can collaborate to construct the longitudinal data files needed to study students persistence and recommend persistence policy. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Cooperation, Databases, Higher Education
Blanchette, Cornelia M. – 1997
This statement of Cornelia M. Blanchette to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Reources discusses Department of Education information management systems that support the financial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. These programs help the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Databases