***I was granted ARC of this via Netgalley from the publisher.***

Today, we are generating more data than ever before. How the government collects data and puts it to use is important. In the book, Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto by Julia Lane examines the current state of how the government collects data and how it can change in the future for the better. The author argues that the government now does not have the right tools to collect data in an accurate and timely way. Since decisions that impact policy are made with this data, the author argues that the government should be innovative in the way it collects data and make it more efficient while protecting the privacy of the people it has collected data on. I think that the author has presented a good argument and also presents a possible answer to the problem. There are times when the author goes over the same material again that can bog down the reading a little but otherwise a good read. I would recommend this to anyone interested in data science.

Rating: 4/5 stars. Would recommend to a friend.