Held May April 11th and 12th, 2017 at US Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland
Sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
and the US Census Bureau.
2017 FedCASIC Presentations
Tuesday Sessions
- Welcome and Plenary Session (9:15-10:45)
- Management Challenges I (11:00-12:30) (1 session)
- Special Population Surveys I (11:00-12:30) (4 presentations)
- Supplementing Survey Data with Administrative Records (11:00-12:30) (5 presentations)
- Considerations When Collecting Data on Mobile Devices (11:00-12:30) (4 presentations)
- Poster Session/Lunch (12:30-2:30) (12 presentations)
- Demonstrations I (2:30-4:15) (5 demonstrations)
- Special Population Surveys II (2:30-4:15) (5 presentations)
- Redesigning Federal Surveys (2:30-4:15) (6 presentations)
- Data Collection Tools For Interviewers and Respondents (2:30-4:15) (5 presentations)
Wednesday Sessions
- Management Challenges II (9:00-10:30) (1 session)
- Instrument Design and Mode Effects (9:00-10:30) (4 presentations)
- IT Security Considerations (9:00-10:30) (3 presentations)
- Communicating With Respondents About Sensitive Topics (9:00-10:30) (3 presentations)
- Demonstrations II (11:00-12:30) (5 presentations)
- Data Analysis Tools (11:00-12:30) (5 presentations)
- Sample Frame Development (11:00-12:30) (4 presentations)
- Survey Development and Management (11:00-12:30) (4 presentations)
Welcome and Plenary Session (Tuesday 09:15-10:45)
| Speaker: | John Abowd - U.S. Census Bureau |
Management Challenges I (Tuesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Karen Davis - RTI International |
Presentation Materials:
Management challenges associated with the changing landscape of data collection ( , 1190kb)
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Chair:Karen Davis - RTI International Panelists: James Berry - Energy Information Administration Kyle Fennell - NORC at the University of Chicago Howard Hogan - U.S. Census Bureau Patty Maher - Survey Research Center, University of Michigan |
Special Population Surveys I (Tuesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Jake Bournazian - Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
Presentation Materials:
| Results from Different Adaptive Design Methods to Locate and Survey a Longitudinal Sample(, 531kb)
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Jill Connelly - NORC at the University of Chicago
Karen Grigorian, Tom Hoffer, Michael Yang |
| Use of Administrative Records to Assess the Characteristics of Undercounted Children (, 397kb)
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Leticia Fernandez - U.S.Census Bureau
James Noon, Rachel Shattuck - U.S. Census Bureau |
| Increasing Participation in (USDA) Farm Service Agency's Microloan Program (, 620kb)
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Michael Gerling - USDA
Sarah Tulman - USDA Economic Research Service |
| From Survey to Star:Development, Implementation and Reporting of HCAHPS Star Ratings (, 692kb)
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William Lehrman - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
Supplementing Survey Data with Administrative Records (Tuesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Paul Marck - U.S. Census Bureau |
Presentation Materials:
| Reporting of Indian Health Service Coverage in the American Community Survey (, 127kb)
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Renuka Bhaskar - U.S.
Census Bureau Rachel Shattuck, James Noon, Brett O'Hara |
| Potential Uses of Administrative Records Data and PIK Coverage in the 2012 SBO (, 621kb)
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Adela Luque - U.S. Census Bureau Renuka Bhaskar - U.S. Census Bureau, James Noon, Sharon Ennis |
| Coverage and Quality of Federal Health and Address and State Program Administrative Records (, 110kb)
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James Noon - U.S. Census Bureau
Renuka Bhaskar, Sharon Ennis, Mark Leach - U.S. Census Bureau |
| Preliminary Research for Enhancing the ACS with Administrative Property Tax Records (, 296kb)
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Michaela Patton - U.S. Census Bureau |
| Using Auxiliary Data and Non-Probability Samples to Calculate Fair Market Rents (, 453kb)
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Thomas Brassell - ICF International Randal ZuWallack, Brian Orleans |
Considerations When Collecting Data on Mobile Devices (Tuesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Steven Klement - U.S. Census Bureau |
Presentation Materials:
| Consent Form Design for Geolocation Capture in Mobile Web Surveys (, 914kb)
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Scott Crawford - SoundRocket
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| Saving time and money: Using DroidBuilder, an Android device provisioning tool (, 746kb)
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Charles Loftis - RTI International
Jon Cirella, Marty Meyer, Tennyson Chen, Jason Butler, Jim Pratt - RTI International |
| Incorporating User-Centered Design into the Lifecycle of an Online Household Survey. (, 1,078kb)
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Brian Falcone - U.S. Census Bureau
Chris Antoun, Brian Falcone, Rebecca Keegan, Ivonne Figueroa, Elizabeth Nichols, Jonathan Katz, Mary Davis, Lin Wang |
| Introducing Device Sensor Data in Surveys (, 21,509kb)
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Bjoern Mussmann - Statistics Netherlands
Jeldrik Bakker, Jacqueline van Beuningen, Barry Schouten, Rob Warmerdam - Statistics Netherlands |
Poster Session/Lunch (Tuesday 12:30-2:30)
| Chair: | John Little - U.S. Census Bureau |
Presentation Materials:
| Visualizing Data at the USDA Using Animations, Small Multiples and Interactivity (, 708kb)
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Irwin Anolik - National Agricultural Statistics Service of USDA |
| Improving Trip Reporting in the National Household Travel Survey (, 692kb)
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Stacey Bricka - Macrosys Research and Technology
Adella Santos, FHWA NHTS Program Manager (primary author), Timothy Reuscher, ORNL, Janice Machado, Westat |
| Cyber Security for Census 2020 (, 37kb)
| Gus Hunt - Accenture Federal Services
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| Using an Excel-based data dictionary to automate codebook production for complex surveys (, 671kb)
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Elise Comperchio - NORC at the University of Chicago
Caitlin Finan, Matthew Kastin, Megan Stead, Shannon Corcoran, Jian Zhang , Michael Slater |
| Tools for Scraping and Classifying Data from Government Websites (, 137kb)
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Brian Dumbacher - U.S. Census Bureau
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| Toolkit for Multisite Study Quality Assurance Assessment | Summer Brenwald - ICF International Tonja Kyle, MS, Davia Spado, MA |
| Use of Data Vault to Develop Hyper-Normalized Data Warehouses | Randall Daly - Harmonia Holdings Group Manish Khera |
| MWRWeb Collection System | John Peters - Bureau of Labor Statistics Kelly Quinn |
| Data Queries on the Go! (, 1262kb)
| Stephanie Richelsen - ICF International Brenda Clark - ICF International |
| Text Analytics: Beyond Rows, Columns and Feelings (, 112kb)
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Juan Salazar - Mark Logic Dr. Patrick Fan - Virginia Tech's Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics, Ms. Sara Mazer - MarkLogic |
| Automated Statistical System Files (, 1,177kb)
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Victoria Dingler - RTI International |
| Innovative Approach to Enterprise Needs_Attachment1 (, 123kb)
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Shawna Waugh - Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Innovative Approach to Enterprise Needs_Attachment2 (, 128kb)
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Shawna Waugh - Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Innovative Approach to Enterprise Needs_Attachment3 (, 129kb)
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Shawna Waugh - Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Innovative Approach to Enterprise Needs_Attachment4 (, 71kb)
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Shawna Waugh - Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Innovative Approach to Enterprise Needs_Attachment5 (, 232kb)
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Shawna Waugh - Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
Demonstrations I (Tuesday 2:30-4:15)
| Chair: | Casey Eggleston - U.S. Census Bureau |
Presentation Materials:
| Toward a Web-based Multiple-Month, Multiple Reporting Unit Data Collection Form | Bryan Beverly - Bureau of Labor Statistics Nathan Lotze |
| The Food Study App and Website:Self-Administered Reporting for FOODAPS ADCM | Erica Bonilla - Westat Andrew Heller; Muona Malola; Anuja Pathak; Abie Reifer; Ting Yan; Aaron Maitland, Cheryl Crotts; Erika Bonilla, MS; Kaitlynn Genoversa-Won; Bryan Davis; David Garner; Erika Bonilla, MS; Jacky Choi; Giannella de Rienzo; Laurie May, P h.D.; and Janice Machado |
| Data Collection Mobile Mapping Instrument for the June Area Survey | Sonia Hickman - National Agricultural Statistics Service of USDA Denise A. Abreu, Linda A. Lawson |
| Survey Solutions, a CAPI system by the World Bank | Martin Wulfe - The World Bank
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| Blaise 5 for Mobile data collection: (A New Hope) | R. Suresh - RTI International Lilia Filippenko, Barbara Bibb, Gil Rodriguez, Mai Wickelgren |
Special Population Surveys II (Tuesday 2:30-4:15)
| Chair: | Michael Gerling - National Agricultural Statistics Service of USDA |
Presentation Materials:
| Is Subsidized Childcare Associated with Lower Risk of Grade Retention for Low-Income Children? Evidence from Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Records Linked to the American Community Survey (, 262kb)
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Rachel Shattuck - U.S. Census Bureau |
| Securing District Recruitment for School-Based Studies (, 179kb)
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Cynthia Simko - NORC at the University of Chicago Karen Grigorian |
| A Field Test of Adaptive Nonresponse Follow-Up Procedures in an Establishment Survey (, 503kb)
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Katherine Thompson - U.S. Census Bureau Stephen J. Kaputa |
| Can Internet-Based Surveys of Youth Behaviors Work in the School Setting? | William Higgins - ICF International
R.L. Harding, B. Clark, S. Richelsen, B. Rothenbach |
| Encouraging Survey Response Among Diverse, Hard-to-Reach Populations | Alicia Leonard - Mathematica Policy Research |
Redesigning Federal Surveys (Tuesday 2:30-4:15)
| Chair: | Carl Ramirez - U.S. Government Accountability Office |
Presentation Materials:
| Using Cognitive Interview and Survey Data to Assess the Underreporting of Operators (, 501kb)
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David Biagas - National Agricultural Statistics Service of USDA |
| Adding a Quarterly Business Survey to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Annual Refiling Survey (, 400kb)
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Sharon Stang - Bureau of Labor Statistics Emily Thomas, Jennifer Edgar |
| Developing an Online Mode for the Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey (, 1,524kb)
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Ian Elkin - Bureau of Labor Statistics Douglas Williams, Nhien To |
| Improvement by Innovation: Planned Changes for the 2017 National Survey of Children's Health (, 836kb)
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Leah Meyer - U.S. Census Bureau |
| Use of Administrative Records to Replace Household Surveys (, 1,866kb)
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Agron Nicaj - Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Childhood Immunization: A Pilot Survey using a Mobile Panel (, 692kb)
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James Dayton - ICF International John Boyle, Lew Berman, Deirdre Middleton, ICF International and Alex Coleo, MFour |
Data Collection Tools for Interviewers and Respondents (Tuesday 2:30-4:15)
| Chair: | Eileen O'Brien - Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
Presentation Materials:
| CCQDER's Recruitment Tool: How to track recruiter burden and make recruitment easier (, 392kb)
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Lauren Creamer - National Center for Health Statistics Justin Mezetin, Amanada Titus, Rachel Harrison |
| Lessons Learned from Training Field Staff to Perform Multiple Data Collection Roles (, 1,445kb)
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Amber Brown - Westat Erika Bonilla, MS; Kaitlynn Genoversa-Wong; Jacky Choi; Giannella de Rienzo, Janice Machado; Laurie May, Ph.D.; and John Kirlin |
| Adding Notifications to Mobile Applications (, 258kb)
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Matt Boyce - RTI International Randy Eckhoff, Robert Furberg, Paul Kizakevich, Ron Thigpen |
| Mobile Survey Data Collection and Management Using Participants' Own Smartphones (, 1,006kb)
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Paresh V. Patel - SurveySignal |
| Using a Web Portal as a Hub for Business Respondents (, 692kb)
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Aryn Hernandez - U.S. Census Bureau Temika Holland, Michelle Karlsson |
Management Challenges II (Wednesday 9:00-10:30)
| Chair: | Jane Sheperd - Westat |
Presentation Materials:
| Management challenges associated with staffing the survey lifecycle (, 590kb)
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Chair:Jane Shepherd - Westat Panelists: Grant Benson - Survey Research Center, University of Michigan Debra Coaxum - Energy Information Administration Debbie Bittner - Social and Scientific Systems Kyle Fennell - NORC at the University of Chicago Josh Keller - U.S. Census Bureau Chris Manning - Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Instrument Design and Mode Effects (Wednesday 9:00-10:30)
| Chair: | Herschel Sanders - RTI International |
Presentation Materials:
| Dependent Interviewing and Data Quality: An Analysis of the Agriculture Labor Survey (, 286kb)
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Emilola Abayomi - National Agricultural Statistics Service of USDA
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| The Real CASIC Instrumentation Challenge: 9 'Multis-' and 5 Complications (, 8,396kb)
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Mark Pierzchala - MMP Survey Services, LLC |
| Does the Residential Energy Consumption Survey have a Mode Effect? (, 193kb)
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Amang Sukasih - RTI International Saki Kinney, Rachel Harter, Chip Berry, Grace Deng, David Kinyon |
| Questionnaire design for smartphones (and tablets): an on-going journey from mobile unfriendly to mobile friendly to mobile optimization. (, 1,129kb)
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Bjoern Mussmann - Statistics Netherlands Jeldrik Bakker |
IT Security Considerations (Wednesday 9:00-10:30):
| Chair: | Joy Sharp - Department of Transportation |
Presentation Materials:
| Implementing a FIPS-Moderate Security Model on a Large Household Survey (, 261kb)
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Martin Meyer - RTI International Pete Tice, Karen Davis, Tennyson Chen, Becky Granger, Hilary Zelko |
| Secure your web applications from Cross-Site Scripting (, 1,006kb)
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Anwar Mohammed - RTI International |
| FISMA Security for CASIC Projects | Dennis Pickett - Westat
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Communicating With Respondents About Sensitive Topics (Wednesday 9:00-10:30)
| Chair: | Lindsay Miller - NORC at the University of Chicago |
Presentation Materials:
| Navigation and comprehension of administrative records information on census.gov (, 2,023kb)
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Ivonne Figueroa - U.S. Census Bureau Aleia Fobia, Casey Eggleston, Ashley Landreth, Lin Wang |
| Challenges in Communicating to the Public About Administrative Data Use and Linking (, 459kb)
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Ashley Landreth - U.S. Census Bureau Hampton Wilson III |
| Exploring Respondents Perceptions of Data Confidentiality and Enhanced Cybersecurity (, 463kb)
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Amy Swallow - Bureau of Labor Statistics Robin Kaplan, Jennifer Edgar |
Demonstrations II (Wednesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Ashley Landreth - U.S. Census Bureau |
Presentation Materials:
| Integrating Dynamic Visualizations into a Dissemination Site using Tableau | Felicia LeClere - NORC at the University of Chicago Michael Latterner, Adrienne Call, Lindsay Miller, Ynag Xu |
| rpms: An R Package for Modeling Survey Data with Regression Trees | Daniell Toth - Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Data Reports Made Simple | Brenda Clark - ICF International |
| Development of Web Paradata Dashboards (, 1,231kb)
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Josh DeLaRosa - Abt SRBI
Paul Schroeder, Sarah Stapina, David Pulaski, David Nagelee |
| Text Analytics | Cal Zemelman - Customer Value Partners Cal Zemelman |
Data Analysis Tools (Wednesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Ashley Amaya - RTI International |
Presentation Materials:
| Paradata from the Canadian 2016 Census of Population online forms (, 646kb)
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Joycelynne Axalan - Statistics Canada |
| Overcoming Paradata Mining Challenges: SIPP Audit Trails (, 245kb)
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Patrick Campanello - U.S. Census Bureau Matthew C. Marlay, Shelley K. Irving, Holly R. Fee |
| Post Field Work Blues: Utilizing R to Sift Through Data Collected in the Field (, 2,255kb)
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Brandi Lea - Federal Emergency Management Agency Kristin Brooks, Jessica Guillory |
| Testing Methodologies that may Permit Use of Non-Probability Survey Data for Statistical (, 158kb)
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Robert Tortora - ICF International |
| Two different systems IDR and CCW used by RTI on health research projects (, 1,394kb)
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Alon Evron - RTI International |
Sample Frame Development (Wednesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Amy Anderson Riemer - U.S. Census Bureau |
Presentation Materials:
| Advancements in the Cellular RDD Frame/Methodology (, 1,293kb)
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Ashley Hyon - Macro International Inc.
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| Using AVIs to Screen Out-of-Service Phone Numbers and Increase Response (, 214kb)
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Bonnie Moore - U.S. Census Bureau
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| Creating a balanced representative sample for NSSRN using administrative records (, 660kb)
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Michael Brennan - U.S. Census Bureau |
| Assessing Future Survey Response Based on Past Survey Completion of a Recurring Survey (, 191kb)
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Ada Harris - Department of Defense |
Survey Development and Management (Wednesday 11:00-12:30)
| Chair: | Chris Stringer - U.S. Census Bureau |
Presentation Materials:
| Improving survey management and operations with proper support desk implementation (, 1,090kb)
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Karen Brenner - Westat
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| An Interactive System for Adaptive Total Design Monitoring(, 940kb)
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Joe Murphy - RTI International
Michael Duprey |
| Agile & DevOps Improving Product Development Flow (, 1,215kb)
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Marc Abrams - Harmonia Holdings Group |
| Use of Master Data Management and Data Governance to Improve Data Management (, 1,287kb)
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Manish Khera - Harmonia Holdings Group
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