November 26, 2004

Democratize the Data on Campuses

By LISA A. PETRIDES

Paul H. O'Neill, former secretary of the treasury, made headlines earlier this year with his revelations about the inner workings of the Bush administration. But his story reveals something equally significant about the amount of data that leaders must manage. When O'Neill left the Treasury Department, he took with him 19,000 documents -- notes, papers, and memoranda.

In his business career, O'Neill had made a name for himself by "democratizing" data, making information available

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