Data drives the modern enterprise. This case study looks at problems that emerge when data is missing. It is an excellent thought-provoking examination of a rather unusual issue and very timely as we learn about how data is stored and some simple rules for maintaining data resources.
Read the Interactive Session - Databases Where the Date Aren't There (reading files are attached) and answer the 3 questions (included below). Thoroughly support your position/argument with a minimum of 2 pages.
- Define the problem described in this case. How serious a problem is it?
- What management, organization, and technology factors contributed to this problem?
- What is the political and social impact of incomplete recordkeeping in the FBI NCIC and NICS databases?