Abstract:
Business intelligence principles and technologies are mostly deployed in the business environment. However, public administration has quite similar needs with respect to strategic analysis and relevant data processing. Therefore, this paper investigates circumstances under which public administration processes can be supported by business intelligence tools. More specifically, the paper presents analysis of external data resources and evaluates their availability, credibility, stability, update regularity and technical accessibility from the viewpoint of public administration needs and requirements. Results indicate that so called “public intelligence” is a feasible and achievable concept, however there are some specifics creating obstacles that need to be overcome. Selected attributes of external data resources represent an apt example.
