About Becky Sweger
Becky Sweger
Data Scientist and Software Developer
Becky hails from Pennsylvania and spent 15 years doing a wide range of technology jobs in Philadelphia. She comes to NPP from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as a technical liaison between the student body and the IT department. She also spent a few years on Wharton’s Learning Lab team, developing web-based games and simulations used in the classroom. Prior to Wharton, Becky was a founding member of Cooper University Hospital’s Business Intelligence division. With the goal of liberating the organization’s data and making it useful, she designed and implemented Cooper’s first data marts and oversaw their rollout to users throughout the health system. Becky loves blogging and is passionate about technology that empowers people. She holds a Bachelors Degree in English from James Madison University and a Masters Degree in Information Systems from Drexel University.
Recent Blog Entries from Becky
- American Community Survey Under Attack
- Why We Need the DATA Act
- You Ask, We Don't Answer: How Much Money Does the Federal Government Spend?
- Pie Week: Spending Pies United
- Pie Week Continues: Mandatory Spending
- Environmental Data in the Federal Priorities Database
- Data Wednesday: The Complete Archives
- Data Wednesday: Normalization Wrap-Up
- Data Wednesday: Per Capita
- Data Wednesday: On Vacation
