http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/nyregion/mayor-bloombergs-geek-squad.html?hp&_r=0
NYC mayor's geek squad uses Bayesian statistics for policymaking and enforcing existing policies. I think it would be the kind of job I might want to do after I graduate, or at least the kind of role I'd like to play.
Actually I'm taking a class right now on Decision Analysis, where the data analysis described in the article is only one step of a decision analysis process. I think it can provide a lot of good guidance on how to approach problems, although I don't think it has been used very much in the public sector.
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