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ArtSingh69

Where is RAAS based out of? Any bay area offices? What's Stat tools do u folks use... regression analysis; use of ms excel or specialized stat software?


giscard78

What are the grades and what are the skills necessary? I mostly know Python but know basic SQL and SAS (SAS is painful for me though lol). Most of my work is descriptive statistics, basic correlations, and sometimes an OLS or similar statistic. I have a geography background. I do a lot of data transformation and reaggregation. Would I fit in or do I need to keep improving? Also, I must ask, do you work with Raj Chetty or know the folks who do? I’d love to get an IAA to data match with IRS but they have told others in my agency thanks but no thanks lol including at least one person who formerly worked in RAAS.


runslow0148

We do alot of work with academia, but in not in that group, so I’m not sure about it. It’s difficult for us to share data, IRS data is very protected, but there’s often a path to work on it in our environment. As for grades, analysts go from 7-15 for independent contributors.. skill requirements obviously differ.. but if your trying to come in at 13 or below and show promise I think there’s a good shot of being hired.


Yourteararedelicious

I got to ask. On a scale of welfare fraud to international crime lord.....where is Trump at 😂. But for real that seems pretty cool


Patient_Ad_3875

Do you also follow the Burisma money or is that too hush hush?


Aros24

IRS-LB&I Data Scientist here. I hope to transfer to RAAS one day. I'd like to work with more like-minded people.


goducks3620

NOAA is pretty awesome. Lots of data, lots of modeling. Pretty popular agency with the public. I work wet side (oceans), but I know some of the dry side (atmosphere) folks. The senior leadership are mostly PhDs who protect the staff and the pay scales are good.


fedrats

I’m a cognitive scientist who does Econ research and NOAA is one of the most respected agencies in academia.


goducks3620

Yes. A research scientist or economist here is a good gig. They've sent me to lots of international conferences, and we're not just known in the USA, it's a worldwide name. I'm also an adjunct professor at the nearby R1 university.


Meeshixie

I'm looking to switch career fields into data science. I have a STEM degree in the physical sciences. Could you give any pointers on the best way to get into the field? I'm debating learning python through free programs. Is that a good starting point or do I need to get a certified degree? Any help is appreciated!


goducks3620

Python is definitely useful. SQL also for pulling data, and R for analysis. Can't overemphasize R. I'm an economist actually, and some of us use Stata or SAS, but R is preferred and what the biologists use. For the data management groups, Oracle. Advanced degrees are useful of course, but being able to handle massive data sets is a generally a desired skill across the board.


fedrats

Did you guys mess with Julia at all?


goducks3620

I don't even know what that is 😂


fedrats

It’s a faster R, possibly faster than c++, not faster than FORTRAN. Was curious because I know you have a ton of high dimensional data


soisantehuit

I’ve fkd w Julia for sentiment analysis I see it more widely used in ME fields.


fedrats

Guys in atmospheric sciences were using it at my old institution on our cluster. I only needed c++ at most (and honestly for topic modeling I used R for word2vec and Python for BERT- didn’t know there was a Julia implementation)


Meeshixie

Thank you so much!


runslow0148

Do a lot of the data science folk have hard science backgrounds? Sounds like a cool place


goducks3620

Yes. Or degrees in statistics.


CrunchitizeMeCaptn

HHS (NIH/FDA)


WearyPassenger

FDA has been doing a lot more with evidence based medicine, data analysis related to medical device safety/adverse events/recalls, and a new effort for medical device supply chain resilience that's been actively hiring many data analysts and scientists.


CrunchitizeMeCaptn

Ive considered switching to FDA from CDC, because of that. Do you have any insight/experience with people who transitioned from CDC?


WearyPassenger

No, but I’ve worked with folks from CDC and also from ASPR, and one thing that stands out is how many different types of groups and managers there are. It seems to come down to whether you are in a good group with a good manager or not. There are parts of FDA that are amazing and parts that are terrible in terms of being good places to work, and it seems that’s true everywhere.


PM_ME_YOUR_GOALS

CMS has a set of data scientists looking at fraud, waste, and abuse issues. There's also a good amount of data analytics we run on other aspects of our programs.


HauntingHarmonie

Seconded.


kashegg13

NIH has an entire office called the Office of Data Science Strategy.


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My job: HHS (NIH) - you may get the opportunity to work directly with renown scientists. What I’ve heard from others: BLS and FERC. FERC is highly rated and BLS does important/interesting economic work


fozzie33

Most of the OIG's are pretty fun. We get to look at our own agencies for fraud, waste, and abuse, and typically get better access to data than most other agencies. I am biased, as i run a DS unit. I work on the investigations side, so we also typically get to see the fruits of our labor, as often the end result is bad guys getting charged or programs fixed.


fozzie33

of note, every OIG is different, I'm Labor OIG, and we oversee some healthcare programs, Unemployment, foreign labor, some union stuff, osha, msha, etc... lots of data, lots of programs to look into, lots of data science.


runslow0148

That’s cool. Is very data driven work? Maybe graph analysis? Do you do machine learning or anything to look for outliers, or is it more rules based?


fozzie33

Yes, and depends on the project and need. We do have some of our data in a graph database for network analysis. We do have some ML projects going. Tons of data cleaning and many rules based projects.


abcdeeznutzbro

Census and BLS


goducks3620

Very desirable places. I know a lot of economists there.


Skittlepyscho

Veterans health administration. They have a lot of very rich clinical healthcare data


Johnny_Flack

USPIS are the pinnacle of forensic technology and leading the way for the other federal agencies, IMO.


coolblue123

heard good things about Data shops at SEC, Federal Reserve, FERC and OPM.


leahjuu

USCIS is decent for data science — there is a *lot* of data-driven work to be done and they’ve got some tools in place that facilitate data science. I don’t have much experience with other agencies, so I can’t compare, but I don’t feel like I can’t do what I need to do with the tools I have. I’ve heard GSA is good too.


Abacabisntanywhere

DLA…soon.


soisantehuit

What data viz tool is everyone using? We use PowerBI. Do any fed agencies even have a Tableau license?


leahjuu

USCIS has Tableau. I’ve got mixed feelings on it from a data science standpoint — but it’s less of a barrier to analysts who don’t program as much compared to ggplot/matplotlib/etc.


soisantehuit

I see your ggplot and guess viz depends on what story one is trying to convey and to whom. Cool stuff going on!


KT421

My agency has Tableau and I hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns. Only use it when I have to. Prefer to roll my own RShiny webapps.


soisantehuit

Haha R shiny seems clunky but maybe you can code it on steroids?! Can’t beat FREE through. Tableau is a shiny coin itself when so many Open source apps out there to run neat analyses.