Government agencies are under mounting pressure to extract value from the ever-expanding troves of data they generate, collect and store. When properly used, data enables better decision-making and reporting; seamless, timely and personalized constituent experiences; and intelligent automation. Data lake management and adaptive governance unlocks the value of data by making data ecosystem accessible, transparent and trustworthy for all users – including data producers, data scientists and data consumers – which allows them to connect data to various use cases and make information actionable.