The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to focus on the specific Big Data issues, architectures and solutions related to the Federal Government to include security, privacy, citizen engagement, transparency, analytics and support for real-time operations. The intent of Federal Big Data isn’t solely technical, the Group strives to discuss, discover and communicate how Big Data solutions can be used to advance and support national security, intelligence, law enforcement, health care and education and many other areas that serve the national interests.