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Monday, June 27th, 2011

Pipelines, Black Swans, and Data Governance

On September 9, 2010, a gas transmission pipeline rupture in San Bruno, California, killed eight people and caused extensive property damage. The subsequent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation revealed that some records in the operator’s Geographic Information System (GIS) were inaccurate. The finding is significant because federal law requires pipeline operators to perform data-driven