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🏛️ Federal Agency POC Workshop Tracks¶

Last Updated: 2026-04-15 | Version: 2.0 Status: ✅ Final | Maintainer: Documentation Team

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📋 Overview¶

These supplemental workshop tracks extend the base 3-day Casino/Gaming POC to cover federal agency analytics use cases. Each track can be run as a standalone 1-day workshop or integrated into the existing 3-day agenda as Day 4-5 extensions.

Each federal track follows the same proven medallion architecture pattern (Bronze → Silver → Gold → Power BI) but applies it to real government open datasets.

📊 Track Options¶

🌾 Track A: USDA Agriculture Analytics¶

Prerequisites¶

• Completed Day 1 (Bronze/Silver fundamentals)
• Python environment with generators installed

Agenda¶

Key Deliverables¶

• 2 Bronze Delta tables (crop production, food safety)
• 2 Silver validated tables with DQ scores
• 4 Gold analytics tables
• Power BI dashboard with crop analysis and recall monitoring
• Great Expectations validation suite

💼 Track B: SBA Small Business Analytics¶

Agenda¶

Key Deliverables¶

• 2 Bronze Delta tables (PPP loans, 7a/504 loans)
• 2 Silver validated tables
• 3 Gold analytics tables (portfolio, economic impact, lender scorecard)
• Power BI economic impact dashboard

🌊 Track C: NOAA Weather & Climate Analytics¶

Agenda¶

Key Deliverables¶

• 3 Bronze Delta tables (weather, storms, climate)
• 3 Silver validated tables with DQ scores
• 4 Gold analytics tables (weather summary, storm impact, climate trends, severe weather risk)
• Real-time weather observation pipeline (optional)
• Power BI severe weather dashboard

🏭 Track D: EPA Environmental Analytics¶

Agenda¶

Key Deliverables¶

• 3 Bronze Delta tables (air quality, toxic releases, water quality)
• 3 Silver validated tables
• 4 Gold analytics tables (AQI, facility risk, water compliance, environmental scorecard)
• Power BI environmental health dashboard

🏔️ Track E: DOI Natural Resources Analytics¶

Agenda¶

Key Deliverables¶

• 3 Bronze Delta tables (earthquakes, water data, park visitation)
• 3 Silver validated tables
• 4 Gold analytics tables (seismic risk, water resources, park performance, natural resources dashboard)
• Real-time earthquake monitoring pipeline (optional)
• Power BI natural resources dashboard

🌐 Multi-Agency Cross-Domain Workshop (Day 5)¶

For organizations managing data across multiple agencies, an optional Day 5 covers:

🧭 Choosing Your Track¶

flowchart TD
    A[Start: Choose Track] --> B{Primary Domain?}
    B -->|Agriculture/Food| C[Track A: USDA]
    B -->|Business/Loans| D[Track B: SBA]
    B -->|Weather/Climate| E[Track C: NOAA]
    B -->|Environment| F[Track D: EPA]
    B -->|Natural Resources| G[Track E: DOI]

    C --> H{Multi-Agency?}
    D --> H
    E --> H
    F --> H
    G --> H

    H -->|Yes| I[Add Day 5: Cross-Domain]
    H -->|No| J[Complete!]

🔄 Data Source Flexibility¶

Each track supports two data source options:

Both options produce parquet files with identical schemas, so all notebooks work with either source.

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