Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Executive Office of the President BIG DATA: SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES, PRESERVING VALUES Executive Office of the President MAY 2014 May 1, 2014 DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: We are living in the midst of a social, economic, and technological revolution. How we com- municate, socialize, spend leisure time, and conduct business has moved onto the Internet. The Internet has in tur