Certainly, no data mining, business intelligence, or predictive analysis can be successfully accomplished without relevant data that assure the program integrity:
• The USDA needs relevant sources to determine actual income from applicants in order to determined true eligibility. The unemployment office, the banking sector, and the credit score agencies could provide some of this information.
• The USDA needs to track down the purchases from the SNAP participants (EBT card) in order to detect abusers from buying more items that the ones needed (baby formula). The USDA could stablish data transfers from participating stores to collect such information.
• In my last company unemployment hearing, an ex-employee declared leaving the