How we can help
Develop data and analytics strategy
Enable organizations to unlock the value of data and analytics through current-state data assessments, immersive workshops, use-case prioritization and development of a transformation strategy and road map.
Deliver AI use cases with real adoption
Deliver use cases end to end with data integration, data science methods (AI, simulation, etc.), and user adoption with a focus on changing how people work and how decisions are made.
Update data infrastructure incrementally
Help ensure seamless integration with current systems by implementing data updates incrementally to minimize disruption while optimizing performance and laying the foundation for advanced data capabilities.
Build data and AI governance
Collaborate to define data policies, standards, and procedures that can ensure the quality, security, and ethical use of data throughout the organization while navigating the evolving landscape of regulatory requirements.
Case studies
Real-time insights
Partnered with a state’s department of health in its COVID-19 response
We developed data-driven decision-making infrastructure and provided near real-time updates across all critical metrics for a US state government to support its end-to-end pandemic response, leading to record-time setup and expansion of testing and vaccination network.
Fraud prevention
Implemented data and analytics transformation for fraud detection at an unemployment insurance agency
We helped a large state unemployment insurance agency accelerate benefits to more than 100,000 workers by clearing more than two million backlogged claims and helped the agency defend against about $5 billion in fraud through an analytical and digital transformation. The transformation resulted in a 25 percent productivity improvement and a 27 percent customer satisfaction improvement.
Scenario planning
Used AI to bolster government industrial base resilience
We built a supply chain scenario-planning model that led to updated procurement strategies, demand signals shared with the broader industrial base, and investments identified to expand and improve existing capabilities through dynamic forecasts and drill-downs.
Featured capabilities
Data Delivery & Transformation
We help clients capture the value of data transformation at speed and scale. Together with QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, and McKinsey Technology, we create the infrastructure, processes and culture that turns data and analytics into new sources of competitive advantage.
Featured experts

Cenk Tunasar
PartnerBoston
Helps organizations use advanced analytics tools and artificial intelligence to dramatically improve their performance

David Ware
PartnerWashington DC
Supports digital and analytics transformations in the defense sector, and brings cybersecurity expertise to both private and...

Jessica P. Kahn
PartnerWashington DC
Coleader of our US state Medicaid and social services information technology work

Jessica Lamb
PartnerNew York
Serves entities across the healthcare industry leveraging analytics to improve performance and outcomes

Joe Caserta
PartnerNew York
Helps organizations achieve data-driven transformation and solve tough data challenges

Matt Higginson
PartnerBoston
Leads our customer assistance work in North America and distributed-ledger technology (blockchain) initiatives globally
Featured insights
Blog Post
McKinsey acquires Caserta, a pioneer in data architecture and engineering
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McKinsey’s acquisition of Caserta is our latest move to further strengthen our data capabilities and become our clients’...
Interactive
The data-driven enterprise of 2025
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Rapidly accelerating technology advances, the recognized value of data, and increasing data literacy are changing what it means...
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Booting out bias: How to derisk advanced analytics models in the public sector
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Advanced analytics can transform public-sector services, but US agencies are wary of the risk of biased outcomes. Sound risk...
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Accelerating data and analytics transformations in the public sector
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A data and analytics transformation is particularly hard for organizations in the public sector, given their scale and operating...
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Fighting identity theft in benefit claims and payments
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US government agencies are using analytics to mitigate fraud at scale and ensure benefits get into the hands of citizens who...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
The analytics academy: Bridging the gap between human and artificial intelligence
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As organizations rebuild their foundations to compete in the era of data and advanced analytics, in-house capability-building...
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Cracking down on government fraud with data analytics
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New data tools are giving government agencies the upper hand in taming fraud, waste, and abuse. Lessons from scaled approaches...