Case Study: USAFacts scales transparent government data and cuts engineering workload by 50% with Astronomer

USAFacts cuts platform engineering workload by 50% with Astronomer

USAFacts, a nonprofit organization founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, provides transparent government data to the public. Their challenge was managing thousands of messy, fragmented datasets from various government agencies through ad hoc scripts and manual processes, which was difficult to scale and consumed significant engineering resources. To overcome this, they turned to Astronomer's managed Apache Airflow platform, Astro.

By implementing Astronomer, USAFacts automated over 300 DAGs, creating a unified and resilient data backbone. This solution resulted in a 50% reduction in platform engineering workload, freeing the team to focus on innovation and scaling towards a goal of 90,000 datasets. Astronomer provided the reliability and observability needed to ensure their data remains accurate and up-to-date.

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