def covertype():
  """"""
  import sklearn.datasets  # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
  data = sklearn.datasets.covtype.fetch_covtype()
  features = data.data
  labels = data.target

  # Normalize features and append a column of ones for the intercept.
  features -= features.mean(0)
  features /= features.std(0)
  features = np.hstack([features, np.ones([features.shape[0], 1])])
  features = tf.cast(features, dtype=tf.float32)

  # Binarize outcomes on whether it is a specific category.
  _, counts = np.unique(labels, return_counts=True)
  specific_category = np.argmax(counts)
  labels = (labels == specific_category)
  labels = tf.cast(labels, dtype=tf.int32)
  return features, labels