The Government Domain – Congressional Documents on FDsys: Advanced Techniques – Following up on a previous column in which she introduced FDsys and explained the site’s simple search and navigation, this month Peggy Garvin provides an update and introduces more advanced search techniques for the congressional information available on FDsys.
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Daily Archives: January 24, 2010
How "Open Gov" Datasets Affect Parents and Consumers
News release: “Yesterday, Federal agencies answered the Presidents call by democratizing hundreds of high-value datasets on every aspect of government operations. While this is meaningful for the technology community and transparency advocates who have been working on this issue for years, the data released will have direct impact on the daily lives of the American… Continue Reading
CRS Report on National Counterterrorism Center
January 15, 2010 – The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)–Responsibilities and Potential Congressional Concerns “The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was established in 2004 to ensure that information from any source about potential terrorist acts against the U.S. could be made available to analysts and that appropriate responses could be planned..As a component of the Office of… Continue Reading
Bureau of Justice Statistics: National Corrections Reporting Program
National Corrections Reporting Program, Thomas P. Bonczar, January 21, 2010 “Updates the electronic series of selected tables on most serious offense, sentence length, and time served of state prison admissions and releases and parole entries and discharges. The National Corrections Reporting Program collects demographic information, conviction offenses, sentence length, credited jail time, type of admission,… Continue Reading
UK launches new site offering access to wealth of government data
BBC News: “Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has unveiled his latest venture for the UK government, which offers the public better access to official data. A new website, data.gov.uk, will offer reams of public sector data, ranging from traffic statistics to crime figures, for private or commercial use. The target is to kickstart a new… Continue Reading
CBO's Analysis of Scenarios for Funding the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
CBO’s Analysis of Scenarios for Funding the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Letter to John M. Spratt Jr., January 21, 2010 “As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed both the funding needed to support an additional 30,000 troops in Afghanistan and the reduction in costs resulting from the ongoing withdrawal of U.S.… Continue Reading
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
“Through entrepreneurship education, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), helps young people from low-income communities build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. Since 1987, NFTE has reached more than 280,000 young people, and currently has programs in 21 states and 12 countries. NFTE has more than 1,500 active Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers, and is continually improving… Continue Reading
Report: Data Highlights: U.S. Feeds One Quarter of its Grain to Cars While Hunger is on the Rise
Earth Policy Institute: “The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels. More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year. With 200 ethanol distilleries… Continue Reading
Understanding Immigration Employment Rights: An ESOL Tool
Via DOJ Office of Special Counsel of the Civil Rights Division: “ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) instructors and immigrant advocates now have new workbooks at their disposal courtesy of the Justice Departments Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) education grant program. Through lessons titled: Working in the United… Continue Reading
