“The St. Louis Fed’s FRED database now has more than 140,000 economic time series available, due to the addition of the OECD’s Main Economic Indicators. Just today, 58,000 economic time series were added to FRED from the OECD’s rich database. You can check out all the data here. The additional data allow users to make… Continue Reading
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Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
“The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law 23 years ago today. ADA provides civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities and ensures equal opportunity in employment; public accommodations; public transportation; state and local government services; and telecommunications. Visit Disability.gov for information on disability programs and services throughout the nation. Disability.gov links to resources… Continue Reading
Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate
“The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce the release of a new publication from the Media Cloud project, Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate, authored by Yochai Benkler, Hal Roberts, Rob Faris, Alicia Solow-Niederman, and Bruce Etling. In this paper, we use a new set of… Continue Reading
Privacy Best Practices for Social Media
Privacy Best Practices for Social Media, CIO Council, July 2013: “One of the Federal Government’s most important missions is to provide citizens, customers, and partners with easy access to government information and services. As society increasingly relies on social media as a primary source for information, it is clear that these platforms have an important… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Aviation, InfoTech, Missile Defense, Navy Shipbuilding, Public Transport, USPS, VA Education Benefits
Aviation – Status of DOT’s Actions to Address the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee’s Recommendations, GAO-13-657, Jul 25, 2013 Information Technology – OMB and Agencies Need to More Effectively Implement Major Initiatives to Save Billions of Dollars, GAO-13-796T, Jul 25, 2013 Missile Defense – Precision Tracking Space System Evaluation of Alternatives – GAO-13-747R, Jul 25, 2013 Navy Shipbuilding – Significant Investments in the… Continue Reading
Agencies Encourage Lenders to Work with Student Loan Borrowers
“The federal bank regulatory agencies today issued a statement encouraging financial institutions to work constructively with private student loan borrowers experiencing financial difficulties. Prudent workout arrangements are consistent with safe and sound lending practices and are generally in the long-term best interest of both the financial institution and the borrower. Student loan borrowers who are… Continue Reading
How Eliminating the Automatic Spending Reductions Specified by the Budget Control Act Would Affect the U.S. Economy in 2014
CBO letter to Rep. Chris Van Hollen, July 25, 2013: “As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzed a proposal under which the automatic spending reductions in effect for 2013 would be canceled at the beginning of August and none of the reductions scheduled for 2014 would be implemented; for 2013, mandatory payments made after early… Continue Reading
Economic Impact of Cybercrime and Cyber Espionage
Center for Strategic and International Studies July 2013: “The wide range of existing estimates of the annual loss—from a few billion dollars to hundreds of billions—reflects several difficulties. Companies conceal their losses and some are not aware of what has been taken. Intellectual property is hard to value. Some estimates relied on surveys, which provide very imprecise results unless… Continue Reading
How CBO Projects Income
“Projections of income earned by individuals and businesses are an integral part of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) regular 10-year projections of the economy and a key component of its projections of federal revenues and outlays. CBO projects all the major income measures that are presented in the Commerce Department’s national income and product accounts… Continue Reading
New Highs for State and Local Government Revenue in 2011
“The U.S. Census Bureau reports that total revenue for state and local governments reached an all-time high of $3.4 trillion in 2011, up 8.4 percent from 2010, according to new statistics released today. Individual income tax revenue increased 9.5 percent to $284.9 billion, while corporate income tax revenue increased 10.7 percent to $48.5 billion. Overall,… Continue Reading
New Tool Puts Congressional District Statistics at Your Fingertips
“The U.S. Census Bureau has released My Congressional District, the first interactive tool geared exclusively toward finding basic demographic and economic statistics for every congressional district in the U.S. This Web app uses the latest annual statistics from the American Community Survey, providing the most detailed portrait of America’s towns and neighborhoods. Users can sort… Continue Reading
Understand and uncover the identity of your location with a tap
“Sitegeist is a mobile application that helps you to learn more about your surroundings in seconds. Drawing on publicly available information, the app presents solid data in a simple at-a-glance format to help you tap into the pulse of your location. From demographics about people and housing to the latest popular spots or weather, Sitegeist… Continue Reading
