Archive for March, 2010
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
We owe another shoutout to Christina at Lam for telling us how much she likes FedFlix! We agree – it’s terrific! FedFlix is a collection of US government public information and training films hosted over at the Internet Archive: FedFlix is a “Joint Venture NTIS-1832 between the National Technical Information Service and Public.Resource.Org. Here we […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
Thanks to Christina from David Lam library whose eagle-eye spotted these two new resources! 1) AidData is a database of data and information on foreign aid finance. It just went live this week, and while still in Beta, contains over 1 million records. “AidData attempts to capture the universe of development finance, increase the […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Have you ever had a difficult time gathering government data together on a single topic in a single place? This can sometimes be challenging. For example, mandatory disclosure documents: each government department is required to disclose information such as travel & hospitality expenses; contracts; position reclassifications; grant & contribution awards; and proven workplace wrong-doing. Until […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009: “To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.” Read the New York Times story regarding the US groundbreaking legislation here See the actual 1017 page Bill that was introduced in the House here – From […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Ever wondered how MPs and Senators research issues? Did you know that the Library of Parliament has a research service for parliamentarians – the Parliamentary Information & Research Service (PIRS)? Or that PIRS provides free public access to its publications? Click here to view the list of available research publications. “PIRS (responds) to questions that […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
The OECD announced today that three separate studies support that conclusion that “putting the right price on water will encourage people to waste less, pollute less, and invest more in water infrastructure.” In the view of the OECD, the “right price” is one that reflects the true cost of the water they consume – both […]
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
“This site is supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage. It provides free access to a large growing collection of documentary films from Canadian film makers. These include materials from National Film Board. Materials can be searched or browsed by topic. There are also playlists for films by young film makers and a section designed […]
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
The OECD released one of its flagship economic policy publications today: Going for Growth 2010 “First published in 2005, this annual report provides an overview of structural policy developments in OECD countries from a comparative perspective.” Not surprisingly, given the title, this year’s report focuses on the “modest, uneasy, yet much-welcome recovery” that most OECD […]
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
We noted Google’s public data search feature in a November 2009 post and today we have an update for you. Google Labs has just launched “an experimental visualization tool” called Google Public Data Explorer – designed to “help people comprehend data and statistics through rich visualizations. With the Data Explorer, you can mash up data […]
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) conduct surveys; publish research findings; collect and disseminate high quality statistics; produce reports, articles, newsletters, and much more. In short, IGOs can be a terrific resource for you when conducting your own research. Examples: Imagine you are looking for articles and data related to education and gender inequality. You wouldn’t want to […]
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