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National Atlas: Another Victim of Austerity

Crossposted from the Writer’s Guide to Government Information blog. The National Atlas from the US Geological Survey has so much of possible interest to fiction writers that it actually has FOUR entries in the Writer’s Guide to Government Information: National Atlas National Atlas Biology National Atlas Climate National Atlas Geology All this is going away on September […]

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More Cuts at Census

Steve Beleu, Regional Librarian for Federal Govt. Information Oklahoma State Data Center Coordinating Agency, recently alerted the documents community to another set of cuts at the Census Bureau:   1.  Curtail the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). The QCEW program provides national, State, metropolitan statistical area, and county data on monthly employment and […]

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State Databases Activity Report: 2/23/2014

Here’s a roundup of the last two week’s activity at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases: NEW VOLUNTEER Audrey Hall, longtime volunteer for the Ohio page recently retired. Happily she recruited Kirstin Krumsee to take her place! Please join me in thanking Audrey for a job well done and thanking Kristin for joining our […]

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State Agency Databases Project Activity Report 2/9/2014

The last week has been mostly quiet at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases, although we adopted out three more states! FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured database was provided by Michael Tatonetti, our volunteer for New York: New Yorkers Volunteer (http://www.newyorkersvolunteer.ny.gov) – Created by the New York State Commission on National & Community Service, this database allows […]

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State Agency Databases Activity Report 2/2/2014

The last two weeks have been mostly quiet at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. I blame ALA Midwinter and the start of the Spring Semester in many places. FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured database was provided by Jennifer Robble and Ellen Richardson, our volunteers for Massachusetts: Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP) (http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/researcher/community-health/masschip/) Provides community level […]

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