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Current Awareness for Statistical Information
Two of the most useful current awareness tools I use to learn about new reports and developments are InfoDocket by Gary Price Full Text Reports by Gary Price and Shirl Kennedy. I only recently learned that they have another site that announces statistically-focused reports: StatFountain “A Sister Blog to FullTextReports” The announcement about StatFountain says: […]
New Data Tool for Trade and Investment Stats for Countries
The Department of Commerce announced a new data tool–International Trade and Investment Country Facts Application–on the Bureau of Economic Analysis website that gives users a snapshot of statistics on trade and investment between the United States and another country by simply clicking on a world map. BEA’s New Data Tool Provides Fast Access to Trade […]
Only 15% of Congressional Websites Are Ready for HTTPS
A Sunlight Foundation analysis found only 15 percent of congressional websites are ready for HTTPS. Sunlight analysis reveals only 15 percent of congressional websites are HTTPS ready by Tim Ball, Sunlight Foundation (May 26, 2015). In this article we will describe the methodology of the survey and present the survey results. We will also offer […]
More updates to Congress.gov
Congress.gov Continues…, by Andrew Weber In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress (May 28, 2015). …improvements have been made to search (results, command line and advanced), alerts, browse, and accessibility. The Federalist Papers have remained a perennially popular item on THOMAS with nearly a million page views over the last two years. Thanks to a […]
@POTUS
Introducing @POTUS: President Obama’s Twitter Account. Alex Wall, The White House Blog (May 18, 2015). Today, with a tweet from the Oval Office, President Obama launched @POTUS, the official Twitter account of the President of the United States. Other Twitter accounts you might want to know about: The White House: @WhiteHouse Vice President Joe Biden: […]
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