Home » Articles posted by James A Jacobs (Page 52)
Author Archives: James A Jacobs
Portland Newspaper Uses Census Data for Searchable Map
The Oregonian has collected some high-level data points for census tracts in the Portland metro area and used them to create an interactive searchable map of Portland. Census tracts boundaries are drawn to create areas with a population generally between 1,200 and 8,000, with a target of 4,000. Who lives in your Portland neighborhood? New […]
Usage-Based Pricing of Internet Service
Document of the Day U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2014. FCC Should Track the Application of Fixed Internet Usage-Based Pricing and Help Improve Consumer Education. Mark Goldstein, GAO–15–108: Published: Nov 24, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 2, 2014. GAO found that mobile providers employ usage-based pricing (UBP) more commonly than fixed. Under UBP, providers can charge varying […]
Inspectors General Reports
One of the sources Daniel Schuman includes in his list of tools for Congressional Information deserves special mention. Oversight.io | Bringing into sight the US government’s oversight community Most every piece of the US federal government has an office called the Inspector General (IG). An IG’s job is to keep their part of the government […]
Electronic Toolbox for Congressional Information
Daniel Schuman, Policy Director of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), has posted a list of very useful free digital tools that should be of use to “any self-respecting congressional staffer, Member of Congress, journalist, or public advocate.” Daniel notes that “All are free, run on information published by Congress or cobbled […]
Chronology of data library and data centres
Do you have responsibilities for data or statistics in your library? It may come as a surprise to you, if you are new to managing research data, that social science data professionals have been managing, storing, preserving, delivering, and providing service for social science data for 40 years. The premier organization for social science data […]
Latest Comments