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Fed Transcripts: Financial Crisis of 2008
Today the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released transcripts of eight scheduled meetings and six emergency sessions of its Federal Open Market Committee during the 2008 financial crisis. (The Fed delays release of such transcripts for five years.) FOMC: Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008, Federal Open Market Committee. A Chronicle […]
How Government Data Is Fueling a New Economy
NextGov, the online technology newsletter from the same media company that publishes The Atlantic magazine and National Journal, is launching a new project to profile companies and nonprofits that are building their businesses with government data. The first two companies are Panjiva, which pays to get U.S. customs data overnighted on CD-ROMs because the data […]
Beta version of redesigned census.gov
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a beta version of its new census.gov website. With a new look and topic-based navigation, the redesigned site is intended to provide easier access to statistics on America’s people, places and economy. Census Bureau Provides Preview of Redesigned Census.gov [press release] beta.census.gov
Bill summaries in XML
GPO and the Library of Congress are now making summaries of House bills available in XML format for bulk data download from GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2014 No. 14-03 GPO AND LOC INCREASE TRANSPARENCY TO CONGRESSIONAL INFORMATION HOUSE BILL SUMMARIES NOW AVAILABLE IN XML FORMAT WASHINGTON – The U.S. […]
Re-Imagining Government: Affordable Banking
February 25, 2014 / Leave a comment
The Center for Effective Government weighs in on the recent report by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General that recommends that the US Post Office should “provide non-bank financial services to those whose needs are not being met by the traditional financial sector.” Re-Imagining Government: Affordable Banking, by Scott Klinger, Center for Effective […]
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