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DOTD: Recovering from identity theft
The Federal Trade Commission web site IdentityTheft.gov is today’s Document of the Day. Recovering from identity theft is easier with a plan. IdentityTheft.gov is the federal government’s one-stop resource for identity theft victims. The site provides streamlined checklists and sample letters to guide you through the recovery process. “IdentityTheft.gov, a new website, offers step-by-step checklists […]
FED study says many in debt, at risk, and cannot retire
Document of the Day. The results of a survey conducted on behalf of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System have been reported in the news recently. Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking Federal Reserve Board issues Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households FRB: Press Release (May 27, 2015). Report on […]
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 […]
Earthquakes, Megaquakes, and the Movies
The summer’s first big blockbuster movie “San Andreas” is out this friday. So this is a good time to get some facts about earthquakes by checking out the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. This is a great site to go to for facts, earthquake monitoring (there’s an app for that!), USGS publications and data as well […]
USDA restricting access to 7,584 fruit paintings
Here’s another story of a digitization effort that’s not been made publicly available. USDA’s National Agricultural Library hosts the Pomological Watercolor Collection, which contains 7,584 historical — and beautiful! — agricultural watercolor paintings of different varieties of fruits and nuts, commissioned between 1886 and 1942. Through a grant from an environmental non-profit called The Ceres […]
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