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Open Government Prospects in 2014
The current issue of Government Matters, the newsletter of the Center for Effective Government, has an article that discusses the six big open government issues of 2014: Freedom of Information Act, Surveillance/NSA, Preventing Chemical Disasters, Reining in Controlled Unclassified Information, Fracking Bans and Legal Challenges, and Agency Open Government Plans. In addition the article give […]
Basic statistical literacy
If you want a quick and easy understanding of some basic concepts about data collection and use of statistics, check out this brief excerpt of Charles Wheelan’s book, Naked Statistics. Garbage In, Garbage Out Or, How to Lie with Bad Data. Charles Wheelan. “From batting averages and political polls to Schlitz ads and medical research, […]
Inexpensive courses in “data journalism”
This may be of interest to those government information specialists who also have an interest in or responsibility for data. Dave Stanton, creator of For Journalism is developing inexpensive online courses in data science, statistics, mapping, charting, and in using specific tools such as Ruby on Rails and Python. Although explicitly aimed at journalists, the […]
Report on Wasteful Spending by the Federal Government speciously targets NTIS
I was over at Sabrina Pacifici’s ever-informative bespacific.com blog (subscribe, you’ll be glad you did!) to read about e-govt and public access during the last government shutdown and happened to see another post about Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OKLA) latest “Report on Wasteful Spending by the Federal Government.” While I haven’t read the “report” in its entirety, […]
Malamud to propose an Edicts of Government Amendment
[UPDATE 1/14/14: the hearing including Carl Malamud’s testimony is now available vis CSPAN. JRJ] Carl Malamud will be testifying at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Scope of Copyright Protection On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 10AM. Hi testimony will be on the subject of Edicts of Government, including copyright assertions over state laws and federally-mandated public […]
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