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A Roundup of Recent Government Info News and New Resources
More news and new resources via INFOdocket.com. 1. White House Launches Ethics.gov 2. USDA: Consumers to Receive Timely Food Safety Alerts Through New State Twitter Feeds 3. A Law Classification Scheme as Linked Data? 4. Access GAO Reports and Legal Decisions via New App for iOS (Free) 5. National Broadband Map Updated, New Data Added 6. United Nations Releases 2012 E-Government Survey (Full Text), Country Rankings Updated 7. Compare Country Statistics With New United Nations CountryStats iOS App (Free) 8. UNESCO Releases World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education (Full Text, Free) 9. New Online Database from NIH: Genetic Testing Registry, Video Tutorials Available 10. Open Data: DOE Data Explorer Now Searches Individual Datasets 11. Archivist of the United States Appoints New Director of Presidential Libraries Continue reading
The Federal Budget App
GPO Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2012 No. 12-12 GPO MAKES AVAILABLE THE FEDERAL BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME AS AN APP WASHINGTON-The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) releases a mobile Web application (app) for President Barack Obama's Budget for the U.S. Government, FY 2013. This is the first time the Budget is available as an app. GPO's mobile Budget app will provide users with access to the text and images of the FY 2013 Budget, including the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, and budget overviews organized by agency. The app provides links to GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) where summary tables and additional books of the Budget, including the Analytical Perspectives, Appendix, and Historical Tables are available. The public can take advantage of this free mobile Web app on major mobile device platforms, including iOS 4.3 and above, Android 2.2 and above, and Blackberry OS version 6.0 and above. The Budget is also available through GPO's retail and online bookstore and on FDsys. Link to FY 2013 Budget app: http://m.gpo.gov/budget Link to FDsys: www.fdsys.gov Link to bookstore: http://bookstore.gpo.gov/collections/budget.jsp "GPO is very excited to make President Obama's Budget for the U.S. Government available for the first time as a mobile Web app," said Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks. "Through GPO's role as the digital information platform for the Federal Government, we continue to explore different ways to make Government information available to the public and developing apps is just one way we are meeting that goal." The FY 2013 Budget app is the second mobile Web app that GPO has developed. The first, the mobile Member Guide, was released in November 2011. GPO also supported the Library of Congress in developing an iPad app for the Congressional Record, released last month. Continue reading
Roundup of Recent Government Info News and New Resources
Time once again for a selection of news and new resources that we hope will be an interest to the FGI community. The following posts are from INFOdocket.com (@infofodocket) where we compile and post new items daily. 1. New iOS App From SEC: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission News 2. Just Released: Library of Congress Offers Congressional Record As iPad App 3. National Library of Medicine Announces Latest Release of Its “History of Medicine Finding Aids Consortium” 4. Asked and Answered Questions: U.S. Department of Education Releases Mobile Version of Answers.Ed.gov 5. Smithsonian Gets Dedicated Funds for Digitization and New Media, Will Spend $8.7 Million In FY 2012 6. The Library of Congress Names Gayle Osterberg Director of Communications 7. EPA Releases Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Online Database and Dataset Available 8. White Paper: “Authentication of Primary Legal Materials and Pricing Options” 9. Federal Elections Commission (FEC) Launches Mobile Web Site 10. Full Text Reference Resource: Trade & Development: UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2011 From the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 11. NARA Launches “Citizen Archivist Dashboard” 12. U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Begin Offering Online Chat Services 13. USDA Launches New Online Nutrition SuperTracker 14. New Database: Time-Series Plots of Phrases in U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (Legal Language Explorer) 15. Statistics: NLM Updates MEDLINE Indicators With FY2011 Numbers Continue reading
AIRNow for iOS Now Available (Real-Time Air Quality From the EPA)
Note: At the present time the app listed below is only available for iOS devices. However, a web version of the resource is also available. Via INFOdocket From the iTunes App Store:
The AIRNow iPhone application will provide an increasingly mobile public with real-time air quality information that people can use to protect their health when planning their daily activities The app will allow users to get location-specific reports on current air quality and air quality forecasts for both ozone and fine particle pollution (PM2.5). Air quality maps from the AIRNow website provide visual depictions of current and forecast air quality nationwide, and a page on air quality-related health effects explains what actions people can take to protect their health at different AQI levels, such as “code orange.”The AIRNow app is free. Direct to App Store See Also: AIRNow is Also Available on the Web See Also: U.S. Air Quality Summary (text) See Also: EnviroFlash (Air Quality Alerts)
Air quality affects how you live and breathe. Like the weather, it can change from day to day, or even hour to hour. Up-to-date information allows you to make decisions based on air quality forecasts. EnviroFlash comes to you through a partnership between the US EPA and your state or local air quality agency - notifying you about air quality so you don't have to go searching for it!Continue reading
Monthly Roundup: 11 New U.S. Government Mobile Apps Added to USA.gov Directory
During the past month we've posted about 11 new apps (all free) posted in the USA.gov directory. Several apps are iPhone only while others are available for Android devices. A couple are web apps that should be accessible using any mobile web browser. 1. Three New Mobile Apps from U.S. Government Organizations Apps from the FBI, NPS, and GSA. 2. Two New Mobile Apps from U.S. Gov Organizations Includes apps from the NSF and Smithsonian. 3. Six New Apps (Including A Few To Help With Relaxation) Apps from NOAA and the National Center for Telehealth and Technology Continue reading
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