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Making Federally Funded Educational Materials Open Access
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is considering a rule change that would make the educational resources the Department funds a lot more accessible to educators and students—not just in the U.S., but around the world. Open Licensing Requirement for Direct Grant Programs Proposed Rule issued by the Department of Education. (Nov 3, 2015). Tell […]
Digest Of Education Statistics
Doc of the Day. The Digest Of Education Statistics is a classic government document. The newest edition, 2012, came out on Dec 31, 2013. It is a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. It has been issued annually since 1962 except for combined editions for […]
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
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
National Atlas: Another Victim of Austerity
March 5, 2014 / 1 Comment on National Atlas: Another Victim of Austerity
Crossposted from the Writer’s Guide to Government Information blog. The National Atlas from the US Geological Survey has so much of possible interest to fiction writers that it actually has FOUR entries in the Writer’s Guide to Government Information: National Atlas National Atlas Biology National Atlas Climate National Atlas Geology All this is going away on September […]
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