Transportation at State Agency Databases Project
This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Transportation, featuring 36 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are: COLORADO Seat Belt Enforcement Reporting Site – Statistics on current seatbelt use, violations, and fatalities. Customizable by type, date, and location. OHIO […]
Reading between the tea leaves: more about revising Title 44
More about revising Title 44 We learned a bit more about GPO’s intentions with regard to revising Title 44 when GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks testified at a Hearing of the Committee on House Administration on July 18, 2017. Hearing, July 18, 2017 In June, Vance-Cooks asked the Depository Library Council (DLC) to make recommendations for changes to […]
This is not a drill. The future of Title 44 and the depository library program hang in the balance.
As we wrote last week the Government Publishing Office (GPO) has asked the Depository Library Council (DLC) to recommend changes to Title 44 of the US Code. We believe this is a bad idea at this moment in history and worry that the unspecified changes GPO wants will result in damage to the FDLP and long-term […]
Drastic Cuts to CBO Budget
The Washington Post reports that amendments to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill contained in H.R. 3219 would gut the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). These amendments would make it impossible for CBO to continue to execute one of its core duties by eliminating CBO’s Budget Analysis Division and reduce the agency’s staff by at least one […]
Statistics, Data & Mapping/GIS at State Agency Databases Project
This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Statistics, Data & Mapping/GIS, featuring 40 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are: ALABAMA Alabama Geologic Mapping – Browse geological maps or search by keyword. MAINE Maine.gov Data Share – catalog of various […]