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Information Today
June 14, 2012
Barbie E. Keiser |
Federal Statistical Programs in Jeopardy The Census Bureau is not the only data source frequently tapped by information professionals (among others) in jeopardy. Nearly every federal agency has some statistical program that will be affected by budget cuts.   |
Information Today
December 17, 2012
Barbie E. Keiser |
Statistical Abstract of the United States Gets a New Publisher ProQuest will save the day, rescuing this valued reference tool for the nation. |
Information Today
March 29, 2012
Marydee Ojala |
ProQuest `Rescues' the Statistical Abstract of the United States The addition of StatAbs to ProQuest's Statistical Insight and DataSets will benefit all those with access to the databases. |
Searcher
June 2002
Miriam A. Drake |
The U.S. Census bureau in the 21st Century In order to learn more about access and distribution of the Census, I sent surveys to two librarians associated with the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) of the ALA. While these librarians could not speak for GODORT, they presented some interesting perspectives... |
Information Today
May 21, 2012
Barbie E. Keiser |
Contracting Government By Cutting Census Bureau Programs In addition to cutting $20 million from this year's Economic Census, H.R. 5326 contained an amendment proposed by Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) that would eliminate funding -- for the American Community Survey. |
Searcher
February 2002
Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Digital Government: Digital Tools for the Electronic Dissemination of Government Information Both FirstGov.gov and American FactFinder are laudable and impressive efforts to bring citizens together with their government using the Web and are positive examples of our taxpayers' dollars at work... |
Information Today
March 12, 2007
Paula J. Hane |
Data-Planet Provides Value-Added Aggregation of Statistical Data Conquest Systems, Inc. has introduced Data-Planet, a new Web-based service that aggregates current and historical public statistical data from many U.S. federal agencies as well as data from nongovernment organizations. |
Entrepreneur
February 2005
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
At Your Service The U.S. Census Bureau's new quarterly survey of service-industry activity will give businesses information to monitor industry trends, make hiring decisions and develop immediate operational strategies. |
Information Today
August 27, 2012 |
Census Bureau Mobile App Now Available for iPhone and iPad The America's Economy mobile app provides updated statistics on the U.S. economy, including monthly economic indicators and economic trends. |
Information Today
August 2, 2012 |
Census Bureau API Lets Developers Create Custom Apps The U.S. Census Bureau launched a new online service that makes key demographic, socioeconomic, and housing statistics more accessible than ever before. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2006
Mike Norman |
Dismal Science From the Armchair Access to free data on the Internet lets anyone give economic forecasting a try. If ever there was a time to be an amateur economist, it is now, so go ahead and awaken the economist within you. |
Searcher
January 2003
David Mattison |
Counting Heads Around the World The Genealogy of international Census Databases, Part II: Canada |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Understanding Economic Data: New-Home Construction Investors, by looking at data on new-home construction, you can learn how homebuilders are reacting to changing conditions in the real estate market and draw valuable conclusions that can assist you in making your own decisions about housing. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003
James Mehring |
Federal Figures at Your Fingertips Profit data, career information, and more are just a mouse click away |
Searcher
June 2002
David Mattison |
Counting heads Around the World The Genealogy of International Census databases, part 1... |
Information Today
September 20, 2012
Peggy Garvin |
APDU 2012 Conference Explores the Future of Federal Survey Data While the tech community has been buzzing about public data, open data, and Big Data for the past several years, the Association of Public Data Users has had a relatively low profile in discussions happening outside of its own community of statisticians and demographers. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011 |
Data Leaks in China Give Some Investors an Edge After leaks of economic data moved markets, China's statistical agency cut the number of people with early access to the figures. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Ignore Tomorrow's Jobs Report How the Census figures skew reality. |
CIO
November 1, 2000
Ben Worthen |
The Greatest Project on Earth The Census Bureau used novel IT methods to defy the doomsayers and come in on time... |
D-Lib
January 2006
Linden & Green |
Don't Leave the Data in the Dark: Issues in Digitizing Print Statistical Publications Statistical digitization projects must make investments in adequate metadata and object-oriented design at the point of digitization - otherwise, the data are in danger of losing their context |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Construction Spending By using the Census Bureau's construction spending report, you can identify trends and countertrends in construction and use your conclusions to improve your understanding of the overall economy and to inform your personal investment decisions. |
Information Today
September 26, 2013
Peggy Garvin |
A Sea Change for Public Data The Association of Public Data Users convened in Washington, D.C. to update members on current challenges to the quality of federal statistical data and opportunities to innovate around those challenges. |
Salon.com
March 16, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Counting the mix With a surprising number of African-Americans identifying themselves as multiracial, the Census Bureau has some colorful math to do. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006 |
300 Million, and Changing The Census Bureau made the announcement on October 17 that the population of the United States crossed the 300 million threshold. The makeup of the population is changing, too. |
Information Today
March 15, 2012
Barbara Quint |
Gale Adds Massive Directory Data to DemographicsNow Gale sees the new service as replacing enough other sources at an attractive enough price to draw libraries in these tough budget times. It also sees the data as serving the needs of a wide variety of patrons. |
InternetNews
February 24, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Gov's E-Commerce Stats Surging The Census Bureau reported e-commerce sales outpaced retail sales growth. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Employment Use economic data to gain the upper hand in your investing. |
IDB America
August 2001
Charo Quesada |
A tool for development The manager of the IDB's Sustainable Development Department explains the crucial link between census and public policy... |
Managed Care
November 2001 |
For Now, at Least, Fewer People Lack Insurance The Census Bureau says the number of uninsured Americans dropped in 2000, for the second year in a row -- a trend many experts doubt will continue, thanks to a weakening economy... |
AFP eWire
February 19, 2007 |
Volunteering Slightly Down in 2006, But Overall Still Strong Results from a survey on volunteering by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a modest decline, but they may reflect special circumstances instead of a trend. Includes statistics on the demographics of volunteers. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Factory Orders While the factory-orders report takes much of its information from data previously released in the durable goods report, the Census Bureau provides some helpful supplemental information that is helpful in evaluating particular industries within the manufacturing sector. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005
Matthew Miller |
Unlocking the Census With GIS This book by Alan Peters and Heather MacDonald will help professionals and students make better use of census data by taking advantage of geographic information system (GIS) technology. |
InternetNews
November 9, 2010 |
What's Holding Back Wider Broadband Adoption? The government's Digital Nation II report is based on data collected from 54,000 households by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2009. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2010
Rich Smith |
Picture of the Day: You Want Jobs? We Got Jobs. Just not a whole lot of them. |
Fast Company
April 2006
Kelso et al. |
Data Dump If we're condemned to ever-increasing statistical fuzziness, individuals and businesses alike must become a lot more flexible about the way we consider the future. |
Information Today
April 11, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
Got Government Data? Not Anymore! Last week we learned that this noble project -- emblematic of the 21 st century approach to information, technology, and society -- has become one of the many victims of federal government belt tightening. |
Information Today
July 9, 2013 |
ProQuest Plans Launch of Global Data Sources Statistical Abstracts of the World will be an online-only resource modeled after ProQuest's publication Statistical Abstract of the United States. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Bremner & Roberts |
China: Fuzzy Numbers No More? Statistics could improve if Beijing's new economic census is a success. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Run for the Hills on Retail News? These retail sales statistics are only the latest woeful example of meaningless data being worse than no data at all. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Patricia Panchak |
Editor's Page -- Measuring Success In A Global Economy Are our economic statistics keeping up with manufacturing's structural changes? |
IDB America
August 2001
Charo Quesada |
A high-stakes numbers game The IDB helps to finance a census that will profoundly alter the way Bolivia allocates public resources... |
CRM
July 2011
Brittany Farb |
Census Bureau Takes to the Cloud Acumen's customized CRM application manages partner organizations and provides extensive reports. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
A Head Count to Reveal China's Secrets One of the challenges of China's 2010 census is to determine the number of migrant workers and unregistered children. |
Salon.com
July 14, 2000
Joshua Micah Marshall |
Cardiac attack Should Al get away with judging George's heart on the census-sampling issue? |
Food Processing
January 2012
Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: We Both Had a Pretty Good Year 2011 was kind to the food & beverage industry and to us. Let's both keep that head of steam going into 2012. |
InternetNews
September 22, 2006
Roy Mark |
Where Have All The Laptops Gone? The Department of Commerce reports more than 1,000 computers are lost, stolen or missing. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2010
Rich Smith |
Durable Goods Report: Here We Go Again According to the Census Bureau, November marked the third down month out of the last four for declining new orders of manufactured durable goods. Actual shipments of goods -- likewise. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Retail E-Commerce Growth Outpacing The Pack The Census Bureau reports a 24% growth in e-commerce sales from last year. |
InternetNews
April 5, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Windows Mobile to Power 2010 Census The U.S. government plans to arm 500,000 census workers with smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0. |
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Kara Stapleton |
Numerology The number of Americans covered by a government health insurance plan as of 2005 was 38.1 million... Americans age 55 who live to age 90 would need to have accumulated $210,000 (by age 65) to pay for insurance to supplement Medicare... etc. |
