Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Oct 9, 2007	Committee on National Statistics and Data Sources
The Committee on National Statistics is a group that "serves to contribute to a better understanding of important national issues by working to improve the statistical methods and information on which public policy decisions are based." Housed at The National Academies as part of the U.S....... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Sep 22, 2007	HMDA and IRS Data Releases
Kathy Pettit informs us through the NNIP Listserve that two new data sets are available: In case you missed it, two great datasets were released last week - the new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data (tract-level) & new IRS individual tax statistics data (zip code-level). 1. HMDA 2006...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Sep 15, 2007	City Data Resources
I ran across a fascinating data site called City-Data.com . they claim to have " collected and analyzed data from numerous sources to create as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S. cities as we could ." There's a number of sites out there with "city profiles on them" that tend to...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Sep 6, 2007	Freebase.com Now Opened
Good news for data fans! Freebase.com is now available to read without registering. Don't know about Feebase yet? It's " an open, online data community provided by Metaweb Technologies. While in alpha, Freebase is targeted for developers and 'data fanatics' who can help provide valuable...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Aug 29, 2007	Measures of Australia's Progress
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, 2007 (Edition 2) From the press release: Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, presents a summary of measures which relate to the 14 headline dimensions of progress...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Aug 30, 2007	Name the Next State of the World Theme
Here's an appeal from the Worldwatch Institute I thought readers of this blog might be interested in. State of the World 2009: ??? For the past several years, themed editions have helped us frame our annual State of the World report around the big ideas that will speed the transition to...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Aug 31, 2007	Canada Releases Education Indicators
From Statistics Canada : The report "Summary Public School Indicators for the Provinces and Territories", released today, provides a comprehensive examination of public school indicators for the provinces and territories during the academic years from 1998/1999 to 2004/2005. It examines...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Jul 25, 2007	Annie E. Casey Releases 2007 KIDSCOUNT
From the Annie E. Casey press release: On July 25, 2007, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released the 18th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book , a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child...... [view]