Tag Archives: Google for Government

Federal Register . Gov [ New Developer API ]

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Weather Spark – Graphs and Maps of Weather

[HT: The Lowly Wonk ]

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Adapting Specialized Legal Metadata to the Digital Environment: The Code of Federal Regulations Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules [ Bruce and Richards ICAIL 2011]

Bruce, T. R., and Richards, R. C. (2011). Adapting Specialized Legal Metadata to the Digital Environment: The Code of Federal Regulations Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules. Paper presented at ICAIL 2011 View more presentations from Rc Richards

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Senators of 110th Congress – A Perspective on the Campaign Finance Ecosystem [Repost]

Due to some behind the scenes technical difficulties, our series of posts on the campaign finance ecosystem of the 110th Congress have been unavailable.  I am happy to report that we now have everything restored.  We thought it would be … Continue reading

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Crime Maps: Interactive Exploration of Crime Stats [via The Guardian]

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Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget [NY Times]

While some of these cost and revenue projections could be debated, the New York Times has developed a nifty interface that allows end users to consider how they would attack the problem of deficit reduction. Using the New York Times … Continue reading

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Bloomberg Government – Another Tool for Navigating the Increasingly Complex Information Environment?

While I am hardly here to shill for Bloomberg, the introduction of Bloomberg Government into the market for government information does represent an important development worthy of highlighting.  Coverage from a few weeks back is located here and here. While … Continue reading

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Public Resource.org / Law.gov Win 10^100 Google Project Funding

Congratulations to Carl Malamud and publicresource.org for being selected as a Google 10^100 project winner! Among other things, the $2 million grant “will support the Law.Gov initiative, which aims to make all primary legal materials in the United States available … Continue reading

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US Patent and Trademark Office – Data Visualization Center

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Julian Assange: Why the World Needs WikiLeaks [ TED 2010 ]

Love it or hate it … WikiLeaks has been in the news quite a bit lately.  In this TED talk, Founder Julian Assange sits down with Chris Anderson to discuss WikiLeaks. From the talk description … “The controversial website WikiLeaks collects … Continue reading

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The Google Prediction API [From Google Labs]

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