This document summarizes resources for open government data and federally funded research. It discusses:
1) How the U.S. government produces and disseminates research through reports, publications, and databases. This has shifted from print to online formats over time.
2) Examples of government data and research that is not openly accessible, such as some court and congressional documents.
3) Recent open data policies and requirements for publicly sharing the results of federally funded research through sites like Data.gov and agency public access plans.
The document provides an overview of the resources available from the Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives (KDLA) for accessing federal government information. KDLA serves as a selective federal depository library and provides access to government documents, reports, and databases in various formats. Key resources highlighted include the online catalog, statistical and census data, legislative information, and databases such as DARTS, HeinOnline, and the Homeland Security Digital Library. Contact information is provided for reference assistance.
This document provides an overview of government documents librarianship. It discusses what government documents are, the types of information found in documents, and how to access document collections. It also outlines the day-to-day responsibilities of a government documents librarian, which include reference, instruction, web archiving, and collection development. Tips are provided for navigating document collections, such as determining the relevant agency and using catalog and database search tools. Popular document series and resources for new documents librarians are also highlighted.
This document provides an overview of various types of government documents and resources for finding information published by governments. It discusses documents produced by different levels of government, how to research legislation and congressional voting records, and resources for locating reports, statistics, and information on elections and campaigns.
"Locating Statistics in Health, Education, and Criminal Justice" created for a Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR) workshop presented November 21, 2008 at George Fox University in Portland, OR. Edited for general use.
This document provides information on finding government and legal resources. It outlines websites for accessing Florida state laws and statutes, federal laws and regulations, census and demographic data from the US Census Bureau, legal cases from LexisNexis Academic, international news and affairs from CIAO, and additional databases for issues, Latin America, statistical data, and broad information from ProQuest Central. Key websites are listed along with brief descriptions of search capabilities.
Government Documents and Information for InternsLynda Kellam
Here are some potential sources to check:
- Your state or local board of elections website - They should have a polling place lookup tool.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - They track disease globally and have country-specific malaria info.
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) - Part of NIH, they have extensive cancer statistics for the US.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Federal agency that collects/reports stats on corrections populations.
- NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - They regulate wetlands and have info/maps on wetlands in the state.
- US Fish & Wildlife Service - They manage wetlands nationally and may have additional
Chinoy Paper 2016 - WDQC-MakingtheMostofWorkforceData-webMala Chinoy
This document discusses how three states - Kentucky, Minnesota, and New York - collaborate with external entities to conduct research using workforce and education data. Kentucky houses its longitudinal data system (KLDS) with an independent state agency and enters into agreements to share anonymous data with researchers. Minnesota maintains two interconnected data systems and has established a governance body and policy to provide different levels of anonymous data access. Both states aim to use data analysis to improve policies and programs.
The document provides an overview of the resources available from the Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives (KDLA) for accessing federal government information. KDLA serves as a selective federal depository library and provides access to government documents, reports, and databases in various formats. Key resources highlighted include the online catalog, statistical and census data, legislative information, and databases such as DARTS, HeinOnline, and the Homeland Security Digital Library. Contact information is provided for reference assistance.
This document provides an overview of government documents librarianship. It discusses what government documents are, the types of information found in documents, and how to access document collections. It also outlines the day-to-day responsibilities of a government documents librarian, which include reference, instruction, web archiving, and collection development. Tips are provided for navigating document collections, such as determining the relevant agency and using catalog and database search tools. Popular document series and resources for new documents librarians are also highlighted.
This document provides an overview of various types of government documents and resources for finding information published by governments. It discusses documents produced by different levels of government, how to research legislation and congressional voting records, and resources for locating reports, statistics, and information on elections and campaigns.
"Locating Statistics in Health, Education, and Criminal Justice" created for a Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR) workshop presented November 21, 2008 at George Fox University in Portland, OR. Edited for general use.
This document provides information on finding government and legal resources. It outlines websites for accessing Florida state laws and statutes, federal laws and regulations, census and demographic data from the US Census Bureau, legal cases from LexisNexis Academic, international news and affairs from CIAO, and additional databases for issues, Latin America, statistical data, and broad information from ProQuest Central. Key websites are listed along with brief descriptions of search capabilities.
Government Documents and Information for InternsLynda Kellam
Here are some potential sources to check:
- Your state or local board of elections website - They should have a polling place lookup tool.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - They track disease globally and have country-specific malaria info.
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) - Part of NIH, they have extensive cancer statistics for the US.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Federal agency that collects/reports stats on corrections populations.
- NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - They regulate wetlands and have info/maps on wetlands in the state.
- US Fish & Wildlife Service - They manage wetlands nationally and may have additional
Chinoy Paper 2016 - WDQC-MakingtheMostofWorkforceData-webMala Chinoy
This document discusses how three states - Kentucky, Minnesota, and New York - collaborate with external entities to conduct research using workforce and education data. Kentucky houses its longitudinal data system (KLDS) with an independent state agency and enters into agreements to share anonymous data with researchers. Minnesota maintains two interconnected data systems and has established a governance body and policy to provide different levels of anonymous data access. Both states aim to use data analysis to improve policies and programs.
This document provides an overview of electronic reference sources available through the Athens State University Library. It describes subscription reference sources that can be accessed remotely through the internet, though access may be limited due to copyright. U.S. government information from reliable sources is also discussed, as well as links to specific resources like USA.gov, Congress.gov, and the Library of Congress. Finally, it outlines some Alabama-specific electronic reference sources.
This document outlines resources for finding scientific information using Cook Library at Towson University. It introduces Laksamee Putnam as the research and instruction librarian and provides her contact information. It then discusses taking away search strategies and tips for finding books, articles, and government information. Specific databases like ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and government websites are mentioned. It also discusses using RefWorks for bibliographic management and organizing citations. Contact information is provided for questions.
This document provides instructions for students on how to search various databases and resources to find information for an assignment on an assigned pollutant or Superfund site. It describes how to use the library catalog to find books, the Web of Science database to search journal articles, ChemIDplus for chemical properties and toxicity data, and the TCEQ website to locate details on a specific Superfund site in Texas. The document provides screenshots and step-by-step guidance for navigating the different resources.
This document provides guidance on how to search various library resources to find information related to chemistry topics. It outlines steps for searching the online catalog LibCat to find books and documents, the journal database Web of Science, chemical databases like ChemIDplus, and governmental websites. Governmental sources are used to define toxicity terms and find Superfund site details in Texas. Handbook databases can provide chemical property data. The document emphasizes using relevant search terms and limiting to refine results.
This document discusses strategies for conducting a literature search and finding statistics and data for an econometrics course project. It outlines using keywords, journals, dates, and databases to search literature and recommends leveraging data from reviewed literature. Sources of statistical data include U.S. and foreign government agencies, international organizations, private associations, and free or subscription-based aggregators. Examples of specific data needed for consumer spending models are provided.
This document provides resources for conducting federal and Florida executive branch legal research, including websites containing regulations, executive orders, presidential documents, foreign policy records, and state administrative law and gubernatorial materials. Key federal resources listed are FDSys, Regulations.gov, the White House and American Presidency Project websites. For Florida, the document outlines the Florida Administrative Weekly, Governor's website, public documents collection, Attorney General opinions database, and Division of Administrative Hearings site.
Legal Research & Fed. Legal ResourcesBrian Huffman
The document provides an overview of legal research and online resources for federal and Minnesota state law. It discusses determining jurisdiction, understanding citations, and locating primary sources such as statutes, regulations, and cases. It also describes secondary sources and databases for legislative history, court rules, statistics, and regulations. Key federal websites introduced include FDsys, THOMAS, Cornell's legal information institute, and agency websites.
This document provides a summary of Freedom of Information Act requests received by the EPA during the week of May 19, 2003. It states that the EPA received 167 total FOIA requests that week, with 30 coming to EPA Headquarters. Year-to-date totals as of that week were 1,554 for Headquarters and 8,282 agency-wide. It identifies two significant FOIA requests received that week from Christopher Homer of the Competitive Enterprise Institute regarding EPA's decision to publish a climate report and relating to statements by Governor Whitman and the President about reading another climate report.
1) The World Health Organization released a report stating that the Fukushima nuclear disaster will cause minimal increased risk of cancer. It estimated increased lifetime risks of certain cancers based on radiation exposure levels in different locations.
2) Mandatory U.S. budget cuts of $85 billion took effect, reducing funding for science agencies. Agencies are calculating how to save 5% through reducing grants, administrative costs, and ongoing programs.
3) The Swiss government approved spending to create a protected field site for experiments with genetically modified crops in order to reduce security costs from potential vandalism.
The document provides an overview of resources available through CQ Electronic Library and EBSCOHost, including CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, and CQ collections on politics, supreme court cases, and public affairs. It describes the types of documents, analysis, and historical information contained within each collection. It also summarizes key features of the EBSCOHost interface for searching across multiple databases.
The document summarizes information about the United States Census Bureau, including its role in collecting population and economic data, how it conducts surveys and censuses, what data is collected, and how the data is used. It provides details on the decennial census process and products available from the Census Bureau.
This document provides instructions for students on how to search the scientific literature to find information about pollutants for a chemistry assignment. It describes how to use the library catalog to find books and documents, search journal databases, and locate toxicity data, definitions, and other details using specialized chemistry databases and websites. Students are guided through each step with screenshots to locate specific data on their assigned pollutant or Superfund site.
Zika virus -a research landscape analysis using journals, patents and dataset...Danielle Pokusa Connelly
The document discusses using the Web of Science platform to analyze the research landscape on Zika virus, providing an example search on "Zika" or "Zika virus" that returns over 600 results from diverse content types spanning 1948 to the present. It demonstrates how the search results can be refined by individual databases, document types, and fields to gain specialized insights and discover related patents, data sets, and authors in the field.
To find a law by its popular name using ProQuest Congressional: select "Statutes at Large" under "Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws", then click "Popular Names" and search or browse the list of names to select the desired act; set an appropriate date range, such as pre-1940 for the Social Security Act, to narrow results; click the matching result to view the full text and amendments of the selected act across multiple PDF files.
The document provides an overview of free and low-cost alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw for legal research. It discusses databases like Loislaw, Versuslaw, Casemaker, and FastCase that provide case law and other primary legal sources at a lower cost than Lexis and Westlaw. It also outlines many free sources for cases, statutes, regulations, court documents, and other materials available on government and legal information websites. The document emphasizes evaluating sources for authority and currency when deciding between free and paid options for legal research needs.
Government Publications and Research_What You Need to Know 2015 (7)Mary Howrey
This document provides an overview of government publications and how to search for and evaluate them. It discusses that government publications are an important source for research and learning. It defines government publications and provides examples from the US Census Bureau. It also discusses how to search for publications from the US federal government, state and local governments, international agencies, and other countries. Key resources mentioned include the US Government Publishing Office, Federal Digital System, and Federal Depository Library Program. The document concludes with a discussion of how to evaluate the credibility of government publications.
Government documents provide information produced by government agencies at all levels. These include reports from government-funded research and information about governing. The Federal Depository Library Program allows designated libraries to provide free public access to government documents. Florida Tech's library receives a selection of documents through this program and houses over 200,000 documents. Users can search the online catalog or paper indexes to find documents on topics like NASA, the census, and laws.
This document provides an overview of government information and how it can be accessed. It discusses that government information is produced by federal, state, local, international and non-governmental organizations. It also outlines some key characteristics of government information, such as it being authoritative and produced as a result of legal requirements or grant-funded research. Additionally, the document discusses tools that can be used to find government information, such as reference interviews, agency websites, catalogs and the Freedom of Information Act.
Ron Nixon, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, offers resources to help journalists access public records under the federal Freedom of Information Act, as well as corresponding state and local laws. It includes links to help reporters draft and track records-request letters. It accompanies a presentation, "Producing Data-Driven Enterprise Stories Efficiently," that he gave at the Philadelphia NewsTrain on Nov. 13-14, 2015. It was also distributed at Lexington NewsTrain on Jan. 21, 2016, to accompany a presentation by Linda J. Johnson on "Data-Driven Enterprise off Your Beat." NewsTrain is a training initiative of Associated Press Media Editors. More info: http://bit.ly/NewsTrain
This document provides an overview of various online databases and resources that can be used for computer-assisted reporting, including press releases, book text searches, government transcripts, legal cases, census data, and more. It also discusses how to effectively search databases using Boolean operators and tips for online research such as verifying information and considering the credibility of sources.
Jaimi Dowdell presents "Data Journalism for Business Reporting" at the free business journalism workshop, "Be a Better Business Watchdog -- CAR for Business Journalists," hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalists, The Seattle Times and the University of Washington.
Rapid Response Reference Federal Government Informationlmantle
The document discusses federal government documents and how to find them. It provides an overview of what federal government documents are, a brief history of the federal depository library program, and describes resources like GPO Access and federal depository libraries in Kentucky that can be used to search for and access government documents and publications. Methods to search library catalogs and websites for federal documents are also outlined.
This document provides an overview of electronic reference sources available through the Athens State University Library. It describes subscription reference sources that can be accessed remotely through the internet, though access may be limited due to copyright. U.S. government information from reliable sources is also discussed, as well as links to specific resources like USA.gov, Congress.gov, and the Library of Congress. Finally, it outlines some Alabama-specific electronic reference sources.
This document outlines resources for finding scientific information using Cook Library at Towson University. It introduces Laksamee Putnam as the research and instruction librarian and provides her contact information. It then discusses taking away search strategies and tips for finding books, articles, and government information. Specific databases like ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and government websites are mentioned. It also discusses using RefWorks for bibliographic management and organizing citations. Contact information is provided for questions.
This document provides instructions for students on how to search various databases and resources to find information for an assignment on an assigned pollutant or Superfund site. It describes how to use the library catalog to find books, the Web of Science database to search journal articles, ChemIDplus for chemical properties and toxicity data, and the TCEQ website to locate details on a specific Superfund site in Texas. The document provides screenshots and step-by-step guidance for navigating the different resources.
This document provides guidance on how to search various library resources to find information related to chemistry topics. It outlines steps for searching the online catalog LibCat to find books and documents, the journal database Web of Science, chemical databases like ChemIDplus, and governmental websites. Governmental sources are used to define toxicity terms and find Superfund site details in Texas. Handbook databases can provide chemical property data. The document emphasizes using relevant search terms and limiting to refine results.
This document discusses strategies for conducting a literature search and finding statistics and data for an econometrics course project. It outlines using keywords, journals, dates, and databases to search literature and recommends leveraging data from reviewed literature. Sources of statistical data include U.S. and foreign government agencies, international organizations, private associations, and free or subscription-based aggregators. Examples of specific data needed for consumer spending models are provided.
This document provides resources for conducting federal and Florida executive branch legal research, including websites containing regulations, executive orders, presidential documents, foreign policy records, and state administrative law and gubernatorial materials. Key federal resources listed are FDSys, Regulations.gov, the White House and American Presidency Project websites. For Florida, the document outlines the Florida Administrative Weekly, Governor's website, public documents collection, Attorney General opinions database, and Division of Administrative Hearings site.
Legal Research & Fed. Legal ResourcesBrian Huffman
The document provides an overview of legal research and online resources for federal and Minnesota state law. It discusses determining jurisdiction, understanding citations, and locating primary sources such as statutes, regulations, and cases. It also describes secondary sources and databases for legislative history, court rules, statistics, and regulations. Key federal websites introduced include FDsys, THOMAS, Cornell's legal information institute, and agency websites.
This document provides a summary of Freedom of Information Act requests received by the EPA during the week of May 19, 2003. It states that the EPA received 167 total FOIA requests that week, with 30 coming to EPA Headquarters. Year-to-date totals as of that week were 1,554 for Headquarters and 8,282 agency-wide. It identifies two significant FOIA requests received that week from Christopher Homer of the Competitive Enterprise Institute regarding EPA's decision to publish a climate report and relating to statements by Governor Whitman and the President about reading another climate report.
1) The World Health Organization released a report stating that the Fukushima nuclear disaster will cause minimal increased risk of cancer. It estimated increased lifetime risks of certain cancers based on radiation exposure levels in different locations.
2) Mandatory U.S. budget cuts of $85 billion took effect, reducing funding for science agencies. Agencies are calculating how to save 5% through reducing grants, administrative costs, and ongoing programs.
3) The Swiss government approved spending to create a protected field site for experiments with genetically modified crops in order to reduce security costs from potential vandalism.
The document provides an overview of resources available through CQ Electronic Library and EBSCOHost, including CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, and CQ collections on politics, supreme court cases, and public affairs. It describes the types of documents, analysis, and historical information contained within each collection. It also summarizes key features of the EBSCOHost interface for searching across multiple databases.
The document summarizes information about the United States Census Bureau, including its role in collecting population and economic data, how it conducts surveys and censuses, what data is collected, and how the data is used. It provides details on the decennial census process and products available from the Census Bureau.
This document provides instructions for students on how to search the scientific literature to find information about pollutants for a chemistry assignment. It describes how to use the library catalog to find books and documents, search journal databases, and locate toxicity data, definitions, and other details using specialized chemistry databases and websites. Students are guided through each step with screenshots to locate specific data on their assigned pollutant or Superfund site.
Zika virus -a research landscape analysis using journals, patents and dataset...Danielle Pokusa Connelly
The document discusses using the Web of Science platform to analyze the research landscape on Zika virus, providing an example search on "Zika" or "Zika virus" that returns over 600 results from diverse content types spanning 1948 to the present. It demonstrates how the search results can be refined by individual databases, document types, and fields to gain specialized insights and discover related patents, data sets, and authors in the field.
To find a law by its popular name using ProQuest Congressional: select "Statutes at Large" under "Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws", then click "Popular Names" and search or browse the list of names to select the desired act; set an appropriate date range, such as pre-1940 for the Social Security Act, to narrow results; click the matching result to view the full text and amendments of the selected act across multiple PDF files.
The document provides an overview of free and low-cost alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw for legal research. It discusses databases like Loislaw, Versuslaw, Casemaker, and FastCase that provide case law and other primary legal sources at a lower cost than Lexis and Westlaw. It also outlines many free sources for cases, statutes, regulations, court documents, and other materials available on government and legal information websites. The document emphasizes evaluating sources for authority and currency when deciding between free and paid options for legal research needs.
Government Publications and Research_What You Need to Know 2015 (7)Mary Howrey
This document provides an overview of government publications and how to search for and evaluate them. It discusses that government publications are an important source for research and learning. It defines government publications and provides examples from the US Census Bureau. It also discusses how to search for publications from the US federal government, state and local governments, international agencies, and other countries. Key resources mentioned include the US Government Publishing Office, Federal Digital System, and Federal Depository Library Program. The document concludes with a discussion of how to evaluate the credibility of government publications.
Government documents provide information produced by government agencies at all levels. These include reports from government-funded research and information about governing. The Federal Depository Library Program allows designated libraries to provide free public access to government documents. Florida Tech's library receives a selection of documents through this program and houses over 200,000 documents. Users can search the online catalog or paper indexes to find documents on topics like NASA, the census, and laws.
This document provides an overview of government information and how it can be accessed. It discusses that government information is produced by federal, state, local, international and non-governmental organizations. It also outlines some key characteristics of government information, such as it being authoritative and produced as a result of legal requirements or grant-funded research. Additionally, the document discusses tools that can be used to find government information, such as reference interviews, agency websites, catalogs and the Freedom of Information Act.
Ron Nixon, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, offers resources to help journalists access public records under the federal Freedom of Information Act, as well as corresponding state and local laws. It includes links to help reporters draft and track records-request letters. It accompanies a presentation, "Producing Data-Driven Enterprise Stories Efficiently," that he gave at the Philadelphia NewsTrain on Nov. 13-14, 2015. It was also distributed at Lexington NewsTrain on Jan. 21, 2016, to accompany a presentation by Linda J. Johnson on "Data-Driven Enterprise off Your Beat." NewsTrain is a training initiative of Associated Press Media Editors. More info: http://bit.ly/NewsTrain
This document provides an overview of various online databases and resources that can be used for computer-assisted reporting, including press releases, book text searches, government transcripts, legal cases, census data, and more. It also discusses how to effectively search databases using Boolean operators and tips for online research such as verifying information and considering the credibility of sources.
Jaimi Dowdell presents "Data Journalism for Business Reporting" at the free business journalism workshop, "Be a Better Business Watchdog -- CAR for Business Journalists," hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalists, The Seattle Times and the University of Washington.
Rapid Response Reference Federal Government Informationlmantle
The document discusses federal government documents and how to find them. It provides an overview of what federal government documents are, a brief history of the federal depository library program, and describes resources like GPO Access and federal depository libraries in Kentucky that can be used to search for and access government documents and publications. Methods to search library catalogs and websites for federal documents are also outlined.
Government Publications August 2015 Library Guide (4)Mary Howrey
This document provides a summary of select government publications and portals for finding U.S. and international government information. It lists several U.S. and international sources for publications from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches as well as topics such as health, science, education, and statistics. The sources listed provide access to official documents, databases, reports and other information from federal agencies and international organizations.
Government documents provide essential information from all levels of government that is made available to the public through federal depository libraries. The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates and provides access to official U.S. government publications through various online platforms and by designating over 1,200 federal depository libraries around the country. These libraries receive, organize, preserve and help users access government information in a variety of formats to serve the public interest and right to know about their government's activities.
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The Progress of an S&T Information GatewayBob Chao
The document summarizes the progress towards establishing an open access science and technology (S&T) information gateway in Taiwan. It describes Taiwan's movement towards open source and open access models, including initiatives like Creative Commons Taiwan. It also outlines Taiwan's policies and organizations that aim to facilitate open sharing of S&T information through initiatives like the Government Research Bulletin database and CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan. The ultimate goal is an "integral system" as mandated by Taiwan's S&T Basic Law to create a comprehensive domestic and international S&T information network.
Are We Measuring the Right Things? From Disclosing Datasets to! Reshaping Da...Jonathan Gray
The document discusses reshaping data infrastructures and the implications for open data initiatives and advocacy. It notes that for beneficial ownership advocacy in the UK, disclosure of existing datasets was not enough, and civil society organizations had to undertake sustained engagement to influence development of data infrastructure systems. This included research on costs, functionality and legislation around public registries of beneficial ownership. It highlights how campaigners must look beyond released information to how information is collected and generated through infrastructure. The document also discusses implications for measuring the right things and new forms of "statactivism" to shape what and how things are measured through infrastructure.
Jaimi Dowdell, training director for the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), and Mark Horvit, executive director of IRE, offer a guide to using data in business reporting for the free investigative workshop, "Accountability in Indian Country - Be a Better Business Watchdog," on July 18, 2013.
Presented by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, this workshop was part of the Native American Journalists Association's annual conference in Phoenix.
For more information about free training for business journalists, please visit businessjournalism.org.
For additional resources on using data to empower your coverage, please visit the training archive page at http://businessjournalism.org/2013/07/17/accountability-in-indian-country-be-a-better-business-watchdog-self-guided-training/.
The document discusses priorities for the next presidential administration regarding e-government and access to government information. The top priority should be re-establishing clear guidelines for when information can be withheld from the public, with a presumption of disclosure as the norm. The second priority is improving inter-agency communication and coordination. The third priority is ensuring security of government information systems while maintaining public access. Private sector involvement in disseminating government data should be temporary and aimed at reducing backlogs, not as a permanent replacement for public access.
The UK Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was adopted in 2000 and fully implemented in 2005 across all UK public authorities simultaneously. This led to initial problems with delays in responding to requests and a backlog of complaints. However, civil society played an important role in advocating for the FOIA and ensuring its proper implementation through public awareness campaigns, media involvement, lobbying politicians, and being prepared to support litigation. Lessons learned included capitalizing on political opportunities, cultivating support from key officials, and linking FOI principles to issues that engaged the public.
The UK Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was adopted in 2000 and fully implemented in 2005 across all UK public authorities simultaneously. This led to initial problems with delays and backlogs in responding to requests. Lessons learned include the need for adequate resources for oversight bodies like the Information Commissioner's Office to promote awareness and compliance. Civil society played an important role through media involvement, advocacy, and litigation to support effective FOIA implementation over time.
This document discusses open data and library services related to open data. It provides an overview of open data, the history of US government open data policies from 2009 to the present, concerns about open data, and related concepts like big data and linked data. It then discusses trends in library services around open data, including collecting and providing access to open data, conducting instruction on data literacy, and offering reference support.
The document provides an overview of finding US government information online. It discusses the types of information available, such as statistics, laws and regulations, and market research. It explains where to find this information, including agency websites, government portals like USA.gov, and open data initiatives like Data.gov. It also gives examples of specific agency websites that provide information on topics like the census, international trade, rules and regulations, and technical reports.
Government documents are publications issued by federal and state governments that are organized using the SuDoc call number system. The federal government printing office (GPO) prints and distributes most federal publications. The SuDoc call number divides publications into departments and sub-agencies identified in the stem and individual publication numbers identified after the colon. Most government agencies now make publications available online in addition to printed versions distributed to depository libraries.
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Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
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The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
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ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...
Open government resources and government funded open mandates
1. Open Government Resources and
Government-Funded Open Mandates
GWEN SINCLAIR GSINCLAI@HAWAII.EDU
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS & MAPS DEPARTMENT, UHM LIBRARY
ADJUNCT FACULTY IN UHM LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGRAM
2. What I’ll talk about today
What are the research products of the U.S. government?
How do users access them?
Examples of government data that is not open
Examples of how government open data is being used
What kinds of research does the U.S. government fund?
Requirements for access to federally-funded research
Predictions about the future
Slides for this presentation: http://goo.gl/GCl2JW
4. Research products of the U.S. gov’t
Activity:
Examine your publication and answer the following questions:
What is the subject matter?
Who was the publisher of the document?
What are the authors’ affiliations?
5. Dissemination of government research
(19th Century)
Reports of explorations
Scientific investigations
Type Example
Congressional documents Report of the expedition of the squadron of dragoons to
the Rocky Mountains during the summer of 1835 (24th
Congress, 1st session, House document 181)
Agency annual reports Omaha dwellings, furniture, and implements (Annual
report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1891-2)
6. Report of the expedition of the squadron of dragoons
to the Rocky Mountains during the summer of 1835
(24th Congress, 1st session, House document 181)
8. Dissemination of government research
(20th Century)
Technical reports
Books
Conference papers
Circulars, bulletins
Agency journals
Commercially published
journals
Type Example
Bibliographies U.S. Department of Commerce bibliography of
technical reports
Lists of publications NASA scientific and technical reports for 1967
Agency catalogs EPA national publications catalog
Indexes Index to publications of the United States
Department of Agriculture 1936-1940
General catalogs U.S. government research reports
Announcements News releases, bulletins
Type Example
Bibliographies Selective bibliography in science and
engineering (Northwestern University)
Commercial indexes Applied science and technology index
Agency indexes Diabetes literature index
Databases Medline
Energy citations index
9. Dissemination of government research
(21st Century)
Technical reports
Books
Conference papers
Circulars, bulletins
Data
Journal articles
Type Example
Repositories EPA science inventory
Lists of publications Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory
morphology publications
Agency web sites USGS maps, imagery, and publications
Databases NCDC storm events database
USDA current research information system
Social media Twitter, YouTube
Type Example
Publisher web site
(abstracts are free)
Wiley journals
Aggregator EBSCOHost
Search interface Google Scholar
10. Acquisition of government research
BOOKS, TECHNICAL REPORTS, GENERAL
PUBLICATIONS, DATA
Library
Purchase or acquire from government agency
Purchase or download from NTIS
Purchase from U.S. Government Bookstore
Purchase through a vendor
Subscribe to a database
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Library
Interlibrary loan
Purchase directly from publisher
Ask a friend
11. National Technical Information Service
(NTIS)
Publication Board, established in Department of Commerce in 1945 (Later Office of Declassification
and Technical Services)
Distributed captured German documents to the military and U.S. companies
Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information established in 1964
Published U.S. Government Research, which announced reports of research and development
released by the armed services, Atomic Energy Commission, and other agencies
Published Government-wide Index to Federal Research and Development Reports
NTIS established as self-supporting agency under Department of Commerce in 1970
American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991:
required agencies to transfer unclassified scientific, technical, and engineering information which
results from federally funded research and development to NTIS
Required NTIS to cover its operational costs through fees
12. National Technical Reports Library
Currently contains records for over 2.5 million government reports
Users can purchase copies of information products in print, microform, or PDF
Basic search interface is free
Full version of NTRL costs $2,100-$11,200 for institutions; $200 for individuals
30% of reports are available in full text as free PDF downloads
for public users of the database, there is a 10-article download limit per session
If you’re in a foreign country, you must pay for a subscription to view full text documents
13. NTIS woes
By 1995, losing money because of increasing availability of government
reports online
In 2000, Congress proposed eliminating NTIS and transferring its
repository to Library of Congress
NTIS currently loses money on sales of publications
Expenses covered through services to government agencies (data
hosting, web site development)
75% of NTIS’s holdings are available from other public sources
NASA Technical Reports Server
SciTech Connect
Defense Technical Information Center
14. Data.gov and the Open Government
Initiative (2013)
Executive Order 13642, “Making Open and Machine
Readable the New Default for Government Information”
OMB issued the Open Data Policy:
Ordered agencies to make data freely available through
Data.gov, administered by the General Services
Administration
Required agencies to inventory and catalog their data
assets
Required agencies to publish a list of their data assets
that are or could be made public
Required agencies obtain public input to facilitate and
prioritize the release of datasets
15. Examples of government information
that is not open
DoD media library
Contains over 1 million photos, videos, audio
logs and documents
Full search limited to DoD users
Public access sites only cover the past 10
years
16. Government information not subject to
open government directives
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)
Established in 1998
Access to case information costs $0.10 per page,
capped at $3.00
If usage does not exceed $15 in a quarter, fees are
waived
Not included:
Pre-2003 bankruptcy case documents
Criminal case documents older than Nov. 1, 2004
Confidential information is redacted
E-Government Act of 2002: does it require free
access?
17. Government information not subject to
open government directives
Congress: what’s open, what’s not
Open Not open
Votes Congressional Research
Service reports
Lobbying disclosure forms Committee prints
Floor debate Congressional hearings
18. Examples of
non-profit uses
of government
open data
Capitol Words
http://capitolwords.org
Text analysis of
Congressional Record
19. Examples of
non-profit uses
of government
open data
Open Checkbook
https://opencheckbook.
demo.socrata.com
Which government
agencies spend the
most money? Who is
receiving that money
and what are they
spending it on?
20. Examples of
non-profit uses
of government
open data
Surging Seas
http://sealevel.climatecentral
.org
Visualization tool for sea level
rise in the U.S. based on data
from the National Elevation
Dataset of the U.S. Geological
Survey
21. Examples of for-
profit uses of
government
open data
Google Patent Search
https://patents.google.com/
Uses U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office data
Value added services include
optical character recognition to
make the text of patents fully
searchable, an integrated
viewer for patent images, and
proprietary search algorithms.
22. Examples of for-
profit uses of
government
open data
Zillow http://www.zillow.com
Uses American Community
Survey data from the Census
Bureau
23. Predictions
Increasing availability of reports and data on agency web sites
Increasing availability of digitized historical scientific and technical literature in free repositories
TRAIL (Technical Report Archive and Image Library)
National Agricultural Library
USGS Publications Warehouse
Increasing commercial publication or reissuance of government research
Increasing development of APIs using government research products
NTIS will cease to exist
Lack of support for centralized repositories
25. The federal government’s grantmaking,
19th and early 20th century
Grants to states (e.g., land grant universities)
Research done in government laboratories by government researchers or by contractors such
as universities, hospitals, research institutions, and companies, e.g.,
Office of Naval Research
National Applied Mathematics Laboratory of National Bureau of Standards
Public Health Service hospitals
Bell Laboratories
Research published in government documents, conference proceedings, or journal articles
Data retained by government agency or contractor
26. Grantmaking authority established in enabling legislation for agencies
Annual reports on scientific progress required
No indication of where the results are to be published
No requirement that results be published in a particular forum
No requirement to deposit data
Research results disseminated through:
Conferences
Publications
Agency-published reporting journals, e.g., Cancer chemotherapy reports
Agency-published indexes to research, e.g., Public Health Service’s Research grants index
The federal government’s grantmaking,
1930s forward
27. NIH Public Access Policy
Originally issued by NIH as a policy in 2005
Legislatively mandated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008
SEC. 218. The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators
funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s
PubMed Central an electronic version of their final peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance
for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of
publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner
consistent with copyright law.
Research Works Act, introduced in 2011, would have overturned NIH’s policy, but it was
withdrawn by its sponsors.
28. Fair Access to Science and Technology
Research Act (FASTR)
Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006
Died in committee
Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 (FRPAA)
reintroduced in each session of Congress from 2009-2012
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) introduced in 2013
Approved by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, July 2015
Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to
develop a federal research public access policy
Public access policies applicable to agency researchers and agency-funded researchers
Requires each federal agency to submit an annual report on its federal research public access
policy to Congress
29. Office of Science and Technology Policy
memorandum, February 22, 2013
A We the People petition was presented to the White House in May 2012 to “Require free access
over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research.”
Office of Science and Technology Policy responded with a memorandum that:
Directed executive branch agencies that have at least $100 million in annual R & D expenditures to
develop public access plans
12-month embargo period
Directed agencies to develop interfaces for retrieval of data
Required free access to metadata and the development of data management plans by grantees
Acknowledged that proprietary interests, confidential business information, and intellectual
property rights must be respected
Developers of public access plans must solicit views from stakeholders
30. Public access plans
Department of Energy
Establish Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science (PAGES)
portal
PAGES will provide metadata and abstracts “in a way that is
open, readable, and available for bulk download”
PAGES will “facilitate analysis of peer-reviewed scholarly
publications directly arising from research funded by DOE”
All research proposals selected for DOE funding must include a
Data Management Plan
31. Public access plans
National Science Foundation
Requires that NSF-funded research results be deposited in a public
access compliant repository [PAGES];
Requires that research publications be available after 12-month embargo
period
Requires the provision of free metadata
Requires research to be reported in annual and final reports during the
period of the award with a unique persistent identifier that links to the full
text of the publication
NSF already requires applicants to submit a data management plan
32. Public access plans
Department of Defense plan
Requires digitally formatted scientific data resulting from unclassified,
publicly releasable research supported wholly or in part by DoD funding
to be publicly accessible
Data will not be publicly releasable if release would compromise the
ability to file for intellectual property protection on any invention arising
from the data
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) will be the search interface
and repository
33. Predictions
Bills mandating open access for federally funded research will not succeed
Public access plans will continue to govern access to grant-funded research
Partnerships will be needed to host research publications and data due to lack of federal funds
for these functions
New open-access publishing venues will be developed
Journal articles will be less important