Receive the weekly sampler of posts and "Resource of the Week".
Subscribe »

Enter your
email address:

My Account »


Bookmark and Share

Testimonial?
If you find ResourceShelf useful, please supply a testimonial »








Home > ResourceBlog > Article

« All ResourceBlog Articles

 

Bookmark and Share   Feed

Monday, 11th September 2006

Looks Like Database of Federal Government Spending Coming Soon

We've been posting about this possible federal database since June when the U.S. House passed legislation for a database that would track only grant spending. Now, the House and Senate have reached an agreement to allow for a much more expansive database.

Via AP:

A far-flung coalition of groups across the political spectrum supports the idea and their efforts were rewarded Thursday as the Senate passed a bill to build a Google-like search engine to allow people to track online approximately $1 trillion in federal grants, contracts, earmarks and loans…The House passed a narrower version of the measure in June. The House version would allow searches of grants - which often go to nonprofits - but not contracts awarded to businesses.

Via Tulsa World:

U.S. House leaders announced Friday that an agreement has been reached on legislation pushed by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to create a database the public can use to track billions of dollars in both federal grants and contracts. House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he plans to schedule a vote on the language next week.

Thanks to Andy B. and Barry S. for the news tip.

See Also: Read the Legislation of the Senate Bill (S 2590) and House Bill HR 5060 via THOMAS.

See Also: Looking for a Database of Wasteful Government "Pork" Spending? Visit the Congressional Pig Book and Database
The Pork Database has Over 9,963 projects by keyword, state, or appropriations bill. The book and database is produced by Citizens Against Government Waste.

See Also: Although Google is used as a verb in one of the articles (be careful), don’t forget the MUCH improved and very useful FirstGovSearch powered by MSN with dynamic clustering and other useful tools from Vivisimo. It’s a very useful product.

Views: 550




blog comments powered by Disqus

« All ResourceBlog Articles

 

Read about the FreePint FamilyFreePint Family

A family of resources to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success. Read more »


FeedLatest Family Articles:


Click to view the article Quilting big data threads
Thursday, 24th May 2012

Recently I have found myself cooing over visualisation maps (and heat maps) of health and well being resources. The content rich data is overlayed with mapping technologies, and some interesting themes and patterns are emerging.


Click to view the article The fallacy of information overload
Wednesday, 23rd May 2012

A lot of the talk around social media in the last year has been around information overload. Social media has provided us with new and exciting ways to create content. But it has also meant learning new ways to manage and engage with social media tools. Are we teetering on the edge of an information overload precipice?


Click to view the article Information overload: fact, fantasy or filter failure?
Wednesday, 23rd May 2012

Information overload is a figment of your imagination. Or a failure of your filter. Or a symptom of your technological submissiveness. Depends on who you ask.


Click to view the article Newsdesk: tracking millions of pieces of information a day
Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

What if you had to sort through 3.5 million articles and social media posts a day and try to pull out the most relevant items for your organisation? What if you then had to cobble it all together into something readable for your top groups and executives in your organisation?


Click to view the article Alacra Compliance adds managerial oversight
Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

Alacra Compliance saves time by aggregating information from both free and fee-based sources and enabling users to conduct an accurate federated search across these sources (coined “simultaneous search” by Alacra).


All Family Articles »
Family Articles by Category »


Tell us what you're working on,
and we'll talk to you about how FreePint can help »


FreePint Family Testimonials

"Fabulous resource to learn of unique tools and insights. Very useful." Manager, Futures and Forecasting, Virginia, USA

More testimonials »






Subscribe

Subscribe to the ResourceShelf Newsletter and receive the weekly sampler of posts and Resource of the Week.

Find out more »

ResourceShelf sponsored by:

Article Categories

All Article Categories »

Archive

All Archives »