The National Archives and Records Center will soon destroy millions of federal court records created between 1970 and 1995. Expect some confusion moving forward when ordering archived cases from this era.
Read MoreFAA Moves to Ensure Wider Access to Flight Plan Data
The FAA has issued definitive guidance on the public nature of flight plan data ensuring open and unfettered access to the vast majority of flight plans and removing an allowed owner privacy exemption.
Read MoreDocumentCloud Public Records Tool
Use DocumentCloud to find primary source documents used by journalists at The New York Times and many other outlets.
Read MoreWhat Faye Dunaway's NYC Housing Court Case Teaches about Public Records
Actress Faye Dunaway's New York City Housing Court case teaches about housing (and specialized courts) and the circumstances under which car and voter registration records can be accessed
Read MoreUse JSTOR to Search Academic Journals
JSTOR is a resource for searching academic journals to confirm expert credentials or determining their area expertise
Read MoreWorld Bank Open Data Initiative
Over 2,000 World Bank datasets once available only to subscribers are now available to app developers, business consultants and researchers looking for international data.
Read MoreLA Times Sunshine -- Novel Approach to Crowd Sourcing Public Records
In what could become the wave of the future, the Los Angeles Times has instituted an online, crowd sourced document repository. The system is both novel and potentially groundbreaking.
Read MoreCollege Tuition Costs Aggregated by US Department of Education
New data from the US Department of Education on college costs is now available allowing for cost comparisons across colleges. For researchers, the raw data files hold cross comparison potential beyond the pre-packaged lists on the site.
Read MoreQuick Reference Comparison of Congressional Support Agencies
To tie up the series, we've created the PDF below as a quick reference comparison of the Congressional support agencies
Read MoreUse THOMAS for Federal Legislative Research
Library of Congress THOMAS search engine
Read MorePublications Dating Back to 1975 Available Online from the Congressional Budget Office
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) works with Congress to provide information, estimates and analysis that support the federal budget process.
Read MoreGovernment Accountability Office Online Archive Dates Back to 1971
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) prepares reports related to government operations and expenditures.
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