Federal Spending - Fedspending.org

March 30th, 2010. Published under Government Data Research. No Comments.

Searchable databases on government contracts and grants - search where the money goes!

Bureau of Labor Statistics

March 15th, 2010. Published under Government Data Research. No Comments.

If you want to research anything and everything - this is the site to visit.  They have huge databases of searchable information and will even create a chart for you of the information you select. 

Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject  

• Inflation & Prices
• Employment
• Unemployment
• Pay & Benefits
• Spending & Time Use  
• Productivity
• Workplace Injuries
• International
• Employment Projections  
• Regional Resources
• Historical News Release Tables
• Maps
• Calculators

For instance, if you want to know what the gas prices were from 2000 - 2010:  Go to Inflation and Prices, click on Average Price Data, click on Top Picks, Select Gasoline all types, and tell it to Retrieve Data.  You can also click on Change Output Options to select a certain range of years and there is a button to check whether you want to include graphs.  I clicked that I wanted a graph and this is a screenshot example of what you see:

Consumer Price Index - Average Price Data

Series Id:  APU00007471A
Area:       U.S. city average
Item:       Gasoline, all types, per gallon/3.785 liters 

Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters

March 14th, 2010. Published under Government Data Research. No Comments.

NCDC is the world’s largest active archive of weather data.

Both these are excellent sites to do weather research.  Be sure to check out the Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters Map below.

Specific Earthquake Information

March 13th, 2010. Published under Government Data Research. No Comments.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.  Mark 13:8      

The U.S. Geological Survey website is a great place to track earthquakes and other natural disasters.  The logo below leads to the particular section of their website that provides searchable information regarding earthquakes worldwide and even by state.  You may find it surprising to check the  Seismic Hazard Map in your own state.  It also provides earthquake information past, present and future. 

Go to USGS below to to see the earthquake page of their website. 

U.S. Geological Survey - Real Time Hazards

March 12th, 2010. Published under Government Data Research. No Comments.

U.S. Geological Survey’s home page where you can read a variety of  topics including Real-Time Hazards:

To go to the USGS home page: