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Searcher articles from June 2002
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Searcher archives from June 2002
My country, right or wrong. (Searcher's Voice).
June 1, 2002... Interesting phrase. Synonymous with gung-ho, chauvinistic nationalism. The Quotations section of Microsoft's Bookshelf gives the background of the phrase and a hint of the debate it has aroused:
"Our country! In her intercourse with foreign...
The U.S. Census Bureau in the 21st Century: data, data, data.
June 1, 2002... The U.S. Constitution in Article 1, Section 3 man dates an official counting of the population every 10 years. The first Census was completed in 1790. While the official purpose of the Constitution's mandate of a population count is to...
LexisNexis Statistical Universe. (Web Wise Ways).
June 1, 2002... It is late in the day and you are struggling to find some data to complete a client request. The good news is that a government agency may have already located the information you need and created statistics that you can draw upon. But where...
Web-based delivery of federal documents: as Census goes, so goes the nation?
June 1, 2002... Faced with the most serious budget shortfall in 30 years, and with a mandate for a balanced budget, Washington Governor Gary Locke proposed that the state library be closed by October of this year. This would be the first closure in the nation...
Counting heads around the world: the genealogy of International Census Databases, Part 1.
June 1, 2002... While researching this article I realized there are three certain things in life for those of us living in Euro-North American societies and many other parts of the world: death, taxes and the census. Many governments, past and present, do not...
Access to government information in a post 9/11 world.
June 1, 2002... Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, government agencies have begun to re-examine their information policies, FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) procedures, and access -- both electronic and physical -- to a wide range of government...
Desktop data mapping: a review of MapPoint, Maptitude, and GeoMedia.(Evaluation)
June 1, 2002... A thorough review of current mapping software, as well as the availability of Census 2000 data, became a compelling need for me late last year. I was hired to do what appeared to be a simple database project as part of analysis for an IPO...
Desktop GIS tools for demographic information: ArcView vs. MapInfo.(Evaluation)
June 1, 2002... In 1990 the U.S. Census Bureau announced plans to incorporate geographically referenced data into its census releases. Although it may have seemed a small development, one designed to promote the introduction of TIGER (Topologically Integrated...
Where was I?: maps on the Web. (Internet Express).
June 1, 2002... When I think of romance, of glamour, of utter elegance, I always picture an aerial view. I love to look down -- on a city on an ocean, on the world -- perhaps wearing a little black dress, with maybe a Manhattan in my hand. This to me is the...