Culture and Context:
Cool (?) federal Web sites
By Susan Miller
Published on December 13, 2005 - 03:51 AM
Is this a sign of the apocalypse or is the rest of the country finally starting to wake up? There are three federal Websites listed on Time magazine’s list of 50 coolest websites.
In the News and Information category, here are the fed winners (with the commentary provided by Time):
Fedstats.gov
Not the sexiest site on our list, to be sure, but incredibly useful for gathering statistics and reports from more than 100 government agencies. Click on Key Statistic next to an agency's name (they're listed alphabetically) to pull up links to other Web pages containing relevant info. You'll have to dig a little, but for many kinds of research this is a great place to start.
SEC.gov
An invaluable resource for anyone interested in business, investing and finance, now more than ever, thanks to new search tools and options. See "Filings and Forms" (a.k.a. EDGAR) to access any public company's earnings reports and other public documents, including mutual fund prospectuses.
SSA.gov/OACT/babynames
What were the most popular names for baby boys and girls in the 1880s? The 1960s? Last year? This cultural snapshot provides table after table of popularity rankings by decade, by state, and, starting in 1990, year by year. Data is based on a 5% sampling of social security card applications. The site can't tell you if your Conor will be the only Conor in his kindergarten class, but it can tell you that Connor (spelled with 2 n's) is a far more common spelling.
In other fed Web news, the Department of Labor has a new Compliance Assistance Web Portal, designed to provide clear and easy-to-access information on how to comply with federal employment laws. This information is often referred to as "compliance assistance," which is a cornerstone of the Department’s efforts to protect the wages, health benefits, retirement security, employment rights, safety, and health of America’s workforce.
Last, but not least, GAO is now offering RSS feeds for reports and testimony. Great idea.
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