A Nation at Risk
Recently, the New York Times ran an op-ed piece on the publication of "A Nation at Risk" on its 25th anniversary.
Here is a link to the original document and here is a link to the New York Times article, "A Nation at a Loss."
Recently, the New York Times ran an op-ed piece on the publication of "A Nation at Risk" on its 25th anniversary.
Here is a link to the original document and here is a link to the New York Times article, "A Nation at a Loss."
A Podcast from the NY Times CityRoom recently reflected on the the 1978 law that required New York State (this means New York City as well!) residents to pick up after their dogs. Its an interesting piece and it also provides a great opportunity to show how easy it is to find information on New York State laws, both via the free web and through subscription sites available only to NYU students.
First, lets take a look at how you can use Lexisnexis Academic Universe to find this law.
Once you are in Lexisnexis select "Legal" from the Tabs at the top. The select "Federal and State Codes" from the list. Once in this section, type in "Public Health Law 1310" -- make sure to search using "Natural Language" and select "NY. . ." from the source list. The first hit should bring up the law. Not only does Lexisnexis provide the text of the law, but it also has a history of its existence as well as Case Notes.
For those without access to Lexisnexis, here is another option:
The New York State Legislature
From there, you can search through a variety of New York State bills, resolutions and laws. By selecting "Laws of New York" and then typing in "Public Health Law 1310". The record from this site simply provides the text of the law.
And, this is the big difference between paid and free sites. With Lexisnexis you get a better overall picture of what the law is about, its history and context. The NYS Legislature site provides access to the text, but it definitely does not give the extra details that Lexisnexis offers.
Trying to find information on the 2008 election? Visit USA.gov's new page: Presidential Election and Transition 2008; and take a look also at: Front pages, November 05, 2008 for headlines from different regions around the world the day after.
Mark Newman, a professor of Physics at Michigan University has created a series of cartograms for both the:
elections using election results. The basic idea of a cartogram is to take a variable, such as the election results, and "map" them out accordingly. The distorted visualization often gives a better perspective of data results. In the case of the elections, the maps show a much richer picture of how the country voted and they help to alter the misconception of the purported "red state/blue state" division that a normal map tends to highlight.
The New York Times reports that the White House website has been revamped.
Of particular interest for students of government are sections for Executive Orders and Proclamations.
The site will also reportedly offer ways for citizens to make comments on legislation proposed by the President as well as a new Office of Public Liaison.
In addition, a complete list of nominations and appointments can be found on the site.
The NYTimes today has an excellent set of interactive maps and data sets outlining immigration trends in the United States since 1880. The maps allow you to compare foreign born population vs. the total population for any state by decennial years; 1880, 1890, 1910 etc. In addition, you can choose from a select group of countries and track that nations immigration to various counties in the United States.
The data set focuses on diversity in nations classrooms and tracks demographic changes across school districts.
The World Digital Library recently went "live" providing access to literally thousands of cultural artifacts and primary sources from around the world and dating back to 9000 BC.
This database is supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
It is searchable across 5 different categories and available in 7 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese):
Place
Time
Topics, such as Technology and Language
Type of Item
Institution
This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Business and Government Documents Center in the In the News category. They are listed from oldest to newest.
Exhibits is the previous category.
Websites is the next category.
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.