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New Orleans and Louisiana GIS Information
From the LSU Hurricane Public Health Center and partners, over 60 layers of GIS data and imagery of New OrleansHurricanes Katrina and Rita - Disaster Response and Assistance
ESRI guide to informationMaps & Data -- Digital Maps, GIS, and, CADD Data Sets for Louisiana -- Engineering Division -- New Orleans District
Mississippi and Atchafalaya navigation charts, condition maps, hydrographic surveysCity of New Orleans - GIS
"The One New Orleans Community Recovery & Resources Page is designed for you - citizens, community organizations, business owners, planners and everyone involved in the recovery of our city. Navigating the Recovery Matrix and the Address Search will empoMillennium Challenge Corporation: Indicators
A good example for intro-level IR students to the concept of operationalization and matching measures to indicators. Links to important data sources, organized by indicator.Data Anonymization
Nice general description of the process of anonymization of microdata for public use. From the IHSN.ERS/USDA Data - Wheat Data: Yearbook Tables
From the USDA Economic Research Service, a wealth of recent and historical data about wheat, in .xls and .pdf formats.Research Tools by Subject: Econ/Bus - Economic Data (U.S.)
From the Lafayette College LibrariesBoston Atlas
The new Boston AtlasPenn State Population Research Institute - Research
Research papers, primary data, research projectsAndrew Metrick: Governance Index Data
Governance Index Data by Firm, 1990-2006; Blockholder Data by Firm, 1996-2001; Dual Class Firms, 1994-2002Free Economic Data | Economic, Financial, and Demographic Data
"Freelunch.com is a free service provided by Moody's Economy.com, a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research that helps businesses, governments, and professional investors worldwide meet their diverse planning anWages by Area and Occupation
This page shows you wage by geography, including "Metropolitan Area Wage Data." Note that "BLS wage data by area and occupation are from National Compensation Survey, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, or Current Population Survey."National Current Employment Statistics Overview
Read the descriptive information then follow the link to LABORSTA database. You can get quarterly figures from 1964 to 2006, but not for geographies smaller than the nation as a whole.Historical Income Data
Links to CPS tables, Decennial Census (by geography), and history and footnotesChapter 2. Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Establishment Survey
Everything you need to know about the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey. Note: It says that historical data can be found in "Employment, Hours, and Earnings, United States, 1909-90(Bulletin 2370)"I M D - World Competitiveness Center - World Competitiveness Yearbook
"The World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) is the world?s most renowned and comprehensive annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how a nation?s environment creates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises."U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Economic Analysis
2005 and 2004 surveys of U.S. Direct investment abroad.U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants -- The Greenbook
Complete historical record of U.S. foreign aid to the rest of the world for each fiscal year. Interactive tables. Figures available in historical and constant dollars.Voting and Registration Data
Reports, detailed tables, press releases and documentation for information on reported voting and registration collected in the Current Population Survey







