blogtalkradio interview's Don McIntosh

14th March 2010 - Don McIntosh will be talking about confidentiality to Adriel Hampton on blogtalkradio - Government 2.0.

Twitter - ABS launches TableBuilder

Use TableBuilder for ad hoc analysis of Australia's 2006 Census data, and create tables of up to 5 million cells! http://bit.ly/zzIWR

TableBuilder also works on the iPhone http://twitpic.com/fjire

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Article: Pay attention, number nerds: this is important

By Bernard Salt, Demographer

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Blog: Space-Time Research Software to Take Count in U.S. Census

By Dennis Byron

Two months ago, the day after the 2008 U.S. election, I covered a partially IT-related meeting at the National Press Club in which the Republican and Democratic party chairmen Monday-morning-quarterbacked the just completed election. Governor Howard Dean, the Democrat, said something along the lines of

“… I don’t know what the next big election ‘whatsis’ will be but someone in Silicon Valley probably does and it is probably out on the Internet in some rudimentary fashion already.”

I think I might have just seen the “whatsis” Gov. Dean was guessing about.

Blog: ABS release CDATA Online for the 2006 Census

By Stanley Devia

I received an email today from the Australian Bureau of Statistics announcing that they have released CDATA Online for the 2006 Census of Population and Housing. If you interrogate Census data as frequently as I do then this is a very welcome announcement. In fact it’s quite a big deal. Users can now create their own customised tables, maps and graphs of any data collected from the 2006 Census at all geographic levels. Tables can be downloaded in Excel or CSV format while maps can be saved as PDF. Registered users can even save their settings as they work. All from the comfort of your own browser and for the amazing, low, low price of FREE.

Thank you, ABS. Pure awesome. And extra credit for making it multi-platform. Safari and Firefox users can enjoy the goodness too.

U.S. General Services Administration

To facilitate the purchasing process for federal agencies, Space-Time Research software solutions are offered under a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract. To view the details of the contact please visit the GSA website.

Commentary: Information technology goals for the next President

Over the last few weeks, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain each have begun to outline their proposed information technology (IT) agendas. While policy differences distinguish the presidential candidates, each agenda reflects a basic understanding that increasing information sharing among government agencies and providing greater transparency to the public are key policy and management priorities for the next administration. To accomplish these goals most effectively, the next administration must make implementation of a robust business intelligence strategy a key priority for its IT and management agendas.

IBM awarded Census Bureau data access and dissemination system contact

The U.S. Census Bureau has awarded IBM (NYSE: IBM) Global Business Services a contract to provide data tabulation and dissemination services in support of the 2010 Census and other key Census Bureau surveys. The contract is designed to expedite data assessment, offer more flexibility in analysis, and improve the usability of Census information for citizens and policymakers. The project was awarded to IBM on September 20th, and the value of the contract is $89.5 million over 9 years.