New database trial: Party and Government Documents in English
From April 9 through May 9, 2018, Stanford users will have trial access to a newly released database entitled Party and Government Documents in English.
Blog topic: Government information
National Geospatial Advisory Committee holds final meeting for 2017
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) held their final meeting of the year on December 11, 2017 via teleconference. The full report of the meeting including the Powerpoints from the subcommittees are available on the NGAC Website. The NGAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that reports to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). Our role is to provide advice and recommendations related to the national geospatial program and the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
SDR deposit of the week: the Stanford Open Policing Project
On June 19th 2017, the Stanford Open Policing Project launched its website to provide access to the data collected about police stops around the country and to provide information about research that this data is driving. Stanford Libraries is pleased to be a partner in the long-term preservation of this data, which has been deposited into the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR).
Geospatial information and the 2018 Federal budget
President Trump released the proposed 2018 Federal budget, A New Foundation for American Greatness, on May 23, 2017. The budget request for the Department of Interior is $11.7 billion, 12 percent ($1.6 billion) below the Continuting Resolution baseline level. The proposed cuts to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are 13% or $137.8 million below the 2017 Continuing Resolution baseline level.
National Geospatial Advisory Committee spring meeting
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) held its first meeting of the year in Washington, D.C. on March 21-22, 2017. The NGAC is a Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). The role of the NGAC is to provide advice and recommendations related to the national geospatial program and the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
World Water Day, March 22
March 22 is World Water Day! This year's theme, Wastewater, discusses ways to reduce and reuse wastewater.
NGAC releases transition documents
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) has released three documents of interest to the geospatial community. Two of the documents were written to aid in the transition to a new administration in Washington, DC. The third document is an overview of emerging technologies that will impact the geospatial landscape in the near- and mid-term future. Taken together, these works provide a broad overview of the thinking of the NGAC members as they look forward to the next few years in the geospatial sector.
A call to action: ensuring access and availability of government data and publications
There has been renewed worry and interest from library, academic, and scientific communities, as well as, the general public about the loss of government information with the incoming Trump administration and the need to archive this information.