Weekend update: Other things found this week:

It was one of those weekends when I couldn't seem to find time to spend at the computer. Maybe this slow holiday week will give me a chance to catch up.


The other links:

Reference:

Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch from Institute of Southern Studies, includes a database of contracts.

US Army Institute of Military History

National Prevalence and Exposure Risk for Cockroach Allergen in US Households, study from NIH.

News:

Samuel Alito's published opinions, from AskSam; first time I think they have made a database available without having to download it and the free AskSam reader.

Lots of help for stories on new Medicare drug coverage: from AARP, Medicare, a Kaiser Family survey.

Tools:

The Most Useful Web Sites for Reporters, a comprehensive list from Mark Schaver.

Writely is a free word processor on the Web. Good for doing collaborative projects without having to keep track of Word documents sent to several people and returned?

Telephone number database: this is probably here for scammers and spammers, but it is a way to find out if any phone number exists and what company it is provided by (determine if it's a cell phone, eg); or to find out, say, if an old phone number has been assigned to someone else. No names in this database.) (Via Depth Reporting.)

Statistics:

Two housing studies from Atlanta Fed. Reserve: Monetary Policy and the House Price Boom across U.S. States; and Housing Tenure and Wealth Distribution in Life-Cycle Economies.

Hate crimes reported by victims and police, latest stats from BJS. Punishment stats, 2004.

State of the Nation's Housing, 2005, report from Harvard's housing center at JFK School.

Fisheries of the United States, 2004, latest stats from NOAA.

U.S. welcomes most travelers in history, latest tourism/travel stats from Customs & Border Patrol.

Governments, Politics:

Haiti Innovation "volunteer organization that helps development organizations in Haiti obtain funding for projects by linking them to our network of aid donors through the world wide web."

Kurdistan: The 'Other Iraq'

Cool Canada: how could the place where the chocolate bar was invented (?) not be?

World Bank Privatization Database "provides information on more than 9,000 privatization transactions in developing countries from 1988 to 2003."

Public Records:

West Virgina births, deaths, marriages searchable online. Not all counties, years yet.

Business:

Aviation Week's 2005 Sourcebook has detailed profiles of aerospace contractors, airlines, and specification tables.

Working America's Job Tracker from AFL-CIO, database of American companies and workers. Find stats on jobs exported, health and safety, workers' rights. Searchable by ZIP code, place, etc.

NTSB Safety Recommendations database (has been around for awhile but this version seems easier to use.

Motor Carrier Safety Administration databases from DoT's Volpe Library, provides stats on carriers, passenger safety, crashes & programs.

Journalism:

Business Week on where Knight Ridder went wrong; shoulda kept Dialog?

Top 100 papers by circulation, 2005, list from Burrelles-Luce. Also: 2004 list.

New study shows rising readership of online newspapers (Press release) (PDF).

The End of News? fascinating article in NY Rev. of Books by Michael Massing.