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The 43rd session of the Commission was held from 28 February to 2 March 2012 at UN Headquarters in New York. The annotated Provisional agenda has now been posted. As in past years, two special seminars were organized: The Friday Seminar on Official Statistics took place on Friday, 24 February 2012, with the theme: "Counting the 7 Billion: The Future of Population and Housing Census". The High Level Forum took place on Monday afternoon (27 February 2012) on "Measuring the Unmeasurable: Challenging the Limits of Official Statistics". more..
UN Statistics Division
This forum is a place for the data community to gather and discuss strategies for visualizing climate-related data. Specifically, the goal is to produce graphics and interactive tools to help the press and the public understand the science behind the public statements. Everyone is welcome.
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US Data.gov
Are you a teacher, professor, or student? Young people across America are learning about Data.gov and we want you to be part of getting data into the classroom. As the Web of linked documents evolves to include the Web of linked data, we’re working to maximize the potential of Semantic Web technologies to realize the promise of Linked Open Government Data. We and our collaborators at the Tetherless World Constellation at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are helping to lead the way in this exciting area!City-Data: Stats about US cities
Visited by over 18 million unique visitors in March 2012, featured in 121 books, on CNN, WABC in New York, Bay News 9 in Tampa Bay, and USA Today's Hot Sites We've collected and analyzed data from numerous sources to create as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S. cities as we could.
Browse around the organisational structure for each Government department. Details are shown for all Ministers and key Civil Servants. Explore the searchable database to view Government expenditure, which can be sorted by department, recipient or value.
data.gov.uk
Service Message Releases under the topic or department 'Defence' are currently unavailable via the Publication Hub due to maintenance of the Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) website. A temporary web page is available at www.dasa.mod.uk with links to key releases and contact details for other defence statistics. The maintenance is due to be completed by 23rd April.
UK National Statistics Publication Hub
Data.gov.uk Newspaper
We’ve been thinking about the beta Data.gov.uk repository, and wanted to explore putting some of the information contained within into people’s hands in a form that is accessible, timely, and relevant. It’s a prototype of a service for people moving into a new area. In our exercise we imagined you might receive it after paying your council tax for the first time. It’s not just data from central government – we also scraped TFL for travel times, and ITO generated us a bespoke spider map of transport options in our area.
Six soldiers who were killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan: top row left to right, Sergeant Nigel Coupe, Corporal Jake Hartley and Private Anthony Frampton, with bottom row left to right, Private Christopher Kershaw, Private Daniel Wade and Private Daniel Wilford Photograph: MOD/PA What is the human cost of the war in Afghanistan for British forces? As British troop deaths reach 412, these are the latest figures - including the most recent wounded and amputation statistics
Datablog | News | guardian.co.uk
Flink Labs is a data visualisation studio based in Melbourne. We design and develop interactive data experiences that help you gain insights into, and communicate the intelligence in, your complex data. Our projects transform raw data into compelling stories and engaging interactive tools, revealing insights that would otherwise remain invisible. Our work often involves advanced data mining, discovery analytics, linguistic analysis, machine learning mixed with concept ideation, prototyping, interface design, data visualisation and software development.
Flink Labs | Data Visualisation
This is the collaboration site of Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg. We invent new ways for people to think and talk about data. As technologists we ask, Can visualization help people think collectively? Can visualization move beyond numbers into the realm of words and images?