COMM 3313: Newsgathering and Investigation

The Office of Survey Methods Research (OSMR) plans and directs activities for evaluating and improving Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) programs, and conducts primary research on statistical and behavioral science issues relevant to the BLS mission.

The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

Economists at the Federal Reserve Board conduct innovative research on a broad range of topics in economics and finance. In addition to presenting their research to policymakers, Board economists share their research at academic conferences and publish it in peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly outlets.

provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is the center of the Eighth District of the Federal Reserve System. This District includes Arkansas, eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and Indiana, western Kentucky and Tennessee, and northern Mississippi.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government.

President Barack Obama's Open Government Directive directs executive departments and agencies to take specific actions to implement the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration set forth in the President’s Memorandum.

an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.

Data.gov is the home of the U.S. Government’s open data. You can find Federal, state and local data, tools, and resources to conduct research, build apps, design data visualizations, and more.

Includes population estimates and data by subjects.

The most comprehensive analysis of violent crime and property crime in the nation. The annual publication compiles volume and rate of crime offenses for the nation, the states, and many cities and counties.

The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for providing immigration-related services and benefits such as naturalization and work authorization as well as investigative and enforcement responsibilities for enforcement of federal immigration laws, customs laws and air security laws.

IPUMS-USA is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing United States census data.

American FactFinder (AFF) is an online source for population, housing, economic and geographic data.

Published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Statistics

The official gateway to all online U.S. federal government information resources and services. Provides links to a comprehensive collection of international, federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies. Enables users to conduct important government business online such as applying for student loans, tracking Social Security benefits, comparing Medicare options, finding government jobs, checking on flight delays, filing income taxes, administering government grants and contracts, and much more. Includes a Spanish-language interface.

Links to authoritative scientific documents, reports and position papers from a variety of U.S. Federal agencies.

Access to more than 33,000 full­text documents and research reports from the EPA.

Access to EPA environmental data including data available for downloading in a variety of formats.

Congressional Research Service Reports: Full­text reports prepared for Congress by the research branch of the Library on topics like climate change, natural resources, and pollution.

Energy: Full­text reports prepared for Congress by the research branch of the Library of Congress as provided by the National Council for Science and the Environment.

EIA energy projections and discussions of legislative and regulative issues.

The EIA provides current and historical energy data, forecasts and analyses. Includes the Monthly and Annual Energy

Review.

Source for dynamic maps and GIS data of renewable energy resources.

Leading research center on issues of global climate change.