Datamob: law

New Zealand Legislation

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:34:42 -0500

Text of New Zealand Acts, Bills and Regulations. Their RSS feed can be put to good use.

submitted by: Rob McKinnon

Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) API

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:54:07 -0500

RESTful API for querying the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network's database of "open knowledge" packages and projects.

url: http://www.ckan.net/api/rest/

TheMiddleClass.org Scorecard Data

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:43:15 -0500

Download TheMiddleClass.org's scorecard data for U.S. legislation calculated according to potential impact on the middle class. CSV format.

url: http://themiddleclass.org/csv

U.S. Copyright Renewal Records

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:25:17 -0500

U.S. copyright renewal records, downloadable as a single XML file. By Google software engineer Jarkko Hietaniemi. Public domain.

url: http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2008/06/us-copyright-renewal-records-available.html

U.S. Lobbying Databases

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:58:38 -0500

Lobbyist information, made available by the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records in accordance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA). XML format.

url: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/Public_Disclosure/database_download.htm

Stanford Copyright Renewal Database

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:11:28 -0500

Downloadable dataset of 250,000 records on U.S. copyright renewal for books published between 1950 and 1995.

url: http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home

Doing Business: Full Data

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:21:50 -0500

Data on business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries and selected cities. A project of the World Bank. Tables downloadable in Microsoft Excel format.

url: http://www.doingbusiness.org/CustomQuery/

U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:20:40 -0500

U.S. crime data, much of it downloadable in CSV and ASCII formats.

url: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:00:19 -0500

The U.S. Census Bureau's comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the United States. Many tables downloadable in Microsoft Excel format.

url: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

Law Commons

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:26:02 -0500

Source files and information on AltLaw.org, the full-text searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Appellate case reports. Case reports are downloadable via FTP.

url: http://lawcommons.org/trac/

Legislative Council of California Bill Index

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:08:08 -0500

California legislative data, available in ASCII text.

url: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilindex.html

Crime Data from Ohio State University's Criminal Justice Research Center

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:39:08 -0500

Monthly crime data from 1960-2004 for over 17,000 U.S. police precincts.

url: http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2008/03/crime_data_bona.html

U.S. Trademark Data

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:05:26 -0500

url: http://bulk.resource.org/trademark/

U.S. Patents, 1983-2000

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:04:52 -0500

tar.gz collections of the full text of U.S. Patents from 1983 to 2000.

url: http://bulk.resource.org/patent/

U.S. Copyright Registration Records

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:03:16 -0500

Raw data from the U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.

url: http://bulk.resource.org/copyright/

Open Economics Data Store

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:02:35 -0500

Collection of datasets on current and historical topics in economics. CSV format.

url: http://openeconomics.net/store/

Knowledge as Power

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:51:01 -0500

Simple, personalized website for searching and tracking bills of the Washington State Legislature. Additional tools include legalese translation, bill timelines and tools for emailing your legislators.

submitted by: Sarah Schacht

url: http://beta.knowledgeaspower.org

TheMiddleClass.org

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:36:09 -0500

Searchable and browsable analysis of U.S. legislation based on potential impact on the middle class. Uses the Legislature module for Drupal by Neil Drumm. By the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI).

url: http://themiddleclass.org/

Illegal Signs Map

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:45:47 -0500

Interactive map of illegal billboards in Toronto, Canada. Data is derived from Freedom of Information requests.

url: http://illegalsigns.ca/map/

SparkIP

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:06:06 -0500

U.S. patent search tool with clustering and visualization.

url: http://www.sparkip.com/

SpotCrime.com

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:38:37 -0500

Interactive maps of urban crime in the U.S. Registered users can receive crime alerts via email or SMS.

url: http://spotcrime.com/

D.C. Data Pipes

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:13:07 -0500

Yahoo Pipes created using public space permit, crime incident, building permit, service request, and juvenile arrests and charges data from Washington, D.C. Citywide Data Warehouse. Each pipe allows users to filter data and return results—in some cases, results are also mapped. By Frank Winstead.

url: http://pipes.yahoo.com/frank_winstead

JDLand

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:40:41 -0500

Website chronicling the redevelopment of the "Near Southeast" neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Uses data from Washington, D.C. Citywide Data Warehouse to report recent crime incidents, building permits, public space permits, service requests and real property sales.

url: http://www.jdland.com

CrimeReports.com

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:23:46 -0500

Maps crime data from cities and law enforcement agencies around the U.S. By Public Engines, Inc., a private company that provides web-based products to help government agencies share information directly with local communities.

url: http://www.crimereports.com

Oakland Crimespotting

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:52:38 -0500

Interactive map of crimes in Oakland, California.

url: http://oakland.crimespotting.org/

MAPLight.org

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:30:04 -0500

Illuminates the connection between money and politics in America, specifically the U.S. Congress and the State of California. Uses the Legislature module for Drupal by Neil Drumm. They have an API as well.

url: http://maplight.org/about