HUD's
Next Door Kiosks Are a Hit
A Hammer
Award-winning team at the Department of Housing and Urban Development
created locally-customized electronic kiosks in communities nationwide
to allow citizens access to basic housing information, 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. Using the kiosk, residents can find out if
affordable rental housing is available, learn how to file a housing
discrimination complaint, get home buying information, and find
out how to get an FHA refund. HUD's Next Door Kiosks Project is
in the running for the 1999 Innovations in American Government Award.
Find
Facts Fast with American FactFinder
You can obtain
facts about your community fast on the U.S. Census Bureau's American
FactFinder Webpage. Retrieve quick reports and summary tables of
statistics on population, housing, industry, and business for the
geographic areas of your choice! Search Census Bureau data and then
format the results to create customized tabulations. Create reference
maps to show boundaries and features for cities, counties, and other
geographic entities.
The
Web Helps EPA Clean Up Piles of Data
PC Week Online, March 15, 1999--What comes out of
the tap when you turn on the faucet for a cold glass of water? The
Environmental Protection Agency's Envirofacts
warehouse can tell you that and a lot more: By plugging in a ZIP
code at the EPA's site, you can get information not only on drinking
water, but also on Superfund sites, air pollution, toxic releases,
hazardous waste and water discharge permits. EPA
has the number three spot on PC Week Online's top
100 Websites in Government and Education.
Online
Newsletter Features Reinventing Government Worldwide
The General Services Administration's recent Intergovernmental
Solutions online newsletter contains more than 40 articles on reinvention
initiatives--many using information technology--in federal agencies,
state and local governments, and countries from around the world.
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