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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States (Thursday, 1/1/04)
Here is an update and expansion of data published in 1975 by the U.S. Census on the foreign-born population of the United States from 1850 to 1990.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Canadian Institute for Health Information (Friday, 1/2/04)
The Canadian Institute for Health Information is an independent, not-for-profit organization that intends to help improve the health of Canadians as well as the Canadian health care system by providing timely, quality information.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: 100 Best Companies to Work For (Saturday, 1/3/04)
Here's Fortune magazine's latest list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. However, you must be a subscriber to access the list online.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Best and Worst Managers of the Year (Sunday, 1/4/04)
Business Week examines the best and worst managers of the year, as well as the "New Normal."
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Encyclopedia Smithsonian (Monday, 1/5/04)
Here's a quick reference from the Smithsonian Institution. The Encyclopedia Smithsonian offers quick answers to frequently asked questions having to do with Smithsonian resources on many topics.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: GILS (Tuesday, 1/6/04)
The Government Information Locator (GILS) is intended to help you find all the information you need from the vast array of information sources across agencies of the federal government.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Center for Immigration Studies (Wednesday, 1/7/04)
The Center for Immigration Studies claims to America's only think-tank exclusively dedicated to policy analyses of the influence of immigration on the United States. They say they have a "pro-immigrant" and "low-immigration" orientation.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Survey on Security (Thursday, 1/8/04)
Results of a new survey on security, including economic security, are available from the World Economic Forum. The survey was conduced for the WEF by the Gallup International organization and involved interviews with 43,000 people from 51 countries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Policy.com (Friday, 1/9/04)
Policy.com thinks of itself as the Internet's "most comprehensive public policy resource" having to do with a large number of policy issues relating to education, technology, healthcare, and more.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Community Renewal Initiative (Saturday, 1/10/04)
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Communnity Renewal Initiative was begun in 1994 to assist in the establishment of new businesses and in the creation of jobs through the Empowerment Zone program and the Enterprise Communities program.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Current Cites (Sunday, 1/11/04)
Each month, Current Cites presents a dozen or so annotated citations of important literature in the field of information technology and is likely to be helpful to persons working in that area.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Climate Change (Monday, 1/12/04)
The World Bank's Environment Department maintains a climate change team in support of the Bank's participation in climate-change negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Wal-Mart Watch (Tuesday, 1/13/04)
Wal-Mart Watch obviously is unfriendly to the world's largest retailer and makes no effort to provide two sides to any arguments. Moreover, the site doesn't identify the people who are responsible for it. However, it does provide access to numerous news stories as well as information about various lawsuits brought against the company.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Employment Projections (Wednesday, 1/14/04)
The Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor attempts to make labor market projections ten years ahead.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Foreign Central Banks (Saturday, 1/17/04)
The Board of Governors of America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, offer access to information about the central banks of more than a dozen other countries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: American Family Immigration History Center (Sunday, 1/18/04)
The Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island Foundation present the American Family Immigration History Center on which you can search immigration records and more.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Endowment for Financial Education (Monday, 1/19/04)
The National Endowment for Financial Education is a nonprofit foundation partners with other organizations in order to help Americans acquire information and skills for taking control of personal finances.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: University and Community Research Partnerships: A New Approach (Tuesday, 1/20/04)
Given the increased popularity of partnerships between higher education institutions and community-based organizations, the Pew Partnership for Civic Change has studied such arrangements at 19 locations around the United States. Here's its report: University and Community Research Partnerships: A New Approach.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: College Tuition Planner (Wednesday, 1/21/04)
USA Today's College Tuition Planner can help you determine how much you have to save.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: International Food Information Council Foundation (Thursday, 1/22/04)
The International Food Information Council Foundation intends to "bridge the gap between science and communications" for the benefit of opinion leaders and consumers.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Millionaire Maker (Friday, 1/23/04)
A million dollars isn't what it used to be, but many people would like to be millionaires anyway. USA Today Millionaire Maker can help you calculate what it will take.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Nanodot (Saturday, 1/24/04)
Economic dominance later in the century may belong to whichever country manages to lead in nanotechnology. Nanodot can help you prepare and keep informed. It comes from the Foresight Institute.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Archive for the History of Economic Thought (Sunday, 1/25/04)
Hamilton, Ontario's McMaster University maintains an online Archive for the History of Economic Thought.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: United States Conference of Mayors (Monday, 1/26/04)
The United States Conference of Mayors has enabled mayors of cities of at least 30,000 population to work together on issues of common interest since 1932. The organization's web site provides access to webcasts of annual conferences over the past four years.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Exploring Careers (Tuesday, 1/27/04)
Exploring Careers from the State University of New York offers career suggestions for liberal arts majors for both traditional and non-traditional students.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Biotechnology Information Directory (Wednesdays, 1/87/04)
The Biotechnology Information Directory is a service of the World Wide Web Virtual Library and offers access to thousands of research institutes, universities, companies and other sources of information on biotechnology and related fields.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Cuba's Economy (Thursday, 1/29/04)
Here are some sources of information on Cuba's economy from the Canadian Foundation for the Americas.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Victorian Economics (Friday, 1/30/04)
Many nations which were part of Britain's colonial empire have a special reason for being interested in the economics of that long 19th century period during which Victoria was Queen. Here's Victorian economics from the National University of Singapore.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Agent-Based Computational Economics (Saturday, 1/31/04)
Professor Leigh Tesfatsion of Iowa State University is interested in evolving economic systems that seem to be capable of learning. His Agent-Based Computational Economics site involves the intersection of evolutionary economics, cognitive science, and computer science.
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