New Tool For Finding US Government Data/Stats

vienna · 04-18-17, 05:49 PM

Former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer has used a bit of his billions to launch a website bringing together various diverse US Government data sources and made them available on the Web. The site also serves as a means for US citizens to see more clearly where and how their tax money is spent. It is pretty impressive as a new effort and is worth a look. One particularly interesting feature is the REPORTS link at the top right of the home page, which presents a sort of progress report on the US Government's operations and expenditures in a form based on the 10-K reports corporations are required to file with the SEC (I've toiled over the preparation more than a few of those):

https://www.usafacts.org/resources/U..._10-K_2017.PDF

For those of you not citizens or residents of the US, the site provides a wide, yet concise, description of how the US raises and expends revenue and how the management of tax revenues works (or is supposed to work)...

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04-18-17, 05:49 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	New Tool For Finding US Government Data/Stats Former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer has used a bit of his billions to launch a website bringing together various diverse US Government data sources and made them available on the Web. The site also serves as a means for US citizens to see more clearly where and how their tax money is spent. It is pretty impressive as a new effort and is worth a look. One particularly interesting feature is the REPORTS link at the top right of the home page, which presents a sort of progress report on the US Government's operations and expenditures in a form based on the 10-K reports corporations are required to file with the SEC (I've toiled over the preparation more than a few of those): https://www.usafacts.org/resources/U..._10-K_2017.PDF For those of you not citizens or residents of the US, the site provides a wide, yet concise, description of how the US raises and expends revenue and how the management of tax revenues works (or is supposed to work)... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __