You are browsing the archives of December 2010.

The New York Times recently reported that British scholars are experimenting with crowd-sourcing to expedite the transcription of 40,000 handwritten documents by philosopher and British social critic Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832).

Last week, the American Community Survey (ACS) released its first dataset of five-year estimates for population and housing trends nationwide. The New York Times compiled the five-year estimate based on data collected between January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2009, into a set of interactive maps called “Every City, Every Block.”

The Bay Area News Group recently released a database compiling salary data for judges and other California court employees.

The launch of Google Books has made the content of seven million books available and searchable.

To sum up our worldwide public records series, we’ve prepared a chart comparing key aspects of the laws enacted in the US, Canada, the UK and India.