Supporting statistical electronic table usage by citizens

1 January 2003

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM

Vol. 46 (1) , 52-54
https://doi.org/10.1145/602421.602449

Abstract

Over 70 agencies at the federal level are charged with collecting data and producing and disseminating statistics. These statistics are used to inform government policy, shape health care initiatives, provide information on the state of the economy, and others. They also have significant impact on the lives of citizens who use the statistics, for example, to determine job opportunities, changes in social security benefits, and quality of life in particular areas. Our digital government project developed several specific technologies to support the location, manipulation, and understanding of a quintessential format for statistical information---the table.

Keywords

GOVERNMENT POLICY
SHAPE HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE
FEDERAL LEVEL
STATISTICAL ELECTRONIC TABLE USAGE
PARTICULAR AREA
QUINTESSENTIAL FORMAT
JOB OPPORTUNITY
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT
DIGITAL GOVERNMENT PROJECT
HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF LIFE

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