August 2004
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Want to see an aerial photo of your home? Or find out how many people live in your city or county, in New York State, or in the enitre country? The HomeTownLocator Gazetteer can help you.
With information on 1.8 million physical and cultural features and links to
maps and aerial photos for U.S. states and territories, the HomeTownLocator
Gazetteer has lots of answers. Most places have links to four types of maps:
Aerial Photo, Regional, Local, and Topographical.
Are you curious about the statewide median value of owner-occupied housing units, compared to the nation as a whole? Or what percent of New York State population is aged 65 years old and over? Or how may persons are there per square mile? 1 The HomeTownLocator can satisfy your curiosity.
It also makes it easy to:
While you're there, you can even use the USPS Zip Code Lookup! Besides the USPS, the site uses data from many sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) , the U.S. Census Bureau, and geodata.gov (Government portal for geographic data). See Gazeteer Links for more details.
1 Answers from 2000 Census Data. Statewide figures:
--Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
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| July 2004: GovLoans.gov provides, in one Web site, Federal loan information from a number of Federal agencies and GovBenefits.gov, the official government benefits web site. The site has information about the federal loan programs that may be useful to prospective or current homeowners, students, small business owners, farmers, disaster victims, and veterans. | |
| June 2004: The Albany Plan of Union was created 250 years ago, in the summer of 1754, when delegates from seven of the thirteen British colonies, as well as representatives of the six Iroquois tribes, met in Albany, New York. A war among the British and French in North American seemed to be imminent, and the Albany Congress was held in an attempt to unite the British colonies and secure the support of the Iroquois tribes in a common defense against the French. | |
| May 2004: Fiscal Survey of States (PDF). Compiled every two years by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers, the Fiscal Survey of States presents aggregate and individual data on three categories of states' finances (general fund receipts, expenditures, and balances) used to assess their fiscal health. At the time the current Fiscal Survey was released, in November 2002, many states, including New York, were facing budget shortfalls. | |
| April 2004: 2002 Census of Governments (PDF document). The census of governments has been taken at 5-year intervals since 1957. It covers three major subject fields--government organization, public employment, and government finances. | |
| March 2004: The U.S. Government web site, Regulations.gov, enables you to search, view, and comment on proposed Federal regulations from approximately 160 Federal Departments and Agencies. Find Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the Government’s legal newspaper. "As a member of the public, you can submit comments about these regulations, and have the Government take your views into account." | |
| February 2004: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides that any person has the right to request access to federal agency records or information. All agencies of the Executive Branch of the United States Government are required to disclose records upon receiving a written request for them, except for those records (or portions of them) that are protected from disclosure by the nine exemptions and three exclusions of the FOIA. | |
| January 2004: "Your Winning Edge" is the New York State Department of Labor's general, all-purpose job search guide. It covers topics from self-assessment to resumes to interviews and more. |
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