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Presentation to Bryant University: Hassenfeld Institute Economic Data Literacy Workshop February 12, 2019

U S Da t a – Da t a .gov

• The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
• Search over 300,000 datasets
• Topics include:
• Agriculture
• Energy
• Finance
• Health
• Manufacturing
• Science & Research
• Weather and many others

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WEAT H ER

• Sunday Providence Journal: “Wild Winters Ahead”?
• Topic was Global Warming and its impact on
• Future Storms
• Rising Sea Temperatures
• Sea Level Rise – Newport Station
• MSL data from 1930 to 2006 which is equivalent to a change of 0.85 feet in 100 years
• Sources:
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Climate Central – Climate.gov
• RI CRMC / CRC Storm Tools

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RI DEFEN SE I N DU ST RY

• Prof. Edi Tebaldi (2014, 2017) – economic impact analysis
• Identify the industry – use NAICS, SOC
• NAICS developed by OMB, replaced the SIC Codes
• Ship Building & Repair (NAICS 336611)
• Engineering and Computer Systems Design Services
• (Part of NAICS 54151 and 54133) a
• FTEs: Private defense industry, civilian workers, military personnel
• Determine the direct, indirect and induced impacts
• Taxes generated (property, sales, personal income, corporate, motor vehicles)

Sources: R.I. Department of Labor and Training (RI DLT), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (US BLS), and U.S. Office

• f Personnel Management (US OPM), Defense Manpower Data Center, RI National Guard

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