Ask HN: How do I go about finding public data?

Posted by ownedthx on Sunday July 31, 2016 @05:49PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Say I wanted to know if I could find data on the number of public servants a particular city employs, and data on the sort of jobs these employees have, and any other related data?

I don't know the 1st step to take in terms of finding this data.

Any suggestions?

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Re:Ask HN: How do I go about finding public data? by mindcrime on Sunday July 31, 2016 @08:05PM (#12199528)

For the US, check the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I go about finding public data? by dhruvkar on Monday August 01, 2016 @08:59PM (#12207199)

Enigma.io

They have public datasets that might be useful.

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