UTEP Institute for Policy and Economic Development

Here is a link to the Progressive Policy Institute. Two articles address the need to expand the current view of economics, that of goods and services, to include data.

http://www.progressivepolicy.org/category/projects/the-data-drive-economy/

The Data-Driven Economy On October 10-12, 2012, the Progressive Policy Institute joined forces with John Cabot University in Rome to highlight the transformative potential of rise of data-driven…

Here is an old article from 2010 ...

Hunt Family Foundation

Link to the Impediments to Fair Housing study conducted on behalf of the City of El Paso

www.elpasotexas.gov - Community and Human Development The Department of Community and Human Development (DCHD), consisting of a staff of approximately 60 dedicated public servants, manages federal, state, local and private funding that the City of El Paso receives for the following purposes:

United States population by gender

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/United_States_Population_by_gender_1950-2010.gif

WikiLeaks document: El Paso ports of entry critical sites

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16794434?source=most_viewed

The Tracks of Our Tiers, by Reeve Hamilton It could take years before the seven emerging research universities in Texas (Texas Tech University, the University of Houston, the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Texas a

http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/visualizations/map-of-public-debt-as-percentage-o.html

Many Eyes Map of public debt as percentage of GDP

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/

Federal State Local Public Spending United States 2010 - Charts Tables History Charts and Tables of Government Spending in the United States, including Federal, State, and Local, from US Budget and US Census Bureau.

Firefox Add-On exposes website security issues using shared wireless networks as attack medium.

New Firefox add-on exposes security problem for popular websites | Technology | Los Angeles Times A Seattle software developer is stirring anxiety with a new add-on program for the popular Web browser Firefox that allows amateur hackers under the right circumstances to gain access to accounts on popular services such as Facebook and Twitter. The...

El Paso Texas, 2nd Quarter Economic Indicators available through the City of El Paso website.

http://www.elpasotexas.gov/econdev/_documents/economicindicators/EI.2010.Q2.pdf