CGR Offers State, County Data Free through Govistics; Improves Interface

Nov. 21, 2011 - PRLog -- (Rochester, NY) The Center for Governmental Research (CGR) is now offering Govistics users free access to spending, revenue, employment and payroll data for 3,000+ counties and 50 states in the U.S. Site visitors can also download the data to Excel spreadsheets. Previously, users had to subscribe to Govistics to browse state and county data.

To quickly and effortlessly view, compare, download and map trends with U.S. Census of Governments data for all 54,000 local governments and school districts also in the database, users can subscribe for as little as .99 cents. Subscriptions unlock access to all the latest FBI Unified Crime Reports data, as well.

Govistics is the only place on the web where you can easily explore U.S. Census of Governments data using trend lines, pie charts, customizable comparisons, and spreadsheet downloads. After recent upgrades, the database is now simpler to use and easier to navigate, making it an ideal tool for any citizen, government official, or researcher. Govistics has more than a decade’s worth of data.

For more information about Govistics, check out the website at http://www.govistics.com or call 585.327.7075. For more on CGR, visit http://www.cgr.org.

Press release highlights:
•   It’s free to explore spending, revenue, employment and payroll data for 3,000+counties and all 50 states on Govistics.com
•   Subscriptions cost .99 cents and allow access to 54,000 local governments and school districts
•   The Govistics interface is now even easier to navigate

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The Center for Governmental Research (CGR) is a nonpartisan and
independent not-for-profit based in upstate New York, specializing in information management and implementation support for government.