The creation and growth of publicly accessible data archives (or data banks) have revolutionized the way sociologists conduct research. These resources have made possible a variety of secondary analyses, often utilizing the data in ways never...

The tradition of thought that gave rise to the social sciences was based on the quest to understand the laws or regularities governing the emerging industrial societies with democratic political regimes. The political and economic revolutions that...

In telecommunications, a data bank is a repository of information on one or more subjects that is organized in a way that facilitates local or remote information retrieval. A data bank may be either centralized or decentralized. In this sense, data bank...

DATA BANK District Commercial Bank Deposit Data (1) ($ millions) June 30, 2004 June 30, 2003 United States (2) 4,594,902 4,334,610 Sixth District (3) 613,450 568,189 Sixth District States Alabama 60,909 58,497 Florida 254,349 225,555 Georgia 126,884 119,437 Louisiana 51,621 49,135 Mississippi 32,928...

THE DATA BANK TRAVELWISE: LEICESTER Balata (2.30), Castano (4.00) &Carlitos Spirit (5.00) 181 miles; Nawamees (3.30) 152. MUSSELBURGH Liberty Belle (4.20) 417 miles; Thunder Bay (4.20) 388 miles; Nimra(3.20) & Mounafes (5.20) 375 miles. REDCAR Double Banded (3.40) 310 miles; Treason...

The Transportation Security Administration did not follow White House instructions to protect sensitive information on a computer hard drive containing bank and payroll data for 100,000 employees that was discovered missing, the agency acknowledged to Congress.Authorities realized in May the storage device, an external hard...

Two laptop computers with detailed personal information about commercial drivers across the country who transport hazardous materials are missing and considered stolen.The laptops belong to a contractor working for the Transportation Security Administration and contain the names, addresses, birthdays, commercial driver's license numbers and, in...