The first Government House

Testimony before the House Government

Trentino Government Linked Open Geodata: First Results

In this paper we report our work on publishing linked data of the Trentino Region in Italy following the Open Government Data (OGD) Initiative and in compliance with INSPIRE directive. Introduction: As part of the Semantic Geo-Catalogue (SGC) project [15, 16], the Autonomous Province of Trento (PAT) published its geographical data as linked data in RDF. Within the INSPIRE Directive1, it is requ...

The Changing Value of Seniority in the US House: Conditional Party Government Revised∗

In this paper we argue that institutional changes to the seniority system have electoral consequences to incumbents. Building on the theory of Conditional Party Government, we argue that the consolidation of power in the hands of party leadership reduces the electoral value of seniority. This reduction occurs because power that was previously in the hands of committee chairs, whose roles are ob...

Party in the House? Examining the Effects of Political Control on State Government Spending

Arthur Stanley Wohlmann, the first government balneologist in New Zealand.

INTRODUCTION Geologically, New Zealand lies along the intersection of two of the earth's major plates and therefore earthquakes, volcanoes, and hot springs are widespread. The original inhabitants, the Maori, were aware of the therapeutic value of hot-pools and, as Europeans settled on the islands in the nineteenth century, many travellers commented circumstantially on the potential of the pool...