New Public Dashboard Site Launched

VisualCalc introduced a new website – PublicDashboards.com – featuring free, interactive dashboards and analysis tools focused on some of today’s biggest issues. PublicDashboards.com contains a set of interactive dashboards covering a variety of topical issues, including politics, the U.S. housing market, healthcare, inflation, the environment, education, and employment trends.

Currently, there is a lot of free, publicly available data focused on issues prevalent in today’s news. In most cases, however, this data is not easily consumable by the public. Often, it is scattered across multiple, hard-to-find sources. In addition, much of this data is very detailed and complex, making it hard to decipher. Finally, in many cases the data resides in formats that are not readily accessible by the general public.

PublicDashboards.com addresses this issue by aggregating this detailed, complex data into interactive, easy-to-use charts and graphs called indicators. These visual indicators help users identify trends or issues that might otherwise go undetected. In addition, these indicators enable users to perform deeper analysis into the underlying data. With a simple point-and-click, users can filter and drill-down into any of the indicators to customize their view of the data.

Organizations that track or communicate information related to any of these topics – including public or commercial websites and online or print media – are welcome to include links to these public dashboards on their websites. These links can be found on the PublicDashboards.com website.