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The
purpose of the Research & Analysis Section (R&A) is to provide
research, analysis, and general technical support for the Department's
operations.
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Activities
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| Community Database/Community
Profiles This database provides a wide range of community-based
information and data for planning, policy making, and technical assistance
decisions. Users of this information include other state and federal
agencies, private nonprofit organizations, legislators and their staff,
and the general public, both in Alaska and around the world. The database
provides for comprehensive community profiles and customized queries
of specific community data. Information is available in hard copy,
and through an interactive database on the worldwide web (http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_COMDB.htm).
The web site includes a feature that allows users to automatically
email themselves the data they need.
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| Economic Development Resource
Guide (EDRG) This guide is designed to bring together in one place
a listing of programs and services that provide economic development
assistance to Alaska individuals, communities, organizations and businesses.
The EDRG includes over 130 resources that provide financial and technical
assistance targeted at economic development. These resources include
federal and state agencies, national and state nonprofit organizations,
and private for-profit organizations. The EDRG is also on the web
with a user-friendly interface that provides users with targeted searches
to retrieve those resources that apply to their specific eligibility
and needs (http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/edrg/EDRG.htm)
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| Community Capital Project Database
This database provides an inventory of ongoing and planned capital
projects undertaken by all state and federal agencies. It was developed
to support the RAPIDS program (Rural Alaska Project Identification
and Delivery System) and is designed to enhance the coordination of
multiple projects at the community level. (http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_RAPIDS.htm)
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Alaska Economic Information
System (AEIS) Until recently, information about Alaska’s
economy, labor force and industrial sectors was scattered among a
large number of agencies and organizations. The Alaska Economic Information
System (AEIS) was created to provide user-friendly access to all this
information at a one-stop portal on the Web. The AEIS represents a
tremendous development resource for businesses, communities and individuals
– saving them significant time and effort in collecting the information
on which to base development decisions and plans. Starting from a
map of Alaska, users can “click” on a census area, and quickly
get the picture of that area's basic economic industries such as tourism,
oil and gas, mining, and seafood. Detailed information is also provided
for the critical infrastructure elements of transportation, energy,
and utility sectors that support long-term viable economic development.
A statewide perspective is also provided for each sector of the economy,
and the Alaska economy as a whole. Users can “drill down” through
the information on the AEIS Web site to get to greater levels of
detail about their specific areas of interest, including maps,
charts and working spreadsheets that users can download to their
own computers for further analysis. As a web portal, the AEIS contains
a host of links to other Web sites relevant to an understanding of
the Alaska economy, its work force and its economic sectors.
(www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/AEIS/AEIS_Home.htm)
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For more information
about the Research and Analysis Section, please contact:
Athena Logan
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Research and Analysis
550 W 7th Street
Anchorage, AK 99501-2341
Phone: (907) 269-4540; Fax: (907) 269-4539
e-mail: Athena Logan
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