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Are there any Open datasets for Human Resources?

Lots of data from the US Federal "Office of Personnel Management" (OPM). https://www.opm.gov/data/ OPM is the focal point for providing statistical information about the Federal civilian workforce....
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Invalid API Key - Accessing OSHA data

Looks like you got it right in your answer. The "data.dol.gov" URLs use the newer Department of Labor API (v2), which sends the Key in the http headers. See the data.dol.gov tab for more information ...
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Need help decoding OSHA datasets numeric codes

Here is the information you need: http://www.dol.gov/open/xls/IMISCodes.xlsx We will also be updating developer.dol.gov shortly. If you have any more questions about it, please don't hesitate to ask....
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Veteran employment statistics

the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics is a good general starting spot for knowing what data is available about veterans. The "reports" page there includes some higher level data ...
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Using cURL with data.dol.gov

Is cURL required for downloading data using data.dol.gov? I'm not familiar with the data.dol.gov API, but I can't see how any API can require cURL (a set of libraries for accessing URLs). You should ...
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Datasets of labor union metadata and membership in the United States

Data and Statistical Sources: Labor and Employment: Labor Union Statistics Annual Reports (National Labor Relations Board) Find summary statistics on NLRB activity, including decisions, court ...
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Using cURL with data.dol.gov

You can use the code at http://developer.dol.gov/sdk/ or steal from it.
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API for H1B Records

I'm sorry, but we do not provide that data through our API.
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Where is the real beginner's guide

When you connect to an API, you are simply creating long URLs that contain filters, flags and other parameters. So you can test your URL in the browser before using a programming language. In this ...
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Employment data by income at the state level

Here it is for 2014 (ACS 2014 1-year) from CensusReporter(.org)* by poverty status: http://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B17005&geo_ids=01000US,040|01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US More ...
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BEA - how to get employment data by industry?

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data may be of interest. It is a major input to BEA Personal Income. I work for the QCEW program. QCEW provides employment and wage data by industry ...
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Invalid API Key - Accessing OSHA data

import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource; WebResource webResource = client.resource("https://data.dol.gov/get/inspection/limit/0"); webResource.header("X-API-KEY", "REMOVED");
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How do I get paginated data sorted by load date from the OSHA api detailed here?

You need to use the offset filter https://data.dol.gov/get/accident/offset/0/limit/1 will give you the first result https://data.dol.gov/get/accident/offset/1/limit/1 will give you the second result ...
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BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey at MSA level

there is a metro area identifier on the ce, but only for the largest ten or so cities.. there probably isn't sample to get any smaller than that; ce should not even be used for state-level statistics....
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Web services access to OSHA regulations

At this point, OSHA's regulations are not available through web services. I'll share this suggestion internally with my colleagues in OSHA for consideration.
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Need help decoding OSHA datasets numeric codes

I had to do some googling around but I think what you're looking for is at http://www1.dol-esa.gov/AgcyData/agencyDataServlet I found the same data at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dfec/regs/compliance/...
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How to access DOL's ETA data?

We currently don't have that data available through the API. I will reach out to my ETA (Employment and Training Administration, US Department of Labor) colleagues with your request to have it ...
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Is the protocol different for accessing data.dol.gov and api.dol.gov?

Yes, it is different, though you can use the same key. At http://developer.dol.gov/beginners-guide, right above the "Accessing the API" heading, are two tabs. One is for api.dol.gov, the other is ...
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OSHA Occupational Chemical Database

There is an API http://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/safety-and-health Here's an example for Chemical Exposure https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/safety-health-chemical-exposure-inspection
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Minimum wage data via DoL API

There is something broken with our API's access to the Wage and Hour Division's data. We're working hard to get that restored.
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Filter in Get Request from DOL data

I think this is a URL encoding issue with R... try this: (note the + instead of [space]) msha_api <- GET("http://api.dol.gov/V1/Mining/FullMineInfo/MSHA_mines/?Key=xxxx&$filter=...
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Veteran employment statistics

Here's a list of veterans' data sources, some have part of what you want, you can probably cobble together your desired outcome from these resources: Employment Situation of Veterans 2015 - bls.gov ...
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Are there any Open datasets for Human Resources?

I've been compiling datasets related to HR for a while now, and store them on my GitHub repository, not always with all the attribution I should. Another dataset is at Kaggle, and IBM hosts a popular ...
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what is the api call for getting all the inspection records, instead of getting default 200 records

We have a patch sitting in our OCIO's office that will fix the issue with pagination not working. Once it navigates that maze, pagination beyond the first 200 records should work. edit: The fix is ...
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What year do the BLS occupational datasets represent?

I'd say the data is for May 2015. Here's a screenshot of why I think this. Now from the FAQ: When will this year's OES estimates be available? Estimates are generally released in late March ...
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BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey at MSA level

I am trying to find a way to identify the portion of national consumer spending for certain items from households by geographic unit (e.g., by census tract or block group). The Bureau of Labor ...
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How do I get paginated data sorted by load date from the OSHA api detailed here?

We have a patch sitting in our OCIO's office that will fix this issue. Once it navigates that maze, pagination should work.
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How do I get paginated data sorted by load date from the OSHA api detailed here?

Pretty sure you just need to implement $top and $skip in your api call: http://developer.dol.gov/accessing-the-apis-using-http-requests/#pagination
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How can I obtain OSHA 300 nursing home data?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) collected work-related injury and illness data from employers within specific industry (including nursing homes) and employment size ...
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