by Joseph Rickert Data Science is all about getting access to interesting data, and it is really nice when some kind soul not only points out an interesting data set but also makes it easy for you to access it. Below is a list of 17 R packages that appeared on CRAN between May 1st and August 8th that, in one way or another, provide access to publicly available data. bigQueryR: Provides an interface to Google's BigQuery. The vignette shows how to use it. blscrapeR: Provides an API wrapper for Bureau of Labor Statistics data sets. There is a vignette...