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- 1 2 FSD Bulletin, Issue 28
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- ↑ Prime Minister's Office - Findicator provides up-to-date information on the progress of society in a user-friendly way
- ↑ Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (2010). OECD Public Governance Reviews Finland: Working Together to Sustain Success. OECD Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-9264085893.
- ↑ Bourgon, Jocelyne (2011). A New Synthesis of Public Administration: Serving in the 21st Century. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 98. ISBN 978-1553393191.
- ↑ "Maintenance of the Findicator service will be discontinued".