Friday Resource Round-Up

2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: Undergraduate Financial Aid Estimates for 2003-04 by Type of Institution
A National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report.

Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses - United States, 1997-2001
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article.

Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for a Long-Term Strategy
A National Archives report hosted by the National Academies Press.

The Dangers of Fireworks
A timely report from U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Data Center.

The Deep Throat File: FBI Memos Detail Mark Felt's Involvement in Efforts to Identify Secret Watergate Source
Documents newly posted by the National Security Archive "show that Mark Felt, as the FBI's number two man in 1972, had intimate access to files pertaining to the FBI's Watergate investigation, putting him in a position where he was both leaking crucial information to Woodward and overseeing an FBI probe into the source of these leaks."

FDIC State Profiles: Montana State Profile - Summer 2005
Reports on job growth, home value, credit quality, and other banking indicators in Montana.

Foreign Relations, 1969-1976: Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972
Newly declassified reports from the State Department.

Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2004
A report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report prepared at the request of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

Information and Communication Technology: 2003
A new Census Bureau report.

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook: 2005 - 2014
The "highlights" document is available for free from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Open CRS
Open CRS is another new project that aims to gather all Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports in one place and make them available to the public for free.

Private School Teacher Turnover and Teacher Perceptions of School Organizational Characteristics
A new NCES report.

Progress on Global Access to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: An Update on "3 by 5"
A report from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support
A report from the Department of Homeland Security.

Violence by Gang Members, 1993-2003
A Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report.

Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2005
A CRS report hosted by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).

World Drug Report 2005
An update to the annual report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Energy Information Administration (EIA) Reports:

International Energy Annual 2003: Coal

International Energy Annual 2003: Electricity

International Energy Annual 2003: Natural Gas

Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1

General Accountability Office (GAO) Reports:

Afghanistan Security: Efforts to Establish Army and Police Have Made Progress, but Future Plans Need to Be Better Defined

Federal Housing Administration: Managing Risks from a New Zero Down Payment Product

GAO Update on the Number of Prekindergarten Care and Education Programs

Groundwater Contamination: DOD Uses and Develops a Range of Remediation Technologies to Clean Up Military Sites

Identity Theft: Some Outreach Efforts to Promote Awareness of New Consumer Rights Are Under Way

Influenza Pandemic: Challenges in Preparedness and Response

Medicaid Financing: States' Use of Contingency-Fee Consultants to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlights Need for Improved Federal Oversight

Medicaid Fraud and Abuse: CMS's Commitment to Helping States Safeguard Program Dollars Is Limited

Medicaid: States' Efforts to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlight Need for Improved Federal Oversight

Medicare: Drug Purchase Prices for CMS Consideration in Hospital Outpatient Rate-Setting

Military Bases: Analysis of DOD's 2005 Selection Process and Recommendations for Base Closures and Realignments