Friday, October 07, 2005

Friday Resource Round-Up

Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2004
An Energy Information Administration (EIA) report.

Annual Report and Analysis of Competitive Market Conditions With Respect to Commercial Mobile Services
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assessment of the cell phone market.

Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2002, Featuring Population-Based Trends in Cancer Treatment
A report issued in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and released as an open access article.

The External Effects of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Reprioritization Efforts
An audit report from the FBI's Inspector General.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Superfund Annual Report
The EPA released the first annual report highlighting the "environmental and financial performance of the Superfund program."

Foreign Relations, 1969-1976: Documents on Global Issues, 1969-1972
State Department materials on the history of foreign relations during the Nixon and Ford administrations.

FTC Testifies on Spyware
This Federal Trade Commission page links to a prepared statement presented to Congress and other documents relating to spyware.

Investing in Our Future: ENERGY STAR and Other Voluntary Programs
The EPA released the 2004 annual report on Energy Star this week.

Maternal Fish Consumption, Hair Mercury, and Infant Cognition in a U.S. Cohort
An Environmental Health Perspectives article from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911
Ephemera and memorabilia related to the women's suffrage movement which has been digitized and added to the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.

New Resources from Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Newly highlighted resources include the National Jazz Curriculum, ComPADRE (physics and astronomy), Civil War Treasures, Minerals Management Service Kids' Pages, and much, much more.

Nonemployer Statistics
The Census Bureau recently released data on companies with no paid employees. The Montana Census and Economic Information Center (CEIC) highlights the Montana data.

A Profile of the American High School Senior in 2004: A First Look. Initial Results From the First Follow-up of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
The University of Michigan Digital Library includes a newly digitized version of the Public Papers of the Presidents. The database of papers is keyword searchable--a terrific enhancement of this core gov docs resource.

Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2004 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2003-04
A National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report.

Retirement Plan Design and the Mobile Workforce
A Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) article.

Summary of OPI Activities-October 2005
Activities of the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

U.S. Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Natural Gas Liquids Reserves: 2004 Annual Report
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released the advance summary of this annual report.

Census Bureau Reports:
  • American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2005
  • Residential Finance Survey: 2001
  • School Enrollment

    Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:
  • Aging Infrastructure: Dam Safety
  • Clean Water Act Issues in the 109th Congress
  • The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11
  • Davis-Bacon Suspension and Its Legislative Aftermath
  • Daylight Saving Time
  • Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
  • The Emergency Food and Shelter Program
  • Emergency Waiver of EPA Regulations: Authorities and Legislative Proposals in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
  • Free Mail for Troops Overseas
  • Hurricane-Damaged Drinking Water and Wastewater Facilities: Impacts, Needs, and Response
  • Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Expiring Amendments in Brief
  • Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sunset Amendments
  • The Middle East Peace Talks
  • NASA's Voyager Spacecraft: A Fact Sheet
  • NEPA and Hurricane Response, Recovery, and Rebuilding Efforts
  • Pakistan's Domestic Political Developments
  • The United Kingdom: Issues for the United States

    General Accountability Office (GAO) Reports:
  • Commercial Aviation: Bankruptcy and Pension Problems Are Symptoms of Underlying Structural Issues
  • A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process
  • Human Capital: Preliminary Observations on the Administration's Draft Proposed "Working for America Act"
  • Medicaid: Transfers of Assets by Elderly Individuals to Obtain Long-Term Care Coverage
  • Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
  • Securing U.S. Nuclear Materials: Poor Planning Has Complicated DOE's Plutonium Consolidation Efforts
  • Wetlands Protection: Corps of Engineers Does Not Have an Effective Oversight Approach to Ensure That Compensatory Mitigation Is Occurring

    United Nations Documents:
  • Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
  • Agricultural Workers and their Contribution to Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Contribution made by the Department of Management to the improvement of management practices, and time-bound plan for the reduction of duplication, complexity and bureaucracy in the United Nations administrative processes and procedures
  • Human rights and mass exoduses
  • Measures to strengthen accountability at the United Nations
  • Midterm global review of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001-2010
  • Migration in an interconnected world: New directions for action
  • Preventing Chronic Diseases: A Vital Investment
  • Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
  • Report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2005 (Decolonization Report)
  • Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
  • United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
  • United Nations World Youth Report 2005
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