Friday Resource Round-Up

Cigarette Smoking Among Adults - United States, 2004

State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Quitting Among Adults - United States, 2004
Two new articles from the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Guidelines to Improve Airport Preparedness Against Chemical and Biological Terrorism
A report prepared by Sandia National Laboratories. Thanks to DocuTicker for the link.

Individuals and the Compliance Costs of Taxation: A Joint Economic Committee Study
A study of the various costs (economic and non-economic) to individuals in filing taxes.

International Religious Freedom: 2005
An annual State Department publication.

New Electronic Titles
Electronic government publications cataloged in August and September are now available from the Government Printing Office (GPO).

No Child Left Behind: A Road Map to State Implementation
A new report from the Department of Education.

Participation in Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons: 2002-03
A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

State of the Inner City Economies: Small Businesses in the Inner City
A research report from the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy.

STD Surveillance 2004
New data on sexually transmitted diseases from the CDC.

Transportation Investment and GDP, Some Concepts, Data, and Analysis: 2005
A report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

Census Bureau Publications:

Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers: 1961–2000

Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2001

The Population Profile of the United States: Dynamic Version

Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Winter 2002

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:

Budget Reconciliation FY2006: Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Provisions

Budget Reconciliation Legislation in 2005

Congressional Gifts and Travel, Legislative Proposals for the 109th Congress

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): Percentage of Total Tax Returns and Credit Amount By State

Energy and Mineral Issues in the FY2006 Budget Reconciliation Bill

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Contracts and Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. Leavitt: Agency Discretion to Fund Contract Support Costs

Is the U.S. Trade Deficit Caused by a Global Saving Glut?

The Global Fund and PEPFAR in U.S. International AIDS Policy

Supplemental Appropriations: Trends and Budgetary Impacts Since 1981

Topics in Aging: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2004

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation: State Tax on Motor Fuels Distributed to Indian Tribal Retailers

General Accountability Office (GAO) Reports:

Army Corps of Engineers: History of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project

Border Security: More Emphasis on State's Consular Safeguards Could Mitigate Visa Malfeasance Risks

Childhood Obesity: Most Experts Identified Physical Activity and the Use of Best Practices as Key to Successful Programs

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Preliminary Observations on Contracting for Response and Recovery Efforts

Mad Cow Disease: An Evaluation of a Small Feed Testing Program FDA Implemented in 2003 With Recommendations for Making the Program a Better Oversight Tool

Nuclear Nonproliferation: IAEA Has Strengthened Its Safeguards and Nuclear Security Programs, but Weaknesses Need to Be Addressed

Prescription Drugs: Strategic Framework Would Promote Accountability and Enhance Efforts to Enforce the Prohibitions on Personal Importation

Private Health Insurance: Number and Market Share of Carriers in the Small Group Health Insurance Market in 2004

Telecommunications: Preliminary Information on the Federal Communications Commission's Spectrum Allocation and Assignment Process

United Nations Publications:

Education for All Global Monitoring Report

The Information Economy Report

Investing in the Children of the Islamic World

Relief and Information Systems for Earthquakes - Pakistan

Towards knowledge societies: UNESCO world report