Friday Resource Round-Up

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100 Companies Receiving The Largest Dollar Volume Of Prime Contract Awards - Fiscal Year 2005
"This report contains summary data on the 100 companies, including their subsidiaries, which were awarded the largest total dollar volume of Department of Defense prime contract awards during fiscal year 2005."

2004 Demographic Profile of the Federal Workforce
An Office of Personnel Management (OPM) publication.

Age of First Use among Admissions for Drugs: 1993 and 2003
A report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Amber Waves: February 2006
The latest issue of this USDA publication is now available.

Annual Survey of Manufactures, Geographic Area Statistics: 2004
A new Census Bureau report.

Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data: January-December 2005
Data from the Federal Trade Commission.

Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2004
Census Bureau information on aid from the federal government to state and local governments.

Federal and State Endangered and Threatened Species Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2004
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report.

Food Stamp Program Costs and Error Rates, 1989-2001
An Economic Research Service (ERS) report.

FY2006-07 Budget Limitation Summary
Budget information for school districts from the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI).

Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences
You can browse this National Academies Press book online for free.

Guideline for Implementing Cryptography In the Federal Government
A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report.

Homeschooling in the United States: 2003
A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

NSF’S Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery
A National Science Foundation (NSF) report.

Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatality Rates by Type and Size of Vehicle
A Traffic Safety Facts Research Note from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Quadrennial Defense Review Report
This Defense Department report is published every four years and covers "national defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies of the United States with a view toward determining and expressing the defense strategy of the United States and establishing a defense program for the next 20 years."

Secretary's One Month Progress Report on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
A report from Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Reports:

Access to and Participation in Employer-Provided Health Care Plans, Private Industry, 2005

BLS Update

Employment Situation: January 2006

Monthly Labor Review (January 2006)

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:

Bank and Thrift Deposit Insurance Premiums: The Record from 1934 to 2004

Communications Act Revisions: Selected Issues for Consideration

Digital Television: An Overview

Energy: Useful Facts and Numbers

FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: A Policy and Legal Analysis

Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Institutions and the Labor Force

FY2005 Budget Documents: Internet Access and GPO Availability

Higher Education Tax Credits: Test An Economic Analysis

Internet: An Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth

Kosovo's Future Status and U.S. Policy

Legal Analysis and Background on the EPA's Proposed Rules for Regulating Mercury Emissions from Electric Utilities

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Officials: Process for Adjusting Pay and Current Salaries

Mexico's Importance and Multiple Relationships with the United States

Nuclear Weapons Complex Reconfiguration: Analysis of an Energy Department Task Force Report

Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers

Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs

Space Exploration: Issues Concerning the "Vision for Space Exploration"

Spectrum Use and the Transition to Digital TV

U.S. Aid to the Palestinians

Votes Other Than Favorably on Judicial Nominations, 1939-2003

Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Services

General Accountability Office (GAO) Reports:

Defense Acquisitions: DOD Management Approach and Processes Not Well-Suited to Support Development of Global Information Grid

Defense Management: Fully Developed Management Framework Needed to Guide Air Force Future Total Force Efforts

Energy Markets: Factors Contributing to Higher Gasoline Prices

Mandatory Spending: Using Budget Triggers to Constrain Growth

Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Needs to Refine and More Effectively Manage Its New Approach for Assessing and Certifying Nuclear Weapons

Veterans' Employment and Training Service: Greater Accountability and Other Labor Actions Needed to Better Serve Veterans

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Articles:

Assessment of Health-Related Needs After Tsunami and Earthquake - Three Districts, Aceh Province, Indonesia, July-August 2005

Childhood Influenza Vaccination Coverage - United States, 2003-04 Influenza Season

Imported Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis - United States, 2005

Surveillance Guidelines for Smallpox Vaccine (vaccinia) Adverse Reactions

United Nations Documents:

The Afghanistan Compact

Definition of basic concepts and terminologies in governance and public administration

Implementation of the recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (with addendum)

The New Public Finance