Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Resource Round-up

2004 International Traffic Data
A report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC released other documents last week on broadcast television indecency as well.

Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2005
An update from U.S. Pacific Command.


Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results From the 2003-2004 Private School Universe Survey

A National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report.

Confined Structure Fires
A report of the U.S. Fire Administration.

CU @ The FOB: How the Forward Operating Base is Changing the Life of Combat Soldiers
A report of the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

Drunk Driving
A report the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2004; Graduation Rates, 1998 & 2001 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2004
A National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report.

Federal Computer Security Report Card - 2005
Grades for government computer security issued by the House Government Reform Committee.

Fingerprint Identification and Mobile Handheld Devices: An Overview and Implementation
A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) overview report.

A Guide to the Montana Environmental Policy Act
Published by the Montana Legislative Environmental Policy Office.

Intelligence in the Civil War
A CIA publication.

Internal Revenue Service Data Book 2005
The report provides information on "the amount of revenue collected, the number of audits (examinations) conducted, and the number of refunds issued between October 1, 2004, and September 30, 2005."

Montana Index of Environmental Permits - 2006
A publication of the Montana Environmental Quality Council.

National Drug Threat Assessment 2006
Annual update from the National Drug Intelligence Center.

Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents
"Unclassified documents and media captured during Operation Iraqi Freedom" posted by the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office.

Pocket Guide to Transportation 2006
Key transportation statistics.

Pseudo-secrets: A Freedom of Information Audit of the U.S. GovernmentĂ‚’s Policies on Sensitive Unclassified Information
An audit produced by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. "This is the first comprehensive Report to summarize the policies for protection of sensitive unclassified information from a wide range of federal agencies and departments and identify the significant security, budgetary, and government accountability risks attendant to unregulated and unmonitored secrecy programs."

Report on Activities to Combat Human Trafficking, Fiscal Years 2001-2005
A Justice Department report.

Reports From the Future of Iraq Project
State Department materials hosted by the Memory Hole.

School Election Handbook
"This School Election Handbook is intended to assist the election administrator of school elections in the administration and operation of school elections."

Strategic Theory for the 21st Century
A report of the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

Tracking Prisoners in Jail With Biometrics: An Experiment in a Navy Brig
An article from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Journal.

Water Rights in Montana
A guide produced by the Montana Legislative Environmental Policy Office.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Reports:
  • Annual hires, total separations, and quits rates, 2001-2005
  • CPI in February 2006
  • Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: January 2006
  • Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Spring 2006

    Census Bureau Reports:
  • Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (2002 Economic Census)
  • Facts for Features: Irish-American Heritage Month (March) and St. Patrick's Day (March 17)
  • Management of Companies and Enterprises (2002 Economic Census)
  • Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (2002 Economic Census)
  • Voting and Registration in the
    Election of November 2004


    Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:
  • Coverage of the TANF Population Under Medicaid and SCHIP
  • Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles
  • Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
  • Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency
  • "Sensitive But Unclassified" Information and Other Controls: Policy and Options for Scientific and Technical Information
  • USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 (S. 2271)

    Economic Research Service (ERS) Reports:
  • Better Targeting, Better Outcomes
  • Contrasting Working-Land and Land Retirement Programs
  • Greening Income Support and Supporting Green
  • Participant Bidding Enhances Cost Effectiveness

    General Accountability Office (GAO) Reports:
  • Agency Management of Contractors Responding to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
  • Corps of Engineers: Observations on Planning and Project Management Processes for the Civil Works Program
  • Economic Well-Being of Farm Households
  • Financial Management: Thousands of GSA Contractors Abuse the Federal Tax System
  • Gas Pipeline Safety: Preliminary Observations on the Integrity Management Program and 7-Year Reassessment Requirement
  • Growing Farm Size and the Distribution of Farm Payments
  • Health Information Technology: HHS is Continuing Efforts to Define a National Strategy
  • Information Security: Federal Agencies Show Mixed Progress in Implementing Statutory Requirements
  • Managing Sensitive Information: Departments of Energy and Defense Policies and Oversight Could Be Improved
  • Managing Sensitive Information: DOE and DOD Could Improve Their Policies and Oversight
  • Rewarding Farm Practices versus Environmental Performance
  • Telecommunications: Options for and Barriers to Spectrum Reform
  • Unemployment Insurance: Factors Associated with Benefit Receipt
  • Unemployment Insurance: Factors Associated with Benefit Receipt and Linkages with Reemployment Services for Claimants

    Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Articles:
  • Hypothermia-Related Deaths - United States, 1999-2002 and 2005
  • Methamphetamine Use and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Heterosexual Men - Preliminary Results from Five Northern California Counties, December 2001-November 2003
  • Primary and Secondary Syphilis - United States, 2003-2004
  • QuickStats: Cigarette Smoking Prevalence Among Adults Aged >18 Years Who Have Ever Spent >24 Hours on the Streets, in a Shelter, or in a Jail or Prison, by Sex - United States, 2004

    United Nations Documents:
  • Draft Human Rights Council Resolution
  • Statement by the President of the United Nations General Assembly H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson on the Draft Resolution on the Human Rights Council
  • UN Security Council Membership Database
  • United Nations Peace Operations Year in Review 2005
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