New from the U.S. Government
Leyburn Library of Washington and Lee University is a selective Depository for U.S. Government information.
Listed below are some of the new items available through our Web site and/or on our shelves. If you have questions or comments about this blog, please contact Dick Grefe.
The Federal Digital System enables you to browse a more complete list of new publications.
And here's What's Old -- the U.S. National Archive's daily feature on a document from its collection.
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June 29, 2006
June 20, 2006
International Energy Outlook, 2006
U.S. Information Energy Administration.
Available online only.
This is the U.S. Energy Department's annual assessment of the "outlook for international energy markets through 2030." Includes examinations of individual products (oil, natural gas, coal, etc.) and underlying economic and consumption factors.
Links will be maintained in Annie and on this Leyburn Library Web site page.
June 19, 2006
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2006
U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online. Printed copy will be added to the library collection.
One could argue that this is the single most valuable and widely useful compilation of numerical data on the U.S. It has been published annually since 1878, and the new 2006 online edition is the first one ever to include data tables in Excel format.
Links will be maintained in Annie and on various pages in the library Web site, including here.
June 14, 2006
A Profile of the Working Poor, 2004
June 7, 2006
Projections of Net Migration to the United States
U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the library collection.
"This paper, requested by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, is one of several reports by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that present facts and research on immigration to help inform the agency's projections of the economy and the federal budget. The paper examines projections of net migration. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective, nonpartisan analysis, the paper makes no recommendations."
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.
June 6, 2006
Social Unrest in China
Physical Dating Violence Among High School Students -- United States, 2003
Characteristics of Drivers Stopped by Police, 2002
Condition of Education, 2006
U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
Available online. A printed copy will be added to our collection.
This annual publication "summarizes important developments and trends in education," including 50 indicators, such as past and projected undergraduate enrollments and racial/ethnic percentages in primary enrollments.
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.