New from the U.S. Government

U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
CRS study.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Available online.
"Food spending is one measure of household well-being. To assess that measure, USDA periodically publishes information on nationwide food expenditures, with data presented by selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics... USDA tabulations are based on the most recent and comprehensive data available on at-home and away-from-home food spending by U.S. urban households."

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U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Available online.
The latest of these informal regional economic surveys, published eight time a year.
Links will be maintained in several locations on the library Web site, including here.

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U.S. State Department.
Available online.
Annual reports covering internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Available online.
Searchable database of Federal spending on grants and contracts.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Library of Congress.
Available online.   Printed copy in U.S. Government Depository collection.
LC is in the process of scanning and placing on the Web the complete 42-volume set.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Available online.
Self-described by HUD as "the first time since 1984 that HUD has reported the number of homeless people in the United States. The Department used electronic person-based Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data and locally implemented homeless counts to arrive at the number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless people and the characterisitcs of homeless people living in shelters."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Available online.
"Sate-level rates for 23 measures of substance use and mental health problems, including underage drinking, binge drinking, use of illegal drugs, serious mental illness and tobacco use."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Trade Representative.
Available online.
The bulk of this annual report is a review of U.S. of trade agreements between the U.S. and other organizations and countries. You can view the table of contents here.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics / U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
This link takes you to the highlights of this statistical report, which includes the news that about 1.7 million workers earned the U.S. minimum wage or less per-hour. The complete report, with ten tables, is here.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. National Archives / GPO Access.
Available online.   Printed copy in the library collection.
"The papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period" -- January 1 to June 30, 2003.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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