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.
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U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Available online.
The report responds to a request from the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce that the FCC undertake an inquiry on television violence. The FCC found that research indicates exposure to violence in the media can increase aggressive behavior in children, at least in the short term.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Available online.
Newly-released estimates of personal income at the county level for 2005. Personal income is a comprehensive measure of the income of all persons from all sources. In addition to wages and salaries it includes employer-provided health insurance, dividends and interest income, social security benefits, and other types of income.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC has released two reports on tobacco products in the U.S. -- one on
cigarettes and one on smokeless tobacco.
This year’s reports contain statistics on sales volumes and marketing expenditures – for cigarettes for the years 2004 and 2005 and for smokeless tobacco for the years 2002-2005. The cigarette report also updates other information contained in previous reports, such as the market share of filtered versus non-filtered cigarettes. This year’s smokeless tobacco report has new categories of information than past years, such as sales data broken down by package size."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"While recent proposals have set the goal of significantly expanding biofuel supply in the coming decades, questions remain about the ability of the U.S. biofuel industry to meet rapidly increasing demand."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service.
Available online.
"Second annual study by the Corporation for National and Community Service that gives a detailed breakdown of America’s volunteering demographics, habits, and patterns by state and region. The 2007 report also provides the agency’s first-ever ranking of levels of civic engagement by state through a new Civic Life Index."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
"This report examines how income distributions change when the definition of income is varied to reflect the inclusion or exclusion of different components." For example, payments from such programs as Social Security raise income, while taxes reduce income.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Department of Education.
Available online.
Searchable database of data "drawn from the OPE Campus Security Statistics Website database to which crime statistics are submitted annually, via a Web-based data collection, by all postsecondary institutions that receive Title IV funding (i.e., those that participate in federal student aid programs)..." You may want to read this additional descriptive material.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. National Insitute of Justice.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to collection.
"Although we know that breaking up with a violent man greatly increases a woman’s risk of experiencing lethal and non-lethal violence, relatively little empirical and theoretical attention has been paid to the victimization of women who want to leave, are in the process of leaving, or who have left their marital/cohabiting partners..."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.