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. Council of Economic Advisors.
Available online.
"This white paper assesses immigration’s economic impact based on the professional
literature and concludes that immigration has a positive effect on the American economy as a
whole and on the income of native-born American workers."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"How the profits generated over the past four years are used will help to determine whether oil and petroleum product markets remain tight with high prices, or whether they loosen, develop extra capacity, and lead to moderating prices."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
Available online.
Report uses data collected over a 4-year period and includes such juicy tidbits:
* Only 4 percent of adults ages 20 years and older have never had sex. (See Forty-Year-Old Virgin.)
* Twenty-nine percent of men reported having 15 or more female sexual partners over their lifetime compared to 9 percent of women who reported having 15 or more male sexual partners in a lifetime.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"In response to the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, President George W. Bush directed Secretaries Michael Leavitt and Margaret Spellings and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to travel to communities across our nation and to meet with educators, mental health experts, law enforcement and state and local officials to discuss the broader issues raised by this tragedy. The President instructed Secretary Leavitt to summarize what they learned from these meetings and report back with recommendations about how the federal government can help avoid such tragedies in the future."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Smithsonian Institution.
Available online.
You just never know where something might pop up on the Web.
The National Library of France has digitized the entire run (1879-1931) of this eminent series of U.S. Government reports on Native American culture. The online presentation leaves a lot to be desired, but this appears to the only digital option for this historic series.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Available online.
"An assessment by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the outlook for international energy markets through 2030." Includes petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, emissions, etc.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Envirnmental Protection Agency.
Available online.
"The Environmental Protection Agency has collected and reported data on the generation
and disposal of waste in the United States for more than 40 years. We use the information to measure the success of municipal solid waste (MSW) reduction and recycling programs across the country. The data also shows us where we, as a nation, need to make environmental improvements."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.