New from the U.S. Government

U.S. Institute of Peace.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"This report is part of a series produced by the United States Institute of Peace’s Filling the Gaps program, which aims to systematically address the causes of failure in specific areas in reconstruction and stabilization operations and to generate policy options for those in the U.S. government and elsewhere who lead and staff these missions," recommending a series of steps to generate a strategy for media development in post-conflict zones.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Available online.
"Historical and current labor force and earnings data for women and men from... a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Available online.
"The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began measuring the working poor in 1987 and has since reported annually about the demographic and labor force characteristics of this group."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Available online.
Analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Annual presentation of data on most domestic spending by the federal government for state and county areas of the United States, including the District of Columbia and U.S. outlying areas, including direct payments, grants, procurement awards, and salaries and wages by federal agency and program.
(You also can query an online database of information from this annual compilation, dating back to 1993.)
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
Almost half of U.S. states outlaw cross burning with the intent to threaten as such. A few of these statutes cover the display of hangman’s nooses and other symbols of intimidation as well. Moreover, the same misconduct also frequently falls under more general state prohibitions on coercion, terroristic threats, harassment, or hate crimes. Some of these laws feature a hate crime element without which conviction is not possible; others do not. In either case, there are obvious first amendment implications."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"Congress has considered creating a journalists’ privilege for federal proceedings, and bills to adopt a journalists’ privilege have been introduced in the 109th and 110th Congresses, in both the House and the Senate."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Available online.
"The purpose of this ambitious report is to examine whether levels of integration tend to erode as court desegregation orders are lifted. The Commission finds that the increase in the number of jurisdictions obtaining unitary status has not worsened integration levels. In other words, the lifting of these orders has not led to increased “resegregation” in the seven states that the Commission examined: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina."
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U.S. State Department.
Available online.
This latest entry in the authoritative Foreign Relations of the United States document series will not appear in paper form -- only in this electronic "volume." It "presents the record of U.S. policies towards multilateral arms control and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons during President Richard Nixon’s first administration."
Links will be maintained in several locations on our library Web site, including here.

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U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
Available online.
"Ways to lower the atmospheric concentration of CO2 include not only reducing emissions but also encouraging carbon sequestration – the capture and storage of CO2 to prevent its release into the atmosphere, and the absorption of atmospheric CO2 by vegetation and soil. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper, prepared at the request of the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, examines the methods, technological potential, and possible costs of carbon sequestration in the United States."
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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
"This report focuses on the child support income that custodial parents reported receiving from noncustodial parents living elsewhere, as well as other types of support, such as health insurance and noncash assistance."
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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Available online.
The latest edition of this annual compilation from the FBI contains 81 data tables on offenses, persons arrested, and more.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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