New from the U.S. Government

U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"Three primary variables drive a state’s human-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels: population, per capita income, and the GHG emissions intensity. GHG emissions intensity is a performance measure. In this report, GHG intensity is a measure of GHG emissions from sources within a state compared with a state’s economic output (gross state product, GSP)."
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U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
Available online.
Annual publication probably is the most useful statistical overview of trends in health and health care, with this most recent edition containing over 150 data tables.
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U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
Available online.
"Annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools."
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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Available online.
New annual (?) publication series from the FBI, providing "an overview of terrorist incidents and preventions taking place in the United States and its territories," as well as "investigations overseas."
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U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
Available online.
"This study presents the agency’s [CBO's] projections of federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid and national spending on health care over the next 75 years. The goal of the projections is to examine the implications of a continuation of current federal law, rather than to make a prediction of the future. In reality, federal law will change; nevertheless, the projections provide a useful measure of the scope of the problem facing the nation under current law."
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U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
Available online.
Annual compilation includes several noteworthy features, including a significant rise in the number of births to unmarried mothers and the first year since 1971 that the birth-rate was higher than population-replacement rate.
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Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the library collection.
"The United States has been actively engaged in prosecuting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) since September 2001... The author reviews the pertinent cultural history and background of Islam and then posits three root causes of this conflict: the lack of wealth-sharing in Islamic countries, resentment of Western exploitation of Islamic countries, and a U.S. credibility gap within the Islamic community."

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