New from the U.S. Government

U.S. National Institute of Justice.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"The CSA Study was undertaken specifically to document the prevalence of distinct types of sexual assault among university women (with “types” defined by how the assault was achieved, such as the use of physical force or incapacitation of the victim due to drugs or alcohol), as well as the context, consequences, and reporting of distinct types of sexual assault among a large sample of undergraduate women from two large universities."
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U.S. Geological Survey.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to Depository collection.
"A synthesis of the USGS Chesapeake Bay science related to the 2001–06 goals and provide implications for environmental management. The report provides USGS findings that address the science needs of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) restoration goals and includes summaries of: land-use change; water quality in the watershed, including nutrients, sediment, and contaminants; long-term changes in climate and estuarine water quality; estuary habitats, focusing on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and tidal wetlands; and factors affecting fish and waterbird populations." Report is available in PDF and HTML formats.
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U.S. Commission On Civil Rights.
Available online.
The University of Maryland Law School's Thurgood Marshall Library has been creating an online archive of USCCR reports, dating back to 1957. In many cases, these documents have been unavailable on the official USCCR site because of their age or because of their politically controversial nature. The latest additions to the Thurgood Marshall site include a 1962 report on public schools in the Southern states and a 1977 report on women and minorities in television.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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U.S. Council of Economic Advisors.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Newest edition of this annual report, which "overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices."
Links are maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Available online.
"While the hearings earlier in this Congress were designed to give the Committee an understanding of the status and projected path of climate change and potential ways to address it, these White Papers and the hearings on them will focus on the construction of mandatory, economy-wide climate change legislation. The White Papers will describe the basic design and key principles of a regulatory program and also identify issues about which further information and discussion is desirable."
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U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Available online.
DNI Mike McConnell's report focuses on: "The continuing global terrorist threat, but also the setbacks the violent extremist networks are experiencing; the significant gains in Iraqi security since this time last year and the developing political and economic improvements; the continuing challenges facing us in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, where many of our most important interests intersect; the persistent threat of WMD-related proliferation."
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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
"The first comprehensive atlas of population and housing produced by the Census Bureau since the 1920s," with nearly 800 maps, along with data and analysis. Topics include population, gender, age, ancestry, education, income and poverty, and more.
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U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"Brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 1,000 tables." This is not online form of the printed volume, but a continuously-updated compilation of data on the criminal justice system, public attitudes toward crime-related topics, offenses, and more, so some categories of data are more up-to-date than others.
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U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Annual report is "one of a series of reports on the state of the budget and the economy that
the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issues each year... periodic reports about fiscal policy and to furnish baseline projections of the federal budget. In accordance with CBO’s mandate to provide impartial analysis, the report makes no recommendations."
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U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"A collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year."
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Available online.
Annual statistical overview, with information on demographic groups, types of organizations, etc.
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U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"Arguably, the lack of a clear definition of democracy and a comprehensive understanding of its basic elements may have hampered the formulation of democracy promotion policy and effective prioritizing of democracy promotion activities over the years... The issue among Members of Congress, presidential hopefuls, and in the wider policy community is not whether democracy promotion is worthwhile in general, but rather when, where, and how it is to be applied to get the desired results and the most for the taxpayer's dollar."
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