New from the U.S. Government

U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Available online.
"This report responds to a request from Senator Ted Stevens that the Energy Information Administration provide an assessment of Federal oil and natural gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
"Although participation in government assistance programs has risen somewhat in recent years among mothers with a birth in the last year, it is much lower than when welfare reform was enacted in 1996." This report analyzes the socioeconomic characteristics of mothers participating in six different public assistance programs.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.   Also in the library collection in printed form.
"First comprehensive atlas of population and housing produced by the Census Bureau since the 1920's."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
This report discusses historical national-security related presidential transition activities, provides a representative sampling of national security issues the next administration may encounter, and offers considerations and options relevant to each of the five phases of the presidential transition period.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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U.S. Census Bureau.
The latest editions of two annual statistical collections help to explain where Federal Government spending went in 2006.

Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2006 contains data on federal grants to state and local governments.

Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 2006 provides a broad overview of how and where the federal government allocates funds. Statistics are provided for each federal department and agency, and presented by state, county and subcounty area. (Also available in database form.)

Both these series are accessible from this page in the library Web site.

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U.S. State Department / STAT-USA.
Available online.
One of a series of dozens of guides to doing business in foreign countries.
Links will be maintained in several locations on the library Web site, including here.

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U.S. State Department.
Available online.
Annual report to Congress on countries and groups.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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