New from the U.S. Government

U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
Brief overview of recent Federal interventions in financial markets. "These interventions have prompted questions regarding the taxpayer costs and the sources of funding. The sources of funding are relatively straightforward, the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the U.S. Treasury. The costs, however, are difficult to quantify at this stage."
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U.S. State Department.
Available online.
Annual report to Congress provides "detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom. It includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide."
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U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Available online.
Searchable database of over 4,000 farmers markets in the U.S.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Available online.
"Exploring how the release of new economic data affects asset prices in the stock, bond, and foreign exchange markets, the authors find that only a few announcements — the nonfarm payroll numbers, the GDP advance release, and a private sector manufacturing report — generate price responses that are economically significant and measurably persistent."
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U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Available online.
A 289-page "compilation of interviews and other public statements issued by Usama bin Laden between 1994 and 2004," as translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
A link to more recent materials will be maintained on this library Web page.

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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Available online.
Annual "statistical compilation of offense and arrest data as reported by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation."
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U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Available online.
Congressional committee hearing.
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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
Surveys of over 50,000 households result in a report that "provides estimates of cumulative
fertility, completed fertility, and current fertility—including nonmarital births; births in the last year by cohabitation status, citizenship status, and labor force status; and geographic differences in fertility."
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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. These bills generally would provide for a more narrow privilege than the privileges provided by state laws.
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Researchers at Washington and Lee now have online access to the complete run of the Congressional Record and its predecessors, which together provide a day-by-day account of over 200 years of activities, speeches, and documents in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

Coverage begins with 1789 and continues into the current year.

There are several different online resources involved, some of them freely available on the Web and some subscription services accessible only to current members of the W&L community. The online service you use will be determined by the date(s) of coverage you want.

For links and explanations, start with this page in our Web site.

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U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
Available online.
"Topics covered include parent reports of their involvement in activities at school, their involvement with homework, school communication practices, schools’ provision of information on select topics, parent satisfaction with various school characteristics, expectations for their children’s educational attainment, and family plans to help pay for postsecondary education."
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Available online.
"Concern about the dramatic increase in childhood obesity in the United States prompted Congress to request that the Federal Trade Commission conduct a study of food and beverage marketing to children and adolescents."
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