July 2016 New Documents (and online Resources)


New and Notable State and Federal and international government publications for July 2016.

 

Flint Drinking Water Emergency Appropriations - Updated and Revised. July, 2016.
http://house.michigan.gov/hfa/PDF/Alpha/Flint_Drinking_Water_Emergency_Appropriations_Memo.pdf

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Strategic Plan 2016-2020: A commitment to integrated scientific research on the Great Lakes and coastal ecosystems. U.S. Department of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. 2016.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/about/history/strategic_plan.html

Groundwater science relevant to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: A status report. Prepared by the Annex 8, Subcommittee for the Great Lakes Executive Committee.  Environment and Climate Change Canada and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  May, 2016.
http://binational.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/GW-Report-final-EN.pdf
Exec Summary:
http://binational.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/GW-Report-final-exec-sum-EN.pdf

Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Life After Delisting. An Investigation Conducted at the International Joint Commission Great Lakes Regional Office. Mandelia, Ankita. International Joint Commission, 2016.
http://www.ijc.org/files/publications/GreatLakes_AreasOfConcern_LifeAfterDelisting.pdf

Assessing the socioeconomic impact and value of open geospatial information: a workshop. Workshop on Assessing the Impact and Value of Open Geospatial Information. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69791

A decade of science and stewardship, 2006-2016: Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network. Ashland, Wisconsin: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69684

A multidimensional representational model of geographic features. Usery, E. Lynn. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S Geological Survey, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69642

2016 one-year seismic hazard forecast for the central and eastern United States from induced and natural earthquakes. Petersen, Mark D. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69836

Michigan’s Water Strategy (Part 2). Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Office of the Great Lakes. Lansing, 2016. [begins on page 28]
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-ogl-WaterStrategy_530511_7.pdf

Iron Ore in May, 2016. USGS, 2916.
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/mis-201605-feore.pdf

Increase in suicide in the United States, 1999-2014. Curtin, Sally C. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69550

State variation in health care service utilization: United States, 2014. Black, Lindsay I. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69533

A primer for understanding the principles and practices of disaster surveillance in the United States. Nakata, Nicole. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Health Studies Branch, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo70130

Where do WIC participants redeem their food benefits? An analysis of WIC food dollar redemption patterns by store type. Tiehen, Laura. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69904

Reviewing how today’s fragmented welfare system fails to lift up poor families. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, June 18, 2013. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo70102

State Voter Identification Requirements: Analysis, Legal Issues, and Policy Considerations. Fischer, Eric A.; Garrett, R. Sam; and, Whitaker, L. Paige. Congressional Research Service, 2016.
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42806.pdf

Governors' Salaries: 2016. Burnett, Jennifer. Council of State Governments Knowledge Center, 2016.
http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/governors-salaries-2016

The original meaning of the Origination Clause. Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, January 13, 2016. United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo66238

What is the Headlee Amendment and How Does It Affect Local Taxes? Walcott, Eric. MSU Extension. East Lansing, 2016.
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/what_is_the_headlee_amendment_and_how_does_it_affect_local_taxes

Revenue State Source and Distribution. House Fiscal Agency. Lansing, July 2016.
http://house.michigan.gov/hfa/PDF/Revenue_Forecast/Source_and_Distribution_2016.pdf

Digital Searches and Seizures: Overview of Proposed Amendments to Rule 41 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Thompson II, Richard M. Congressional Research Service, 2016.
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44547.pdf

Sanctuary Jurisdictions and Criminal Aliens: In Brief. Kandel, William A. and; Seghetti, Lisa. Congressional Research Service, 2016.
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R44118.pdf

Preparing for the unimaginable: how chiefs can safeguard officer mental health before and after mass casualty events. Usher, Laura. Washington, DC: Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice; Arlington, Va.: National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69950

Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ contraband interdiction efforts. United States. Department of Justice. Evaluation and Inspections Division. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, Evaluation and Inspections Division, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.govGPO/gpo69858

Federal prison system, Justice has used alternatives to incarceration, but could better measure program outcomes: report congressional committees. United States. Government Accountability Office. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69704

Higher education, better management of federal grant and loan forgiveness programs for teachers needed to improve participant outcomes: report to congressional requesters. United States. Government Accountability Office. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Accountability Office, 2015.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69267

Indian country priorities for the 114th Congress: hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, January 28, 2015. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69253

Native American Health Savings Improvement Act: report (to accompany H.R. 5452) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69300

Profiles of reservoir properties of oil-bearing plays for selected petroleum provinces in the United States. Freeman, Philip A. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69633

Thinning markets in U.S. agriculture: what are the implications for producers and processors? Adjemian, Michael K. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, March 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69669

FDA refusals of imported food products by country and category, 2005-2013. Bovay, John. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69903

The Federal big data research and development strategic plan. Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program. Washington, D.C.: Executive Office of the President, National Science and Technology Council, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo70169

876-scam: Jamaican phone fraud targeting seniors. Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session : Washington, DC, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo69717

Astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth in the next decade. Hearing before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, September 29, 2015. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo70606

Incorporating renewables into the electric grid: expanding opportunities for smart markets and energy storage. Washington, D.C.: Executive Office of the President of the United States, Council of Economic Advisors, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo70462

Regional monitoring networks (RMNs) to detect changing baselines in freshwater wadeable streams: final report. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2016.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo70482

An assessment of autumn olive in northern U.S. forests. Kurtz, Cassandra M.; and Hansen, Mark H. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2016.
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/52220

 

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