August 2010 New Documents (and online resources)


New and Notable State and Federal government publications for August, 2010.

  

Islands of Life: A Biodiversity and Conservation Atlas of the Great Lakes Islands.  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Information Centre, Nature Conservancy of Canada, The Nature Conservancy, 2010.
Press Release: http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/greatlakes/press/press4663.html
Document: http://conserveonline.org/library/islands-of-life-a-biodiversity-and-conservation/view.html

 

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore draft general management plan, wilderness management plan, environmental impact statement. United States. National Park Service.  Bayfield, Wis.: National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124750

 

2010 Michigan Fish Advisory. MDCH Division of Environmental Health, 2010.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/FishAdvisory03_67354_7.pdf

 

Data on mercury in water, bed sediment, and fish from streams across the United States, 1998-2005. Reston, Va.: U.S. Geological Survey, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS117615

 

Water resources needs and the president’s budget proposal for the Army Corps of Engineers for fiscal year 2008. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 15, 2007.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125103

 

Asian carp and the Great Lakes. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first [i.e. second] session, February 9, 2010.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125705

 

Concentrations and estimated loads of nutrients, mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls in selected tributaries to Lake Michigan, 2005-6.  Westenbroek, Stephen M. Reston, Va.: U.S. Geological Survey, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125198

 

2008 Minerals Yearbook: Iron Ore.
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/myb1-2008-feore.pdf
Additional iron ore statistics and information can be found here:
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usgs_mpubs+%28USGS+Minerals+Periodicals%29

 

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Civilian Conservation Corps legacy: 1933-1942. Pfaff, Christine.  Denver, Colo.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124929

 

The future of journalism. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, May 6, 2009.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124757

 

Backyard conservation: bringing conservation from the countryside to your backyard.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2007.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124776

 

Promoting good prenatal health: air pollution and pregnancy.  Washington, D.C.: Office of Children’s Health Protection and Environmental Education, Child and Aging Health Protection Division, EPA, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124298

 

A guide to the national banking system. Washington, DC: Comptroller of the Currency, 2008.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125153

 

The impact of food away from home on adult diet quality. Todd, Jessica E. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2010
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125443

 

Transition strategies: continuity and change in the lives of infants and toddlers. Washington, D.C.: Early Head Start National Resource Center, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Head Start Bureau, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125375

 

Emerging issues in the U.S. organic industry. Greene, Catherine.  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125773

 

Core list for an environmental reference collection. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125797 

 

Final environmental impact statement: corporate average fuel economy standards, passenger cars and light trucks, MYs 2012-2016.  Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125780

 

Coastline population trends in the United States: 1960 to 2008. Wilson, Steven G.  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124755

 

Environment and siting: supporting research on impacts to birds, bats, and habitat from wind development.  Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124650

 

An examination of the regional supply and demand balance for renewable electricity in the United States through 2015.  Bird, Lori.   Golden, Colo.: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124655

 

Electronic Waste: Considerations for Promoting Environmentally Sound Reuse and Recycling.  Government Accountability Office, July 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10626.pdf

 

BP Deepwater Horizon oil budget: what happened to the oil?  Lubchenco, Jane.  Silver Spring, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125305

 

Deepwater Horizon MC252 gulf incident oil budget: government estimates--through August 01 (Day 104).  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125178

 

Local food systems: concepts, impacts, and issues. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125302

 

Baby boom migration and its impact on rural America. Cromartie, John.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125026

 

Highway statistics. Washington: Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4717  select desired year.

 

Health Care Spending in the United States: 1998, 2003, and 2008. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume1_number8/cex_1_8.htm

 

National Vital Statistics Report: Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_25.pdf

 

Women in a changing China: roundtable before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, March 8, 2010.  United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125496

 

Attitudes aren’t free: thinking deeply about diversity in the US armed forces. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air University Press, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124775

The role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market, an upda

te.  Alasalam, Nabeel.  Washington, D.C.: Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124939

 

When your child is missing: a family survival guide.  Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124916

 

Domestic violence and the child welfare system. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Children’s Bureau, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124461

 

The causes and effects of the AIG bailout. Hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, October 7, 2008.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125094

 

Children and disasters: a progress report on addressing needs. Hearing before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, De[c]ember 10, 2009.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125319

 

Google and Internet control in China: a nexus between human rights and trade? Hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, March 24, 2010.  United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125090

 

The Google predicament: transforming U.S. cyberspace policy to advance democracy, security, and trade. Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, March 10, 2010.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125118

 

The state of research infrastructure at U.S. universities. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, February 23, 2010.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125095

 

Country Reports on Terrorism: 2009.
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2009/index.htm
Older issues: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2009/index.htm

 

Federal debt and the risk of a fiscal crisis. Huntley, Jonathan.  Washington, D.C.: Congressional Budget Office, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124972

 

Confirmation hearing on the nomination of Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 13-16, 2009.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS123854

 

Action guide for emergency management at institutions of higher education. Washington D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-free Schools, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125156

 

State taxation: the impact of Congressional legislation on state and local government revenues. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 15, 2010.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124818

 

Towards a U.S. Army officer corps strategy for success: retaining talent. Wardynski, Casey.  Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS120246

 

Long hard road: NCO experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Fort Bliss, Tex.: U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, 2007.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124879

 

Black victims of violent crime. Harrell, Erika. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124777

 

The economics of agricultural and wildlife smuggling. Ferrier, Peyton. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125412

 

Smart policing initiative. Medaris, Michael.  Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Progams, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125835

 

A policymaker’s guide to building our way out of crime. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125767

 

Female victims of violence.  Catalano, Shannan M. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125367

 

National gang threat assessment: 2009. Washington, DC: National Gang Intelligence Center, National Drug Intelligence Center, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125365

 

Teachers’ use of educational technology in U.S. public schools, 2009: first look. Gray, Lucinda.  Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Dept. of Education, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124460

 

Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results from the 2008-09 Teacher Follow-up Survey.  National Center for Education Statistics, 2010.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010353

 

Preventing exposures to bloodborne pathogens among paramedics. Boal, Winifred L.  Cincinnati, OH: Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125291

 

Personal protective equipment for health care workers who work with hazardous drugs. Connor, Thomas H.  Cincinnati, OH: Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2008.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125292

 

Born a bit too early: recent trends in late preterm births. Warner, Margaret.  Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125594

 

Control of hazardous dust when grinding concrete. Cincinnati, OH: Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125317

 

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