September 2010 New Documents (and online resources)


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

 

From the "continuing publications you may have forgotten about" category: Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) "Green Book Report of Key Program Statistics".  Briefly, this is a monthly report of assistance payments in Michigan (fact sheet http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/green-book-facts_321682_7.pdf).  Here is the link to the bib record in the ANSWER catalog;  direct access to the reports here: http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5458_7696_10830---,00.html.  Related to this publication is the generic sounding "Information Packet", also from the DHS http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5458_7695_8366---,00.html (scroll down to find this publication). 
Thanks to Bernadette Bartlett, Michigan Documents Librarian, Library of Michigan.

 

Michigan Annual Education Report (AER).  This report provides detailed data on state administered student assessment results, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results, teacher qualification information, and the state results for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).  There is an AER for the state, each district and each school, populated with the appropriate information.
http://aer.data4ss.org/Default.aspx

 

Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act of 2010: report (to accompany S. 3073) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126307

 

Potential models for understanding crime impacts of high or increasing unoccupied housing rates in unexpected places, and how to prevent them.  Taylor, Ralph B.  Philadelphia, PA: Dept. of Criminal Justice, Temple University, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126407

 

The next four decades: the older population in the United States : 2010 to 2050. Vincent, Grayson K.  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126596 

 

National Organic Program Handbook.  USDA, 2010.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/NOPProgramHandbook

 

Maintaining a healthy weight on the go: a pocket guide.  Bethesda, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126137

 

Autism spectrum disorders: pervasive developmental disorders. Strock, Margaret.  Bethesda, Md.: Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, 2008 printing.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126143

 

North American environmental atlas: mapping North America’s shared environment. Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec).  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 2010
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126262

 

The decline in consumer use of food nutrition labels, 1995-2006. Todd, Jessica E.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2008.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125866

 

Older adults and alcohol: you can get help. Bethesda, Md.: National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 2008.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126106

 

National, State, and Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19--35 Months --- United States, 2009. Centers for Disease Control. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5936a2.htm?s_cid=mm5936a2_x

 

Understanding teen dating violence: fact sheet.  Atlanta, Ga.: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126313

 

Anxiety disorders. Bethesda, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125970

 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act of 2010. Report together with minority views (to accompany S. 3305) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office).  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126038

 

A voter’s guide to federal elections. Washington, DC: U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125990

 

Scoping and framing social opposition to U.S. wind projects. Lantz, E.  Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125945

 

Habitat suitability index models. Moose, Lake Superior region. Allen, Arthur W.  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Research and Development, 1987.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS101918

 

Magmatic Sulfide-Rich Nickel-Copper Deposits Related to Picrite and (or) Tholeiitic Basalt Dike-Sill Complexes: A Preliminary Deposit Model.  USGS, 2010.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1179/

 

Extracting natural resources: corporate responsibility and the rule of law. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, September 24, 2008.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2009. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS119747

 

Preventing child abuse and improving responses to families in crisis. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, November 5, 2009.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125487

 

How does obesity in adults affect spending on health care?  Duchovny, Noelia.  Washington, D.C.: Congressional Budget Office, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126020

 

Opening doors: federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. Interagency Council on Homelessness (U.S.) Washington, DC: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125939

 

School-based programs to reduce bullying and victimization. Farrington, David P.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125865

 

Food and nutrition resource guide for homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and food banks. Beltsville, MD: Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, USDA, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125857

 

Understanding youth violence: fact sheet.  Bethesda, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126195

 

A comparison of household food security in Canada and the United States. Nord, Mark.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2008.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125879

 

Behavioral economic concepts to encourage healthy eating in school cafeterias: experiments and lessons from college students. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2008.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125881

 

Rural America at a Glance, 2010 Edition. USDA Economic Research Service, 2010.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB68/#2010-9-13
Older issues here: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS76135

 

Advertising trends and consumer protection. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 22, 2009.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124463

 

Judicial business of the United States courts: (YEAR). Report of the director.  Washington, D.C.: Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2715

 

Africa’s fragile states: empowering extremists, exporting terrorism.  Devlin-Foltz, Zachary.  Washington, DC: Africa Center for Strategic Studies, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126319

 

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

 

Nomination of Eric H. Holder, Jr., nominee to be Attorney General of the United States. Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, January 15 & 16, 2009.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124116

 

Contracting in a counterinsurgency: an examination of the Blackwater-Paravant contract and the need for oversight. Hearing before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, February 24, 2010.  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126002

 

Is the organizational culture of the U.S. Army congruent with the professional development of its senior level officer corps?  Pierce, James G.  Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125971

 

U.S. military forces and police assistance in stability operations: the least-worst option to fill the U.S. capacity gap. Keller, Dennis E.  Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125963

 

Health promotion, risk reduction, and suicide prevention. United States. Dept. of the Army.  Washington, DC: Dept. of the Army, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126375

 

Preventing child abuse and improving responses to families in crisis. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, November 5, 2009.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125487

 

Combating organized retail crime: the role of federal law enforcement. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, November 5, 2009. United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125344

 

Combating methamphetamine abuse. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125836

 

Field experiences in effective prevention: the U.S. Department of Education’s Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Grants. Ryan, Barbara E.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126138

 

Racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session October 29, 2009.  United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.  Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. 
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS123609

 

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program.  Janke, Hope D.  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126126

 

Anti-terror lessons of Muslim-Americans. Schanzer, David.  Durham, N.C.: Sanford School of Public Policy, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126402

 

100 GPO years, 1861-1961: a history of United States public printing.  United States. Government Printing Office.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126616

 

School-based programs to reduce bullying and victimization. Farrington, David P.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2010.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125865

 

Safe start: promising approaches communities: working together to help children exposed to violence.  North Bethesda, MD: Safe Start Center, 2008.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS125884

 

Students’ use of tutoring services, by adequate yearly progress status of school.  Warkenien, Siri.  Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Dept. of Education, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126157

 

Teacher strategies to help fourth-graders having difficulty in reading: an international perspective. Sen, Anindita.  Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Dept. of Education, 2009.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS126318

 

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