New and Notable State and Federal and international government publications for January 2015.

Michigan timber industry—an assessment of timber product output and use, 2008. Haugen, David E. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 2014.
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/47278

December Jobless Rates Little Changed in Most of Michigan’s Regional Labor Markets. Michigan DTMB Labor Market Information, 2015.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dtmb/LMI-JanuaryRegionalRelease_480225_7.pdf

Michigan Economic Update: November 2014. Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis. Michigan Dept. of Treasury. Lansing, 2015.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/treasury/MEU_November2014_479453_7.pdf

Estimated annual agricultural pesticide use for counties of the conterminous United States, 2008-12. USGS Data Series 907. Baker, Nancy T. and Wesley W. Stone. 2015.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0907/pdf/ds907.pdf

Human-Induced Earthquakes from Deep-Well Injection: A Brief Overview. Folger, Peter, and Tiemann, Mary. Congressional Research Service, 2014.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43836.pdf

Trends in hydraulic fracturing distributions and treatment fluids, additives, proppants, and water volumes applied to wells drilled in the United States from 1947 through 2010: data analysis and comparison to the literature. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA. 2014.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20145131

Proceedings 19th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. USDA, 2014.
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/47282

Data regarding hydraulic fracturing distributions and treatment fluids, additives, proppants, and water volumes applied to wells drilled in the United States from 1947 through 2010. USGS Data Series 868. Gallegos, Tanya J. Gallegos, and Brian Varela. 2015.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ds868

2014 Fisheries Division Annual Report. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Lansing, 2015.
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364-345704--,00.html

Keystone XL pipeline: report together with minority views (to accompany S. 147). United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2015.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54894

Presidential address before a joint session of Congress: message from the President of the United States transmitting the President’s address before a joint session of Congress. United States. President. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2015.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54747

The quality of our Nation's waters: water quality in Principal Aquifers of the United States, 1991-2010. Leslie A. Desimone, Peter B. McMahon, Michael R. Rosen. USGS, 2014.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1360

The quality of our Nation's waters: water quality in the glacial aquifer system, northern United States, 1993-2009.  Kelly L. Warner, Joseph D. Ayotte. USGS, 2014.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1352

2015 Taxpayer's Guide (Reference for the 2014 Tax Year). Michigan Legislature, January 2015.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications/TaxPayerGuide2015.pdf

2015-2016 Citizen's Guide to State Government. 98th Legislature. First Glance. Lansing, January 2015.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications/CitizensGuide.pdf

Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response. Shimabukuro, Jon O. Congressional Research Service, 2015.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33467.pdf

Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence: ending violence so children can thrive. United States. Department of Justice. Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP, U.S. Department of Justice, 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54790

Strategies Used by Adults to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs: United States, 2013. NCH Data Brief #184, January 2015.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db184.htm

Births: Final Data for 2014. NVSS vol 64, no 1. Janurary 2015.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf

The Political Question Doctrine: Justiciability and the Separation of Powers. Cole, Jared P. Congressional Research Service, 2014.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43834.pdf

Motor voter: the National Voter Registration Act. Reagan, Robert Timothy. Washington, D.C.: Federal Judicial Center, 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54622

Congressional Oversight Manual. Colan, Alissa M. et al. Congressional Research Service, 2014.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30240.pdf

Congressional Careers: Service Tenure and Patterns of Member Service, 1789-2015. Glassman, Matthew Eric, and Wilhelm, Amber Hope. Congressional Research Service, 2015.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41545.pdf

Standing Rules of the Michigan House of Representatives. Michigan Legislature, January 2015.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications/rules/house_rules.pdf

Michigan Senate Rules. Michigan Legislature, January 2015.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications/rules/senate_rules.pdf

Secret Sessions of the House and Senate: Authority, Confidentiality, and Frequency. Davis, Christopher M. Congressional Research Service, 2014.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R42106.pdf

The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Action of November 20, 2014: Overview and Issues. Kaneal, William A. et al. Congressional Research Service, 2015.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R43852.pdf

Administration Estimates Michigan Economic and Revenue Outlook: FY 2014-15, FY 2015-16, and FY 2016-17. Michigan Department of Treasury. Lansing, January 2015.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/treasury/AdminTreasHandout_01162015_479254_7.pdf

Qualifications of Members of Congress. Maskell, Jack. Congressional Research Service, 2015.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41946.pdf

Fallujah, November-December 2004. McWilliams, Timothy S. Quantico, VA: History Division, United States Marine Corps, 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54728

The regular army before the Civil War, 1845-1860. Newell, Clayton R. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54672

Deterrence in the twenty-first century: proceedings, London, UK 18-19 May 2009. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air University Press, 2010.  
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo44284

Tribal protocol manual. McGrady-Finneran, Patricia. Washington, DC : United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, December 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54568

A decade of tribal environmental health research: results and impacts from EPA’s extramural grants and fellowship programs. Washington, D.C.: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research, Tribal Environmental Health Research Program, 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo52874

Nurse Staffing Levels and Quality of Care in Rural Nursing Homes. Rural Health Center Policy Brief, January 2015.
http://rhrc.umn.edu/wp-content/files_mf/nursinghomestaffinglevels93.pdf

State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism—Legislative Parameters: In Brief. Rennack, Dianne E. Congressional Research Service, 2014.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R43835.pdf

Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. O'Rourke, Ronald. Congressional Research Service, 2014.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL33741.pdf

The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief. Bradley, David H. Congressional Research Service, 2015.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43089.pdf

Wood and timber condition assessment manual (2nd ed). Madison, WI: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, November 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54780

Map of assessed coalbed-gas resources in the United States, 2014. Reston, Va.: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2014.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo54949

Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases. Technidues and Methods 15. Edited by J. Christian Franson, Milton Friend, Samantha E.J. Gibbs, Margaret A. Wild. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service 2015.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/15/pdf/tm15.pdf

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