State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006

is now available online at http://www.census.gov/compendia/smadb/. It covers various topical areas including agriculture, births, business establishements, communication, cost of living, crime, death, eduction, employment, marriage and divorces, etc. for individual states, counties, and metroplitan areas. Please check it out.

Statistics: Criminal Victimization 2005

Presents estimates of national levels and rates of personal and property victimization for the year 2005 (New from BJS Online Publication).

New Issue of Global Legal Monitor Now Available

from LC's Global Legal Information Network. "The Global Legal Monitor, an electronic publication of the Law Library of Congress, is intended for those who have an interest in legal developments from around the world. Globalization is a fact with far-reaching implications including an increasing number of international transactions. This online publication will be updated frequently, drawing upon information selected from the Global Legal Information Network, official national legal publications, and reliable press sources." (Via ResourceShelf Newsletter)

Google Digitization Hearings

Are you looking for online congressional hearings in the 1980s? You can now search them in the U-Michigan online catalog where the full-texts are available through the Google digitization project. Go to: http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu. When you retrieve the bibliographic record, look for Electronic Location and click on U-M Online book. (govdoc-l).

The U.S. Government Manual (2006-2007)

is now available on GPO Access at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html. This is
the official handbook of the Federal Government providing comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches (govdoc-l).

Recommended Reading List through GPO

Please check out this reading list at http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/reading.html to update some of the major initiatives that are going on in the Superintendent of Documents Organization through GPO.

109th Congress Conference Reports

109th Congress Conference Reports are available now through GPO Access:http://www.gpoaccess.gov/confrpts/index.html
"A conference report is a compromise on legislation that is negotiated between the House and Senate via conference committees. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval." (source: GPO Access)

New Search Engine for Government Information

Google has launched a new search engine for government information: Government Search Engine at http://usgov.google.com (source: govdoc-l).

United States Congressional Biographical Data Series

United States Congressional Biographical Data Series (ICPSR) includes Biographical Characteristics of Members of the United States Congress, 1789-1979 and Roster of United States Congressional Officeholders and Biographical Characteristics of Members of the United States Congress, 1789-1996:Merged Data.
See also Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005 via GPO Access (from govdoc-l).

Presidential Speech Collection

Miller Center Presidential Speech Collection
"The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the more important presidential speeches of the past 60 years. These speeches are available in their entirety in full audio. When possible, we have also provided transcripts of the speeches. Recently we have expanded our collection to include the full text of some of the more important presidential speeches from the 18th and 19th centuries." Source: Miller Center, University of Virginia

Just Released: Country Reports on Terrorism (2005)

"U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism." Download in sections as PDFs:http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/c17689.htm (Source: U.S. Department of State)(via Resourceshelf).

Immigration Enforcement--United States

New report: Immigration Enforcement Within the United States
82 pages; PDF (Source: CRS).

Genealogy: World War II Records- Databases

The World War II Army Enlistment Records File and Access to Archival Databases
"World War II Army Enlistment Records provide a rich source of information for genealogists and other researchers at the National Archives and Records Adminstration interested in Army enlistees in World War II. Since their release through NARA's Access to Archival Databases (AAD) resource in May 2004, they have quickly become the most popular series of electronic records accessible through that resource." (via Resourceshelf)
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Recently Released.....

"The 2006 edition of Unified Agenda" in four volumns is now available on GPO Accesss: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ua.

"Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws" is available through the Legislative Source Book that is maintained by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C., Inc (LLSCD).

"The 2006 Congressional Pig Book," annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget.

Hurricane Katrina Report

"A performance Review of FEMA's Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina (pdf; 218 pages)" is released. It's available at http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/OIG_06-32_Mar06.pdf
Please also check it out ResourceShelf's DocuTicker.com, which is "a daily update of new reports from government agencies, ngo's, think tanks, and other groups. DocuTicker is compiled by the librarians who bring you ResourceShelf.com," for other newly released information.

GPO Monthly Newsletter Now Available

The March 15-April 15 issue of the GPO Administration Notes has been available at
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/adnotes/ad03_04_1506.html
It contains the 2005 biennual survey result, CD-Rom Data Migration Project, Annual Item Selection Update, and much more. Please take a look this for GPO update.

Recently Released Statistics:

Health: WHO World Health Report 2006
Internet Crime: 2005 Internet Crime Report
NOAA Weather Data: called NOWdata (for past climate information)

Did you know....

about the LOC.GOV Wise Guide. "The "Wise Guide" will much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library's online materials. Each of these "articles" is based on items contained in a collection, database, reading room or other area of the Library's online offerings. You will see that we are "more than a library," and our holdings range from prints, photographs, films, audio recordings, maps, manuscripts, music and digital materials to (of course) books. We are also a place that sponsors concerts, lectures, dance performances, film screenings, and poetry readings. We hope the Guide's monthly "articles" will encourage you to explore the millions of items we make available at www.loc.gov." Update monthly.

Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records

If you are looking for death records, obituaries, and burial records, you should take a look at this website: http://www.deathindexes.com. It has also the Social Security Death Index online.

International Economic Statistics (IES) Database

is available at http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/iesd This site provides a search portal for world wide econonic indicators such as GDP and CPI and other useful international and national information. Designed and managed by
the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis librarians.