CDC- Environmental Health

If you are looking for current information on environmental health, try the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web site section on "Environmental Health".
CDC- Environmental Health

Fisheries Economics of The U.S. 2011

 "Economic information related to commercial and recreational fishing activities, and fishing-related industries in the United States are reported in the annual Fisheries Economics of the U.S. statistical series. These reports cover a ten year time period and include descriptive statistics on commercial fisheries landings, revenue, and price trends; recreational fishing effort, participation rates, and expenditure information; and employer and non-employer establishment, payroll, and annual receipt information for fishing-related industries..."
Fisheries Economics of the U.S.

Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act

 Find basic information concerning the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act(revised February 2013)
Employee Rights and Responsibiliites under the Family and Medical Leave Act

Federal Agencies Announce Action Plan to Guide Protection of Indian Sacred Sites

"As part of President Obama’s commitment to honoring a nation-to-nation relationship with Indian Country, four cabinet-level departments today joined the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in releasing an action plan to strengthen the protection of Indian sacred sites and provide greater tribal access to these heritage areas. The interagency plan is required by the Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2012 by the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding coordination and collaboration for the protection of sacred sites...
Federal Agencies ..Plan to Guide Protection of Indian Sacred Sites

Inflation and the Real Minimum Wage: A Fact Sheet

"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 established the hourly minimum wage rate at
25 cents for covered workers.1 Since then, it has been raised 22 separate times, in part to
keep up with rising prices. Most recently, in July 2009, it was increased to $7.25 an hour.
Because there have been some extended periods between these adjustments while inflation
generally has increased, the real value (purchasing power) of the minimum wage has decreased substantially over time..."
Inflation and the Real Minimum Wage

The 2013 Cybersecurity Executive Order: Overview and Considerations for Congress

"The federal role in cybersecurity has been a topic of discussion and debate for over a decade.
Despite significant legislative efforts in the 112th Congress, no major legislation on this topic has been enacted since the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) in 2002, which addressed the security of federal information systems. In February 2013, the White House issued an executive order designed to improve the cybersecurity of U.S. critical infrastructure (CI)..."
The 2013 Cybersecurity Executive Order: Overview and Considerations for Congress

Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110

"The results of scientific studies are often used in making government policy decisions. While the studies are often published, traditional federal research funding policies did not require the data on which they are based to be made available publicly. Such policies did, however, generally require researchers to share data and physical samples with other scientists after publication of the research..."
Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110

Out-of-State and Long Commutes: 2011

"Among U.S. workers who did not work at home,
8.1 percent had commutes of 60 minutes or longer in 2011.

An estimated 61.1 percent of workers with “long commutes” drove to work alone, compared with 79.9 percent for all workers who did not work at home..."
Out-of-state and Long Communites:2011

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering

"Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering provides statistical information about the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering education and employment. A formal report, now in the form of a digest, is issued every 2 years..."
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/start.cfm

Missing W-2

Discover how to get a missing W-2 form.
Missing W-2

Where is my refund?

Due a tax refund? You can check it online at this IRS site.
Where is my refund?

Fire Ants: Coping With These Invasive Insects

"... The invasive fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is a notoriously pesky species that benefits when humans disturb natural areas. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Joshua King at the University of Central Florida and Walter Tschinkel at Florida State University have been exploring the underlying causes and consequences of the association of fire ants with human-altered ecosystems..."
Fire Ants: Coping with these invasive insects

Average Food Prices: a snapshot of how much has changed over a century

"As many senior citizens will tell you, prices have increased quite a lot over the past century. Of the items listed, potatoes were the least expensive item in 1913, at less than 2 cents per pound. By 2013, flour had replaced potatoes as the cheapest item per pound among the items tracked. And while potatoes remain among the cheapest food items today, potato prices have increased over 39-fold since 1913, the sharpest rate of increase seen of the items tracked over the past century..."
Average Food Price changes over the years

Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress

"Trafficking in persons (TIP) for the purposes of exploitation is believed to be one of the most
prolific areas of contemporary international criminal activity and is of significant interest to the
United States and the international community as a serious human rights concern. TIP is both an
international and a domestic crime that involves violations of labor, public health, and human
rights standards, and criminal law..."
Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

"Arms control and nonproliferation efforts are two of the tools that have occasionally been used to
implement U.S. national security strategy. Although some believe these tools do little to restrain
the behavior of U.S. adversaries, while doing too much to restrain U.S. military forces and
operations, many other analysts see them as an effective means to promote transparency, ease
military planning, limit forces, and protect against uncertainty and surprise..."
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: a Catalog of Treaties and Agreements