The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options

"Since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison
population. Some of the growth is attributable to changes in federal criminal justice policy during
the previous three decades. An issue before Congress is whether policymakers consider the rate of
growth in the federal prison population sustainable, and if not, what changes could be made to
federal criminal justice policy to reduce the prison population while maintaining public safety..."
Federal Prison Population Buildup

GlobalHealth

"The Office of Global Affairs (OGA) is the lead HHS office in global health and international matters. OGA provides advice and direction to the HHS leadership regarding international health, family, and social affairs, including health diplomacy in support of U.S. foreign policy..."
GlobalHealth.gov

Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers

"Four groups of federal programs target unemployed workers: unemployment insurance, health
care assistance, job search assistance, and training. This report presents information on federal
programs targeted to unemployed workers specifically, but does not attempt to discuss meanstested
programs (such as Medicaid or SSI) that are available regardless of employment status..."
Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers

The Structure and Practices of the Debt Buying Industry

"The FTC initiated this debt buyer study in late 2009 for two main purposes. First, the FTC sought to
obtain a better understanding of the debt buying market and the process of buying and selling debt. Second, the Commission wanted to explore the nature and extent of the relationship, if any, between the practice of debt buying and the types of information problems that the FTC has found can occur when debt collectors seek to recover and verify debts..."
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2013/01/debtbuyingreport.pdf
Structure and Practice of the Debt Buying Industry

America's Chidren and the Environment, 3rd ed.

"America’s Children and the Environment is an EPA report that presents key information on environmental stressors that can affect children’s health. In January 2013, EPA released an updated third edition of this report (ACE3) that shows the status and trends of:

• Environments and Contaminants (contaminants in air, water, food, and soil and other environmental conditions),
• Biomonitoring (chemicals measured in the bodies of mothers and children), and
• Health (childhood diseases and health outcomes)..."
• Read the full report

America's Children and the Environment, 3rd ed.

American Factfinder (update)

Explore  2 new features of the Census Bureau's American Factfinder database: Community  Facts and Guided Search.
New Ways to Find Facts

African American History Month: February 2013

Find selected statistics on the African American community from the U.S. Census Bureau.
African American History Month: February 2013

Educational Attainment in the United States:2012

Find the latest statistics on the highest level of education that an individual has completed. Data is available for all races, Asians, Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and both sexes.
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2012

State of the Climate National Overview Annual 2012

Find national temperature and precipitation data for 2012.
State of the Climate, National Overview Annual 2012

The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework

"This report provides an overview of the relationship between executive and legislative authority
over national security information, and summarizes the current laws that form the legal framework protecting classified information, including current executive orders and some agency regulations pertaining to the handling of unauthorized disclosures of classified information by government officers and employees. The report also summarizes criminal laws that pertain specifically to the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, as well as civil and administrative penalties..."
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RS21900.pdf

Physician Practices: Background, Organization, and Market Consolidation

"A growing number of U.S. physicians are combining their practices; affiliating with hospitals, insurance companies, and specialty management firms; or going to work directly for such organizations. The moves are part of a broader trend toward consolidation in health care, with the overall number of mergers and acquisitions in the sector at the highest level in a decade...


This report provides background on factors contributing to changes in physician practice organization,
including physician supply, sources of revenue, operating costs, and government incentives. It also examines the different types of integration, the legal intricacies of affiliation, and the possible implications for consumer and federal policy..."

https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42880.pdf

Antibiotic Resistance Questions & Answers

Find recent information on the correct usage of antibiotics from the  U.S. Centers for Disease prevention and Control.
Antibiotic Resistance: Questions and Answers

C rime in the U.S.2012 (January. - June 2012)

"Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the nation reported an increase of 1.9 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for the first 6 months of 2012 when compared with figures reported for the same time in 2011. The violent crime category includes murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The number of property crimes in the United States from January to June of 2012 increased 1.5 percent when compared with data from the same time period in 2011..."
Crime in the U.S. 2012 (Jan. - June 2012)

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Debt

"This report presents current data on estimated ownership of U.S. Treasury securities and major holders of federal debt by country. Federal debt represents the accumulated balance of borrowing by the federal government. To finance federal borrowing, U.S. Treasury securities are sold to investors. Treasury securities may be purchased directly from the Treasury or on the secondary market by individual private investors, financial institutions in the United States or overseas, and foreign, state, or local governments..."
Foreign Holdings of U.S. Debt