Government Information

http://jlarc.state.va.us/reports/Rpt397.pdf

Argues that the BJS study, which found high rates of sexual victimization at two Virginia correctional centers, presented data that did not sufficiently support the inferences about sexual victimization at the centers.  From the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&sdocs.nsf/By+Year/RD432010/$file/RD43.pdf

Provides average salaries, average entry level salaries, comparisons of teacher salaries to comparable private and public sector job salaries, and trends in teacher salaries from 1984.  Also provides entry salaries for each locality by amount and rank order.  From the Department of Human Resources Management and the Department of Education.

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/64/651

Describes Israel’s process for investigating alleged violations of the Law of Armed Conflict during the 2008-2009 conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.  From the United Nations Human Rights Council.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/AgProductivity/

Provides estimates of productivity growth in the U.S. farm sector for the 1948-2008 period.   Estimates the level of U.S. farm output in 2008 was 158%  above its level in 1948.  From the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41042_20100125.pdf

Describes the background of efforts to assess a harbor use tax and its demise by Supreme Court decision, the problem of underdredged harbors, and related legislation in the current congress.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/friv_tax.pdf

An annual document during tax season which refutes common arguments for not paying one’s taxes.  From the Internal Revenue Service.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/pdf/CCI_DARE.pdf

Describes the controversies over whether the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program has been a success or failure in training law enforcement officials and keeping youth from using drugs.  From the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/nistir-7628/draft-nistir-7628_2nd-public-draft.pdf

Smart grid technologies will introduce millions of new intelligent components to the electric grid that will communicate in more advanced ways than in the past.  This is the 2^nd public draft of a report that identifies more than 120 interfaces that will link diverse systems and devices and classifies them according to the damage that security breaches could cause.  From the National Institute of Technology and Standards.