Government Information

http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/factbk10/factbk10.pdf

Provides information about reasons for hospitalization, lengths of stay, characteristics of patients, costs, and outcomes. Also presents detailed statistics on 3 special topics: dual diagnosis stays, stays related to attempted suicide, maternal issues complicated by a mental health or substance abuse disorder. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs298tot.pdf

Reports that minorities owned approximately 18% of the 23 million U.S. business firms. Covers data on ownership of businesses and characteristics of businesses for blacks, Hispanics, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander and minority women. From the Small Business Administration.

http://www.epa.gov/sectors/energy/index.html

Subtitled: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmentally Preferable Energy Outcomes. Provides data on current energy usage in 12 manufacturing sectors, assesses opportunities to improve energy efficiency and reduce harmful emissions, and proposes policy options to address regulatory barriers to improved performance. From the Environmental Protection Agency.

http://www.ferc.gov/legal/maj-ord-reg/fed-sta/ene-pol-act/epact-final-rpt.pdf

Final report of a task force created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to study competition in the electricity markets. Concludes, among other things, that retail competition has not developed as expected in seven states where such competition was enabled. From the Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.