http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011452
Results of tests in science administered to 4th and 8th graders in 17 urban public school districts that agreed to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests. Scores are reported by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic measures and scores from the urban schools are compared to the nation as a whole. From the National Center for Education Statistics
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12053/02-24-Remittances_chartbook.pdf
Updates a 2005 document, Remittances: International Payments by Migrants. Reports that remittances from foreign-born workers in the U.S. to their home country have grown 30% in inflation-adjusted terms since 2000 to more than $48 billion in 2009. From the Congressional Budget Office
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RL34680_02182011.pdf
Examines the causes of federal shutdowns, the process by which the agencies and the Office of Management and Budget carry out shutdown orders, and the effects of such shutdowns on federal employees, the public, and mandatory spending programs. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Thurgood Marshall Law Library of the University of Maryland
http://www.eia.doe.gov/countries/country-energy-data.cfm?fips=LY
Offers data and analysis on Libya’s energy production and exports, including petroleum and natural gas. From the Energy Information Administration
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/economic-report-of-the-President
Provides an overview of the nation’s economic situation, presents the domestic and international economic policies of the administration, and provides a host of economic statistics. Also includes the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers. From the White House