http://arts.gov/sites/default/files/highlights-from-2012-SPPA.pdf
Offers statistics about U.S. adult participation in the arts through various modes including voluntary reading, movie going, art making, visual or performing arts attendance, and arts classes or lessons. Also captures demographic characteristics of participants. From the National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.nea.gov/research/Valuing-Industrial-Design.pdf
Provides a profile of industrial design as an occupation, a business, and a product innovator. Notes the industries that employ the most designers and their concentration in the middle part of the country. From the National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/self-assessment-2012.pdf
Annual report to determine if federal agencies are meeting satisfactorily the statutory and regulatory requirements for records management. From the National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.neh.gov/files/divisions/preservation/hcrr_evaluation_report_2013.pdf
Reviews the significance and long-term effects of awards in the humanities made by the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program of the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve humanities resources and ensure their accessibility From the National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.archives.gov/about/plans-reports/strategic-plan/2013/nara-strategic-plan-2014-2019.pdf
Includes major trends affecting NARA in the 2014-2019 period, including digital government, cloud computing and IT shared services, and the goals and objectives of the agency plan. From the National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/GrowingYoungMinds.pdf
Urges more support for and utilization of libraries and museums as community resources which inspire early learning. Documents 10 key ways that libraries and museums are supporting early learning. From the Institute for Museum and Library Services
http://www.humanitiescommission.org/_pdf/hss_report.pdf
Argues that instruction in the humanities and social sciences is as crucial to national security, innovation, and competitiveness as the STEM fields. From the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
http://arts.gov/research/EEO/index.html
Offers an interactive dataset with state-level information on the number of artists within the state and which of 11 artist occupational categories they work in. From the National Endowment for the Arts