Government Information

http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-and-preservation-virginia-reveal-startling-survival-story-historic-jamestown

Press release on discovery of physical evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown during the starving period.  From the Smithsonian Museum.

http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2013-09945_PI.pdf

Covers both tangible gifts and gifts of travel or travel expenses.  Includes name of person accepting gift, date, approximate value, disposition or current location, foreign donor, and circumstances justifying acceptance.  From the State Department

http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/publications/expanded-public-access-a-new-era-with-new-challenges-15apr13.pdf

Statement from Association of Research Libraries on February 2013 White House directive to federal research funding agencies to develop plans within 6 months for increased public access to the results of research funded by the government, including information that appeared in peer-reviewed publications and digital data. Urges academics to submit their ideas to the government to assure that deposit plans for research findings and data are affordable, efficient, and serve the interests of the public.  From the Association of Research Libraries.

http://www.nea.gov/pub/Arts-and-Aging-Building-the-Science.pdf

Summary of a workshop on Research Gaps and Opportunities for Exploring the Relationship of the Arts to Health and Well-Being in Older Adults.  From the National Endowment for the Arts

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22168.pdf

Examines the controversies over the federal role in funding public broadcasting and whether  reducing or ending federal funding would destroy public broadcasting.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sed/2011/data_table.cfm

Reports on the number and characteristics of those earning research doctorates in U.S. universities, their fields of study, length of time needed to complete degree, and postgraduate employment/salary.

From the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sed/digest/2011/nsf13301.pdf

Calls attention to important trends in doctoral education, organized into 5 themes.  From the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation

http://arts.gov/news/news12/BEA.html

Press release which announces the creation of the first ever “Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account” to measure the arts’ contribution to U.S. GDP.   From the National Endowment for the Arts