Discovers that among those with stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension, treatment with medication was lower for Mexican Americans and African Americans.   From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Provides information about broad fields studied and the courses most often taken by degree recipients and characteristics of students taking those courses. Also shows STEM courses most often taken by non-STEM majors and non-STEM courses most often taken by STEM majors.   From the National Center for Education Statistics.

The 2013 report presents 42 indicators of important trends and developments in public education.  The indicators focus on population characteristics, participation in education, elementary and secondary education, and postsecondary education.  From the National Center for Education Statistics

Reports that teen birth rates fell sharply in the period 2007-2011.  Provides rates by state and demographic characteristics of teens.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

Press release which reveals that eight of the fifteen fastest-growing large U.S. cities and towns are in Texas.  Offers links to tables with the 15 fastest growing large cities and the 15 cities with the largest numeric increase.  From the Census Bureau

This study examines how a carbon tax, combined with alternative uses of the revenues–such as reducing budget deficits, decreasing existing marginal tax rates, or offsetting the costs that a carbon tax would impose on certain people—might affect the economy and the environment.  From the Congressional Budget Office.

Lists the Top Ten critical shortage teaching endorsement areas in Virginia for the 2013-14 school year and explains how they were determined.  From the Virginia Department of Education

Annual collection of crime statistics for the state of Virginia.  From the Department of State Police

Reports the results of research to develop a new poverty measure that better reflects the  true economic circumstances of low-income Virginians.  The VPM claims to be an improvement over the official U.S. poverty measure by accounting for regional cost differences, family resources from in-kind government transfers, necessary medical expenses, and  other factors.  From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia

Announces creation of Student Success Index to better measure the number and percentage of students who begin and complete higher education within a stipulated time period.  From the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia

This report presents a summary of progress in the underlying science of stem cell research over the last decade including regulatory and ethical framework, scientific advances,  and clinical developments.  From the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Contains dune elevations and mean-high-water shoreline position datasets for most sandy beaches from Cape Lookout, North Carolina to Fire Island, New York.  From the U.S. Geological Survey

Provides statistics on domestic smokeless tobacco  sales and advertising activities.  Covers quantity of smokeless tobacco products sold, sales revenues,  and advertising/promotion expenditures.  From the Federal Trade Commission

Latest in an irregular series of reports on cigarette sales, advertising, and promotion.  Notes that spending on advertising and promotion of cigarette smoking rose to $8.3 billion.  From the Federal Trade Commission

Looks at the decline of money supply as a major factor in economic thinking.  Traces the evolution of economists’ ideas about monetarism and the Fed’s use of the money supply.  Concludes there may be a renewed role for money supply in the wake of significant changes  to monetary policy since the recession of 2008-09.  From the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank

Examines reasons for patient transfers from EDs to other acute care hospitals including specialty coverage, ability to treat condition, trauma level, and patient characteristics including source of payment.  Reports that medicare patients were most likely to be transferred to other hospitals. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Examines the current state of the mathematical sciences and explores the changes needed for the discipline to maximize its contribution to the nation by 2025.  From the National Research Council

Assesses the problem of long delays in voting and reviews common causes and proposed solutions.  Prepared by laws students at William and Mary Law School as part of its Election Law Program.  Posted by the College of William and Mary

A collection of 17 documents on NATO exercises in 1983 from U.S. and Russian sources.   From the National Security Archive

Recounts the background and current disputes involving Indian Ocean territory controlled by the British government.  House of Commons Library Research Paper 13/31

Includes executive summary and individual country reports.  Represents official U.S. view on degree of protection for religious freedom in the countries of the world.  From the State Department

Special report on progress made against the HIV/AIDs epidemic in African nations.  From UNAIDS

The unemployment rate for foreign-born workers in 2012 was identical to native-born workers at 8.1%.  Also reports on demographic characteristics of foreign-born workers who comprised 16% of the total U.S. labor force.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr066.pdf

Reports that by 2007 28% of such agencies had adopted both electronic health records and mobile technology.  Also reports on characteristics of agencies adopting new technologies and the functions most often used.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

Covers alcohol use, cigarette smoking, leisure-time physical activity, body mass index, and sleep among U.S. adults to monitor the prevalence of key health behaviors.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

After three years of decline, reports an increase of 1.2% in the jail population between midyear 2011 and midyear 2012.    Includes information on percent of jail capacity occupied and average daily jail population.  From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Offers preliminary enrollment and degree data for colleges and universities for the 2011-12 academic year and cost data for the current year.  From the National Center for Education Statistics

Offers financial statistics relating to public elementary and secondary education at the national and state level and for the 100 largest school systems by enrollment.  Reports that spending per student dropped in FY 2011 for the first time since annual data collection began in 1977.  From the Census Bureau

Report prepared for congressional hearing on how individual and corporate taxpayers such as Apple are shifting billions of dollars offshore to avoid U.S. taxes.   From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

Warns of the danger to coastal and marine resources from 36 sunken ships across the U.S. seafloor that could leak fuel oil or oil cargo.  The most comprehensive assessment to date of the potential for oil pollution from shipwrecks in U.S. waters. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration