https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/eedata_sc/2013/eedata_sc13.pdf
Shows by sex and age the number of employees and self-employed persons, the amount of their taxable earnings, and the amount they paid in Social Security and Medicare contributions. From the Social Security Administration
http://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/US-Leadership-and-the-Challenge-of-State-Fragility.pdf
Calls for four principles of engagement to guide U.S. responses to the challenge of fragile states and the regional problems they create. From the United States Institute of Peace
Press release on the status of the College Scorecard, first released last year to provide information about cost, debt, completion rates, and post-college earnings of graduates for each college and university. Adds 1700 data points for 7,000 institutions, including 2014-15 graduation rates, and earnings information from the 2013 tax year. From the Education Department
Designates countries involved with drug trafficking or drug producing regardless of the efforts made by the government to curtail such activity. Also covers challenges represented by heroin use, opium poppy cultivation, and cocaine/coca cultivation. From the White House
https://www.opensecrets.org/ad-data/
Contains filings on ad buys by political organizations submitted to the Federal Communications Commission by broadcasting organizations around the country. Allows the public to track each station’s contracts and filings as they pertain to candidates, super PACS, and related groups running political and issue ads. From the FCC and OpenSecrets.org
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44631.pdf
Highlights major proposals included in a bill designed to modify or repeal changes to financial policies and regulatory structure brought about by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/outside.asp?http://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-w0808-pub.pdf
Describes the police response to the terrorist shootings in San Bernadino which killed 14 people. The report focuses on six themes including exercising a unified command approach and improving response time through training. From the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice
http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p60-258.pdf
The SPM extends the official poverty measure by measuring the effect of government assistance programs. Reports that under the SPM measure 45.7 million individuals in the U.S. fell below the poverty line in 2015 including 11.9 million children and 6.5 million adults age 65+. From the Census Bureau