“On Veterans Day, we honor the heroes we have lost, and we rededicate ourselves to the next generation of veterans,” wrote President Obama in his proclamation. ”Today, we reflect upon the invaluable contributions of our country’s veterans and reaffirm our commitment to provide them and their families with the essential support they were promised and have earned.”
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Did you know the U.S. Constitution makes no specific allowance for any one of the three branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial) to have access to information held by the others? A Congressional Research Service report, Access to Government Information in the United States, offers an overview of four information access laws and provides citations to additional resources related to these tools.
Federal Elections 2008: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives is a biennial publication compiled by the Federal Election Commission.
This comprehensive report is a research tool designed to provide an accurate, historical record of federal election results in the 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia for the offices of President, Senate, and House of Representatives, as well as Delegates.
Previous reports for 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998 and 1996 are also available online.
The July issue of Web Alert has been posted on our website. Compiled by the United States Reference Service, Web Alert is an annotated list of resources freely available through the internet.
Still interested in election results? According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s report on Voting & Registration in the election of November 2008, about 131 million people reported voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, an increase of 5 million from 2004. Read the Press release for a summary.
The June Web Alert — a collection of freely available internet resources compiled by the United States Reference Service – has just been posted on our website.
The U.S.R.S. has also created an e-resource page to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Did you know the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world? One way to search the Library’s publicly available digital collections (whether digitized or born digital) is to use the Browse by Topic pages. Topics you can explore include American history, arts and culture, government, sports and much more.
Created as part of the President’s commitment to open government and democratizing information, Data.gov provides access to economic, healthcare, environmental, and other government information on a single website. Although currently only a limited portion of the rich variety of federal datasets is available, the public is invited to actively participate in shaping the future of this resource by suggesting additional datasets and site enhancements to provide seamless access and use of federal data.
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Today marks another step in our progression into the twenty-first century with a series of videos now hosted on YouTube. We recently had Dr. Thomas Mann here in Canberra and we recorded some of his time here as he talked about Obama and his first 100 days in office. Have a look at the summary video, or watch Dr. Mann’s speech from when he was at the Embassy here in Canberra.
The Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States has published its final report with the U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2009 (360 pages).
