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Act to prevent cuts to the National Health Interview Survey

Crucial content may be cut from one of the most valuable surveys that the U.S. Government does, the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). For more than 50 years, this survey has conducted personal household interviews and gathered data that helps track health status, health care access, and progress toward achieving national health objectives. The Minnesota […]

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Hot off the presses: “Public Knowledge: Access and Benefits”

Government information specialists know the value of the information that government agencies gather, create, assemble, and distribute, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a book that documents that value and provides examples of how that information is used? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a book that doesn’t just list useful databases, but describes […]

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Announcement: Bulk Download Access to Bill Status Information

Press Release: GPO And Library Of Congress Make Senate And House Bill Status Information Available For Bulk Download FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 24, 2016 No. 16-04 GPO AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAKE SENATE AND HOUSE BILL STATUS INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR BULK DOWNLOAD WASHINGTON — The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has partnered with the Library […]

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Marine Corps Film Repository

University of South Carolina Plans to Preserve, Digitize U.S. Marine Corps Film Repository InfoDocket. The university’s Moving Image Research Collections will digitize the Marine Corps Film Repository, with plans to eventually place the films online for the public to view free of charge.

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2017 Budget Available Today

GPO and OMB Release President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. (Note: that link may not be permanent. See permanent links to each part of the budget from that link, while you can.)

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