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Government Resources: States: United States

UNITED STATES: SELECTED STATISTICS AND CURRENT INFORMATION

U.S. Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Sports and Recreation

President Biden Announces Key Appointments
to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts, September 16, 2022 (The White House)
President Biden Issues Proclamation on National
Arts and Humanities Month, Includes Executive Order to Promote the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services (National Endowment for the Humanities)

U:S.: Children and Families

Ending the Cycle: Examining Ways to Prevent Domestic Violence and Promote Healthy
Communities: Joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services of the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Sev

U.S.: Communications, Data and Information

Announcing the Release of the Administration's National Cybersecurity
Strategy, March 2, 2023 (U.S. Department of State)
Our Wireless Future: Building a Comprehensive Approach
to Spectrum Policy: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, First Session, July 16, 2019.

U.S. Economy, Business, Labor, Banking, Industry and Trade

Business and Economy (U.S. Census Bureau)
President Biden Statement on CPI Inflation in June,
July 13, 2022 (The White House)
Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Historic
Achievement of the Passage Of H.R. 5376, The Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022, September 15, 2022 (White House)
Statement by President Biden on PCE Inflation Data,
August 26, 2022 (VOA News)
Statement by President Biden on State Unemployment
Rates, August 19, 2022 (The White House)
U.S. Economic Census by Year (U.S. Census Bureau)
U.S. Economy at a Glance (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
US Announces Release of 50 Million Barrels from Oil
Reserves, November 23, 2021 (VOA News)

U.S. Education, Literacy and Libraries

Condition of Education (National Center for Education
Statistics)
Digest of Education Statistics (National Center for Education
Statistics)
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2021 (U.S. Census Bureau)
A Proclamation on National Historically Black Colleges
and Universities Week, 2022, September 16, 2022 (The White House)
Institute of Education Sciences (U.S. Government)
Progress on Biden-Harris Action Plan for Buidling
Better School Infrastructure, October 26, 2022 (The White House)

U.S. Environment, Climate, Geology, Energy, Mining, Animals and Natural Disasters

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Private and Public Sector
Investments for Affordable Electric Vehicles: Fact Sheet, March 30, 2023 (White House)
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 More Species Extinct, September
29, 2021 (VOA News)

U.S.: Equality, Equality, Civil and Human Rights

FACT SHEET: The United We Stand Summit: Taking
Action to Prevent and Address Hate-Motivated Violence and Foster Unity, September 15, 2022 (White House)
FBI: More Than 7,000 Hate Crime Incidents Reported in 2021
December 12, 2022 (VOA News)
The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism: Key Actions
by Pillar, June 2, 2023 (The White House)

U.S. General Information

U.S. Health, Disability, Safety, Nutrition and Fitness

National Center for Health Statistics Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention)
Press Briefing by White House Monkeypox Response Team and Public Health
Officials, September 15, 2022 (The White House)
Readout of Meeting with Colleges and Universities on Monkeypox
and COVID-⁠19 Guidance for a Safe Return to Campus, August 25, 2022 (The White House)
Safety Monitoring of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19
Vaccine Booster Doses Among Children Aged 5–11 Years — United States, May 17–July 31, 2022, August 19, 2022 (Morbidity Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact
of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems — United States, August 2022 (MMWR, Mortality Weekly Report)

U.S. History, Anthropology, Archaeology and Geography

Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers 1770-1903
(Library of Congress)
The Mud and the Mirth: Marine Cartoonists in World War I, 2022
(Marine Corps University Press)

U.S. Military, Defense, Security, Intelligence and Terrorism

Total Force Military Demographics (U.S. Department
of Defense)
US Military Bases Honoring Confederate Figures Slated
to Get New Names, July 5, 2022 (VOA News)
US Navy Turns to Driverless Ships for Indo-Pacific Strategy,
August 29, 2022 (VOA News)
US Observes 21st Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks, September 11, 2022
(VOA News)

U.S.: Population, Census, Immigration, Refugees and Migration

Population (U.S. Census Bureau)
President Biden Sends Immigration Bill to Congress as Part
of His Commitment to Modernize our Immigration System Fact Sheet: (The White House)
U.S. Census Bureau (U.S. Department of Commerce)

U.S.: Poverty and Social Protection Programs

Children Living in Households that Experienced Food Insecurity: United
States, 2019-2020 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

U.S. Public Safety, Corrections, Law Enforcement and Crime

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2019 –
Statistical Tables (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Justice Department Launches Firearms Trafficking Strike
Forces to Address Violent Crime, Crack Down on Sources of Crime Guns, July 22, 2021 (U.S. Department of Justice)
Law Enforcement (Office of Justice Programs (Bureau
of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice)
Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban, 2019-
(Congressional Research Service)
State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies,
2018 – Statistical Tables (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Use of Force (Bureau of Justice Statistics)

U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Biden Signs Semiconductor Bill Boosting US Competitiveness,
August 9, 2022 (VOA News)
Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs Executive Order
to Implement the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, August 25, 2022 (The White House)
Fueling Problem Forces NASA to Postpone Launch
of Moon Rocket, August 29, 2022 (VOA News)
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics)
US to Announce 'Breakthrough' on Fusion Energy,
December 12, 2022 (VOA News)

U.S. Transportation and Infrastructure

U.S. Territories

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