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New features include ‘Science Showcase’ and ‘From the Director’, highlighting exciting ideas, science information, tools and services. They also provide ideas on how to tag their website information via their ‘Suggested Tags cloud’ and offer an easy path to users’ favorite pages .

The ‘Read, Listen and Share’ box provides interactive features.

Check out the cool new OSTI website today!

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The Daily Digest is now available as the first RSS feed from THOMAS
(http://thomas.loc.gov/home/rss/dd.xml).

Recommended to you by Government Documents Librarian, Lori Lester.

(Wondering what RSS is and how to use it?  Click here.)

Don’t take our word for it. See for yourself.

Demographic Baseline Report of U.S. Territories and Counties Adjacent to Coral Reef Habitats

A work published by the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) that details the health of coral reefs on the coast of U.S. owned territory. It focuses its attention on the dangers that are presented to these coral habitats from things such as pollution and tourism to climate change and tropical storms. The book then moves into discussions on each U.S. owned territory that has coral reefs in danger: Guam, Northern Marianas, American Samoa, Hawaii, Florida, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. All of these areas are filled with information, charts, and pictures as well.

Report on the Educational Partnership Program: 2001-2007

This work provides information to students about the NOAA and what it has to offer. Much important information is found on scholarships and how to obtain on the prestigious grants that are offered to individuals that are interested in pursuing a career with the NOAA. Many programs are offered in different fields, such as Ocean/Marine studies of course to others like Education, Physical Science, and Life Science. This book will be valuable to anyone who is interested in learning more about the NOAA and what employment opportunities it can offer.

The Gulf of Mexico at a Glance

This book, published by the NOAA, discusses the Gulf of Mexico and the danger it is under as well as the benefits that it offers. Many pictures help give the reader a feel for the Gulf area as well. The book begins by detailing some of the problems that surround the Gulf, such as population growth, commercial fishing, and tourism. Though these are all later mentioned as part of the Gulf economy, this only helps to create the situation there more of a dilemma. This book is useful for anyone who needs information on the Gulf of Mexico area as well as anyone who needs information on possible environmental issues.

Feel free to check out any of the three books above, or any of our vast resources available as part of the state and federal depository program by searching for them in our online catalog at https://gil.georgiasouthern.edu/ . These government documents are located on the first floor of the library, and circulate like regular books. Ask for assistance at the Learning Commons desk if needed.

Brought to you by your friendly Government Documents Librarian, Lori Lester, with special assistance from guest writer and Student Assistant Chris Booth.

Lori Lester
Government Documents Librarian
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8074-2
Statesboro, GA 30460
lllester@georgiasouthern.edu

912-478-5032
Depository 0117

“Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. There are going to be a few different ways to search for information. The money is being distributed by Federal agencies, and soon you’ll be able to see where it’s going – to which states, to which congressional districts, even to which Federal contractors.”

Recommended to you by Government Documents Librarian, Lori Lester.

Robert S. Cameron has created a very thorough work on this topic; tanks and their emergence in the U.S. Army. Cameron has included practically anything one would want to know about armor units for the United States in WWI and WWII, with chapters ranging from their transportation to battle as well as more specific topics. The author has also included many pictures, charts, and maps that will help the reader comprehend this subject much more easily. This book is great for anyone who needs to learn more about WWI and WWII armor units from the United States perspective, as well as anyone who just wants to learn more about tanks in general.

This book will be available for checkout shortly at: D 114.19:M 71

Brought to you by Government Documents Librarian, Lori Lester, and Government Documents Student Assistant, Chris Booth.

Get your federal tax forms here: http://irs.gov/

and your Georgia forms here:  http://tinyurl.com/8klm7q

We have reproducible copies of various federal forms for 2008 in the Government Documents Reference section at T 22.57:1132/2008 on 2nd floor. Previous tax years 2004-2007 are available in our Government Documents collection on 1st floor at T 22.57:1132/(year).

Ask for Lori Lester at the Learning Commons desk, send an e-mail to  lllester@georgiasouthern.edu  or call 478-5032 for questions.

http://homeland.house.gov/SiteDocuments/20090114124322-85263.pdf

According to the press release, the report “examines the Nation’s state
of preparedness and response capabilities in the event of a pandemic
influenza outbreak. It identifies sixteen weaknesses in the outgoing
Bush Administration’s approach to get prepared for pandemic influenza.
In addition, the report provides fifteen critical recommendations for
what Congress, the incoming Administration, and the public and private
sectors can do to achieve National readiness to combat this threat.”

http://homeland.house.gov/press/index.asp?ID=3D416=20

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The 2008 edition of the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Alternately prepared after each Presidential election by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform, the Plum Book provides comprehensive information on thousands of Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal  government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide. It provides a current list of data, which includes the following major categories of positions:

*  Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates
established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;
*  Senior Executive service “General” positions;
*  Senior Foreign Service positions;
*  Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the
President, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because
of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties;
*  Other positions at the GS-14 and above level excepted from the
competitive service by law because of the confidential or
policy-determining nature of the position duties.

The Plum Book also provides information on SES appointments. Additionally, appendices provide information on the positions listed and the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid.

The digital version is available on GPO Access at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/2008/index.html. It has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file. GPO has refined the 2008 Plum Book by adding bookmarks to it and optimizing it for the web. The report is also available as a collection of smaller PDFs arranged in a browse table based on the Plum Book’s table of contents. You can download entire chapters, or just information on individual commissions, councils, corporations, departments, offices, etc.

Copies are available for purchase at: http://bookstore.gpo.gov under
S/N: 052-070-07534-1.

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The 13 urgent issues they identified are as follows and are in alphabetic order not priority order:

* Caring for Service Members
* Defense Readiness
* Defense Spending
* Food Safety
* Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
* Oversight of Financial Institutions and Markets
* Preparing for Large-Scale Health Emergencies
* Protecting the Homeland
* Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
* Retirement of the Space Shuttle
* Surface Transportation
* The 2010 Census
* Transition to Digital TV

The website also includes sections on:
* Agency-by-Agency Issues
* Major Cost-Saving Opportunities
* Management Challenges Across the Government
* Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
* Examples of Upcoming GAO reports on Major National Issues

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