Government Documents
Census 2010 – It’s important – be counted!
MLK Day of Service at MLKDay.gov – volunteer
Government Databases! Check These Out!
Be counted!
Census 2010 forms will be available in March 2010. Be sure
to complete and return by April 1, 2010! 10 questions – 10
minutes. It means money to your community for the services
you need!
By law, all residents of the United States must be counted
every ten years – people of all ages, races, ethnic groups,
citizens and non-citizens. The population totals determine
each state’s Congressional representation, affect funding in
your community, and help inform decision makers about how
your community is changing. Every household in the country
will receive a questionnaire in 2010. To ensure an accurate
and fair count of all populations at all geographic levels
in the nation, the Census Bureau needs you or someone in
your household to respond to the census questionnaire.
- It’s important. – Census data affect funding for our
community, our community’s representation in Congress and
our community leader’s planning decisions. Census data
directly affect how more than $400 billion per year in
federal and state funding is allocated to communities for
libraries, neighborhood improvements, public health,
education, transportation and much more. That's more than $4
trillion over a 10-year period. Spending just a few minutes
to fill out your census form will help ensure our community
gets its fair share of federal and state funding.
- It’s easy. – The census questionnaire takes only a few
minutes to answer and return by mail.
- It’s confidential. – Your responses are protected by law
(Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 9). All Census Bureau
employees have taken an oath to protect confidentiality and
are subject to a jail term, a fine – or both – for
disclosing any information that could identify a respondent
or household.
- It’s required by law. – The information you provide is
combined with responses provided by your neighbors and other
households across the country, to provide summary
statistical data that are used by various local, state and
federal agencies.
Get more information about Census 2010 in Mesa at:
http://www.mesaaz.gov/citymgt/mesa-now/issues/census/default.aspx
And information from the US Census Bureau at:
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
Martin Luther King Day of Service – MLKDay.gov
On January, 18, 2010, people of all ages and
backgrounds will come together to improve lives,
bridge social barriers, and to move our nation
closer to the “Beloved Community” that Dr. King
envisioned. Dr. Martin Luther King devoted his
life’s work to causes of equality and social justice
and taught that through nonviolence and service to
one another, problems such as hunger and
homelessness, prejudice and discrimination can be
overcome. Whether planning for 2010, or planning
ahead for 2011, Everything you’ll need is located
here at MLKDay.gov
including tips on getting started, building
partnerships, organizing the day, and fundraising
(PDF). You’ll also find a service-learning guide for
schools and organizations (PDF), project examples,
and marketing tools to help promote your project. If
you want do a project that engages your community
beyond Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, then join the
Service Connection community.
Ready, Willing, and Unable to Serve – Message from
America’s Retired Generals, Admirals, and Civilian
Military Leaders
A new report, Ready, Willing, And Unable to Serve:
75 Percent of Young Adults Cannot Join the Military
– Early Education Across America is Needed to Ensure
National Security has been released by Mission:
Readiness – Military Leaders for Kids. This is a
non-partisan, nonprofit, national security
organization of more than 80 retired generals,
admirals, and other senior military leaders. The
publication cites documents and information from
many government agencies (see endnotes). Their
conclusion: Early education is an investment in
national security. The document can be read at
http://www.missionreadiness.org/reports/NATEE1109.pdf.
There’s a world of information at your fingertips! The
Federal Government produces a number of searchable databases
with facts and information on everything from plants to
substance abuse facilities to fuel economy of cars you might
want to purchase to… you name it! Here’s a sampling. More
will be covered in the future. Go online and try some for
yourself - mark your favorites for a return visit!
FAFSA,
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Starting January 1st of each year, the FAFSA
is a form that can be filled out by current
and anticipating college students (both
undergraduate and graduate) in the US to
determine their eligibility for federal
student financial aid (including Pell
grants, Stafford loans, PLUS loans, and
work-study programs) for an upcoming
academic year. Applicants who have filled
out a FAFSA in previous years are able to
fill out a renewal FAFSA, but information on
taxes and savings, for example, must be
updated annually. In addition, most states
and schools use information from the FAFSA
to award non-federal aid.
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Education Department |
IRS
Forms and Publications
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html?portlet=3
Filing time’s here! Find the federal forms
and publications you need. Tip: When
searching for a form with numbers and
letters, put a dash between the
numbers/letters. For example, when searching
for 1040A, enter “1040-A.”
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Treasury Department |
IRS
Cumulative List of Organizations
(Organizations eligible to receive
tax-deductible charitable contributions)
http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/
Check before you give! Publication 78,
Cumulative List of Organizations, described
in Section 170( c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, is a list of organizations
eligible to receive tax-deductible
charitable contributions. The online version
is offered to help persons conduct a more
efficient search of these organizations. Use
this with the Better Business Bureau site at
http://maricopa.bbb.org/Find-Business-Reviews/
to investigate charities.
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Treasury Department |
WindPowering America.gov
http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/
According to the US Department of Energy,
wind power is the fastest growing energy
source in the country. Find information
about wind power and hydrology: get wind
maps, information on state activities,
publications and photographs (Information
Resources), learn how wind and hydro power
work (Technologies), financial opportunities
in this industry, and career information (http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/schools_training.asp)
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Department of Energy |
State
Fact Sheets
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/
Did you know that Arizona’s top agricultural
commodity is dairy, followed by cattle,
greenhouse, lettuce, and hay? And that our
top agricultural export is cotton? Learn
about each state, in terms of the
agriculture produced there. State fact
sheets provide information on population,
employment, income, farm characteristics,
farm financial indicators, and top
commodities, exports, and counties for each
state in the United States.
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Agriculture Department |
Census 2010 – It’s important – be counted!
STAT-USA, NTDB/Globus and USATradeOnline – how can it help
me?
Topographic Maps available
Government Databases! Check These Out!
Be counted!
Census 2010 forms will be available in March 2010. Be sure
to complete and return by April 1, 2010! 10 questions – 10
minutes. It means money to your community for the services
you need!
By law, all residents of the United States must be counted
every ten years – people of all ages, races, ethnic groups,
citizens and non-citizens. The population totals determine
each state’s Congressional representation, affect funding in
your community, and help inform decision makers about how
your community is changing. Every household in the country
will receive a questionnaire in 2010. To ensure an accurate
and fair count of all populations at all geographic levels
in the nation, the Census Bureau needs you or someone in
your household to respond to the census questionnaire.
- It’s important. – Census data affect funding for our
community, our community’s representation in Congress and
our community leader’s planning decisions. Census data
directly affect how more than $400 billion per year in
federal and state funding is allocated to communities for
libraries, neighborhood improvements, public health,
education, transportation and much more. That's more than $4
trillion over a 10-year period. Spending just a few minutes
to fill out your census form will help ensure our community
gets its fair share of federal and state funding.
- It’s easy. – The census questionnaire takes only a few
minutes to answer and return by mail.
- It’s confidential. – Your responses are protected by law
(Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 9). All Census Bureau
employees have taken an oath to protect confidentiality and
are subject to a jail term, a fine – or both – for
disclosing any information that could identify a respondent
or household.
- It’s required by law. – The information you provide is
combined with responses provided by your neighbors and other
households across the country, to provide summary
statistical data that are used by various local, state and
federal agencies.
Get more information about Census 2010 in Mesa at:
http://www.mesaaz.gov/citymgt/mesa-now/issues/census/default.aspx
And information from the US Census Bureau at:
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
STAT-USA, NTDB/Globus and USATradeOnline – how can it help
me?
Looking for in-depth information about the economy? Planning
to conduct business in another country, and want information
about trading partners? Seeking up-to-date import/export
information? STAT-USA, NTDB/Globus, and USATradeOnline
are
subscription databases that we, as a depository library, are
able to offer you for free (up to 2 simultaneous users). You
must use them in the Main Library location and must ask a
librarian to log you in. These databases offer information
such as:
STAT-USA: economic reports, speeches, statistics. Things
like...
Economic Indicators, Housing and Construction Data, Employment
& Unemployment Data,
Auto & Truck Sales, Retail E-Commerce Figures, Government Bond
Rates,
Remarks by folks like Ben Bernanke, Monthly/Weekly Foreign
Exchange Rates
NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) contains things like...
Country Reports on Terrorism, The Year in Trade, World Factbook, International Trade Library,
Small Bus. Guide to Exporting, NTDB Global Trade Directory
(contacts for Import/Export),
Country Commercial Guides, Background Notes, FedBizOppos (for
govt. procurement)
USATradeOnline allows you to study Import/Export data by
NAICS code.
Find information about accessing these databases
on our
Articles and Information Databases page
(look under the In-Library Databases heading).
Hikers! Find the detailed land characteristics you need. Our
Main Library depository collection features USGS Topographic
Maps of Arizona. You can check them out for a limited time
(1 hour) so you can visit an off-site location to make
copies. Red Mountain Library also has a collection of USGS
maps covering the East Mesa geographic area; check-out time
for Red Mountain topographic maps is limited to 90 minutes.
Ask staff at each location for more information.
There’s a world of information at your fingertips! The
Federal Government produces a number of searchable databases
with facts and information on everything from plants to
substance abuse facilities to fuel economy of cars you might
want to purchase to… you name it! Here’s a sampling. More
will be covered in the future. Go online and try some for
yourself - mark your favorites for a return visit!
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/
Searchable directory of facilities around the country that
treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems and
addiction including over 11,000 programs - residential
treatment centers, outpatient treatment programs, and
hospital inpatient programs. Sponsored by the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
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Health and Human
Services Department |
Visible Earth: A Catalog of NASA Images and Animations of
Our Home Planet
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Features “favorite” and “newest” images. Includes archives,
geographic areas, and categorized by dozens of topics.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
MyPyramid.gov
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
Dietary guidelines, menu planners,
information arranged for various age groups,
steps to a healthier weight, and much more!
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Agriculture Department |
Plants Database
http://plants.usda.gov/
Learn about plants in your state or
region, search for images of plants, search
for information by common or scientific
name, and find out about noxious and
invasive plants. Helps you to identify
plants by characteristics, and you can use
this database to help you decide which
plants to include in your yard. |
Agriculture Department |
FuelEconomy.gov
http://www.fueleconomy.gov
GREAT site for learning about gas mileage of any
make or model, new or used, car or truck
with the “Find and Compare” feature. Also
learn about greenhouse gas emissions,
mileage tips, and where to find the lowest
gas prices. |
Energy Department |
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