Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Identity Theft–Surveys
Source: Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
Just Released, 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report
“This report provides a detailed, comprehensive analysis of identity fraud in the United States, in order to better understand methods for prevention, detection and resolution. Co-released by Javelin Strategy & Research and the Better Business Bureau, this report is issued as a longitudinal update to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 2003 Identity Theft Survey Report. The phone-based survey methods used as the basis for the 2003 and 2005 reports were nearly identical, while additional research areas were made realizable through the addition of a control group.”
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Intellectual Property–Canada
Source: Canadian Intellectual Property Office
New Resource, IP Toolkit
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Intellectual Property–United States
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO Releases FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Report
“In fiscal year 2004, the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 187,170 patents, including 169,296 utility (inventions), 16,533 design, and 998 plant patents as reported in its fiscal year 2004 Performance and Accountability Report released today. Since 1790, over seven million U.S. patents have been granted. U.S. resident inventors received 97,913 U.S. patents in fiscal year 2004. California resident inventors received the highest share (23 percent, 22,389 patents) of these patents, followed by inventors from New York (7 percent, 6,788 patents), Texas (7 percent, 6,424 patents), Michigan (4 percent, 4,260 patents), and Massachusetts (4 percent, 4,109 patents).”
Summary Statistics Direct to Full Text
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Documents in the News
Airliner Anti-Missle Systems
Source: RAND Corporation
Protecting Commercial Aviation Against the Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat
“Examines the capabilities and costs of onboard technologies to divert missiles attacking commercial airliners. Given the significant uncertainties in the cost and effectiveness of countermeasures, a decision to install them should be postponed, and concurrent development efforts to reduce these uncertainties should proceed as rapidly as possible.”
Summary (PDF; 0.2 MB) Full Document (PDF; 0.7 MB)
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United States–Forecasts
Source: Federal Research Division/Library of Congress
Domestic Trends To The Year 2015: Forecasts For The United States
This 261-page report published in 1991 was just made available on the FRD web site. Topics include:
+ Demography
+ The Economy
+ Resources
+ Education
+ Society
+ Technology
+ Military Science
+ Geopolitics and Threat
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September 11th–Archives
Source: AP
Library of Congress puts record of Sept. 11 attacks online
A lengthy account of the Sept. 11 attacks has been put online by the Library of Congress in the form of nearly 170 audio and video interviews, totaling 40 hours, with photos, drawings, written narratives, and poems.

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