Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
Airline Industry
Source: SITA
New Report, Mishandled baggage costing $2.5 billion as air travel passenger numbers soar to two billion says SITA
“SITA, the IT provider which tracks baggage information for airlines and passengers in 220 countries and territories, today said the air transport industry is losing in the region of $2.5 billion annually because of misconnects and mishandled baggage.
SITA also revealed for the first time that the number of bags lost or stolen is running at about 204,000 per annum on current calculations that 30 million bags are mishandled annually based on passenger numbers of two billion.” Direct to Full Text Report (16 pages; PDF). (via DocuTicker.com)
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Education–United States
Source: Education Week
New Report, Special Report: Executive Agendas
“This Education Week special report offers a detailed look at the leadership of governors in shaping their states’ education agendas through legislation, regulatory action, public involvement, and proposal or endorsement of ballot measures.”
Direct to Full Text (PDF) Interactive Data Map
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Business–United States–Statistics
Source: U.S. Census
Just Released, Growth of Hispanic-Owned Businesses Triples the National Average
“The number of Hispanic-owned businesses grew 31 percent between 1997 and 2002 — three times the national average for all businesses — according to a new report, Survey of Business Owners: Hispanic-Owned Firms: 2002 [PDF], released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The nearly 1.6 million Hispanic-owned businesses generated nearly $222 billion in revenue, up 19 percent from 1997.”
Summary/Fast Facts Direct to Full Text (631 pages; PDF)
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Congressional Research Service
Source: CRS via Open CRS, FAS, FPC
A Selection of New or Recently Updated Reports
+ Fatah and Hamas: The New Palestinian Factional Reality
+ Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues
+ Lobbying and Related Reform Proposals: Consideration of Selected Measures, 109th Congress
+ Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
+ The Middle East Peace Talks
+ Internet Development and Information Control in the People’s Republic of China
+ Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles
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Federal Courts–United States–Statistics
Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts.
Complaints Against Judges Declined in FY 2005
These tables have stats and more info. 1 2
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United States Statutes
Source: GPO
New, Statutes at Large now available on GPO Access
“The United States Statutes at Large (Volume 117, 108th Congress) is now available online from the U.S. Government Printing Office, with future volumes to follow as they become available. The Statutes at Large is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. Documents are available as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.”

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