Archive of One of America’s Earliest News Picture Agencies Now Online

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
Immigration Enforcement–United States
Source: CRS (via FPC)
Immigration Enforcement Within the United States
82 pages; PDF.

Digitized Images
Digitization Projects
Source: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Archive of One of America’s Earliest News Picture Agencies Now Online
“The Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division is pleased to announce that all the negatives in the George Grantham Bain news photograph collection (nearly 40,000 glass negatives in all) have now been digitized and are available for searching in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. The collection, which represents the archive of one of America’s earliest news picture agencies, features an array of personalities, news events, sports coverage, and sites, particularly in New York City, for the period 1900-1931. More information about the collection available here.
See Also: Direct to LOC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
See Also: What’s New in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

Wiretaps–United States–Statistics
Source: U.S. Courts
Just Released, 2005 Wiretap Report
“The number of orders authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications by federal and state courts increased 4 percent in 2005, for a total of 1,773 applications. Of the total applications, 625 were submitted to federal judges, down 14 percent from 2004, and 1,148 applications were submitted to state judges, an increase of 17 percent over 2004.”
Summary Direct to Full Text Historical Chart (PDF)

Ready Reference
Fast Facts
Source: The World Almanac
New, The May 2006 Issue of The World Almanac E-Newsletter is Online
Contains a chronology of January events and holidays, “This Day in History,” and much more.
See Also: Back issues and subscription info (free)

Workplace–Canada–Lists & Rankings
Source: Canadian Business
Best Places to Work in Canada, 2006

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