What's New in government info

Today, some highlights from the INFOMINE Government Information What's New page.

Citing Government Publications and Websites
University of California Riverside Libraries page connects to guides to citing print and electronic government publications and to guides to legal citation.

ILO AIDS : Legislation and Policies
International Labour Organization's collection of "legislative texts (hard law) and soft law instruments (codes of practice, guidelines, policies) dealing, entirely or in part, with HIV/AIDS and the world of work." Documents for more than 35 countries with links to other ILO HIV/AIDS resources.

Landsat Image Mosaic Of Antarctica : LIMA
Map viewer, digital library, and datasets of new Landsat image mosaics of Antarctica, created for the International Polar Year (IPY 2007-2008). "LIMA is the most geometrically accurate (within a pixel-30 meters by 30 meters of land) mosaic of Antarctica and has the highest spatial resolution."

CBP Export Spotlight, U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information useful to exporters. Includes information about Automated Export System, export documents and requirements, and harbor maintenance fees. Connects to Blocked, Denied and Debarred Persons Lists.

CBP Border Security Spotlight, U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Information about the border security activities of the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Ports of Entry : United States
Directory of the 326 official ports of entry in the United States and 15 preclearance offices in Canada and the Caribbean. Links from each port description to Canadian and Mexican border ports of entry wait times for commercial vehicles and for passenger vehicles.

MIPT Terrorism Information Center
An extensive digital library of terrorism-related information. The eDocuments section provides free fulltext reports, studies, factsheets and website links in 90 different categories: terrorism prevention, terrorist organizations, first responder and emergency management resources, databases, government information, and more. Access to the eBooks section requires registration and personal, non-commercial use license agreement. Searching the catalog returns records for physical items in the Information Center's library as well as electronic documents.

Independent Counsel Investigations
See more info for description of the independent counsel investigations texts.

Special Focus Facilities Not Showing Significant Improvement
[PDF] A listing of nursing homes in the U.S. which have been determined by the government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to be among the worst in their states.

Election 2008 : NPR
Listen to NPR broadcast news stories on the U.S. elections of 2008 and connect to related information. Includes profiles of presidential candidates.

YouTube : YouChoose '08
Feature page for the CNN/YouTube 2008 presidential debates, with candidate introductions and videos of the debates, featuring questions submitted by members of the public.

Resources on developing countries

In November, several resources on the developing world were added to INFOMINE. There is a wealth of this content searchable in the INFOMINE database, authored by NGOs, international governing bodies, the US government, research centers, and humanitarian aid organizations.

SciDevNet
News, features, reports, and resource guides on science, agriculture, medicine, technology, and related issues in developing countries.

Human Development Reports
Reports on developing countries on factors affecting human development. These factors includes such areas as human rights, health, income, security and education.

Information Technology Landscape in Nations Around the World
Country reports on information technology infrastructure, IT workforce, government policy, e-business, telecommunications regulation, and related topics. Over 80 reports on developing and developed countries. Also known as Landscape of IT in Nations.

Latin American Development Archive
Archive of conference papers and working papers on Latin American social and economic development.

Statistics in Africa : World Bank
Economic, social, and development statistics on Africa and African countries. Includes most recent edition of Little Book on Africa.