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	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
	U.S. Census Bureau (Census Data) Learn about America's people, places, and economy. Find tables, build maps, and access microdata provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
	U.S. Census of Agriculture (USDA) The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures. For America’s farmers and ranchers, the Census of Agriculture is their voice, their future, and their opportunity
	U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides resources ad support for food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues.
	U.S. Department of Agriculture - My Plate The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) was established in 1994 to improve the nutrition and well-being of Americans. Toward this goal, CNPP focuses its efforts on two primary objectives: Advance and promote dietary guidance for all Americans, and Conduct applied research and analyses in nutrition and consumer economics. MyPlate, USDA Food Guidance System, is a core project supporting CNPP's core objectives.
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The United States Department of Health and Human Services is the U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans. HHS provides essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
	U.S. Department of the Treasury The U.S. Department of the Treasury's mission is to maintain a strong economy and create economic and job opportunities by promoting the conditions that enable economic growth and stability at home and abroad, strengthen national security by combating threats and protecting the integrity of the financial system, and manage the U.S. Government’s finances and resources effectively.
	U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.
	U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) For more than 100 years, the FDA has been working to carry out our mission of promoting and protecting public health, and that means your health. Each day in America, you can trust the foods you eat and the medicines you take, thanks to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. More than 18,000 FDA employees work in all 50 states and internationally to ensure the safety and effectiveness of human and veterinary medicines, biologics, and medical devices. We also regulate the safety of food, cosmetics, devices that emit radiation, and tobacco products.
	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) The USGS monitors, assesses, maps, and conducts targeted scientific research so that policy makers and the public have the understandig they need to address complex environmental, natural resource, and public safety issues. We provide science about the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods, the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on, the health of our ecosystems and environment, and the impacts of climate and land-use change. Our scientists develop new methods and tools to enable timely, relevant, and useful information about the Earth and its processes.
	U.S. Government Publications - Catalog (CGP) The CGP is the finding tool for more than one million publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government.
	U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) The U.S. Government Publishing Office: Produces and distributes information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print formats. Provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and GovInfo.
	U.S. Newsstream Collection [ProQuest] U.S. Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, U.S. Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal. U.S. Newsstream also offers one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers, and is cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform. Coverage: 1980 - current
	Understanding Evolution, University of California-Berkeley Understanding Evolution (UE) is a non-commercial, education website, for teaching and learning about the science of evolutionary biology. This site is here to help you understand what evolution is, how it works, and how it factors into your life. This site is a project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP). Understanding Evolution is one of a suite of three educational websites produced by the UCMP that are designed to support teaching and learning about foundational science content: Understanding Evolution focuses on evolutionary biology Understanding Global Change focuses on Earth systems Understanding Science focuses on the nature and process of science Each of these resources connect many disparate concepts to support deep, coherent understandings of Earth and biological sciences, and how we use science to learn more about the world around us.
	UNEP The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment. UNEP’s mission is to inspire, inform, and enable nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
	United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment. UNEP’s mission is to inspire, inform, and enable nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
	USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides resources ad support for food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues.
	USGS The USGS monitors, assesses, maps, and conducts targeted scientific research so that policy makers and the public have the understandig they need to address complex environmental, natural resource, and public safety issues. We provide science about the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods, the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on, the health of our ecosystems and environment, and the impacts of climate and land-use change. Our scientists develop new methods and tools to enable timely, relevant, and useful information about the Earth and its processes.

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