govdocs lite

Not all government publications are serious. While Congress and the Supreme Court are getting down to the end of their sessions, let's take a gander at Senate Document 109-19: A Botanic Garden for the Nation, the United States Botanic Garden. Like most on-line docs, the PDFs can get out of hand, but at least they're nice to look at.

The US Botanic Garden sits in the shadow of the Capitol, 100 Maryland Avenue, SW, and check 'em out on line at www.usbg.gov. Take your next house/dorm guest!

blogit

A new site from the GSA (the Government Services Administration (i.e. that building down the street from Thurston) compiles government agency blogs that are actually... interesting!! While the list is paltry (at best), the ten blogs listed cover current events from the Peace Corps, the Smithsonian, and even the flu panedemic.

Virginia Tech Presidential Report

Long time no update! There's been some summer colds and some vacation here in Gelman Govdocs land, but we'll make up for that in the next few weeks, with with lots of Govdocs frenzy before sessions are out for summer.

Today's post brings you a newly published tome on what happened in Blacksburg this past spring: Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy. Published by the Department for Health and Human Services, the report is a joint effort from DHHS, the Department of Education, and the Justice Department. The report does not investigate the incident, but merely serves as recommendations on how to avoid such a devastating tragedy in the future.