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U.S. Secretary of Transportation's Blog

Welcome to the Fast Lane is the official blog by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation's Blog. You may wish to follow Secretary LaHood via Twitter and Facebook. Both options are on the blog. Vroom vroom!

National Emergency Declaration on H1N1

President Obama signed a National Emergency Declaration on H1N1 Flu.

Documents of the Week: Commission on Civil Rights

Our focus this week is on documents from the Commission on Civil Rights:

• Religious Discrimination: A Neglected Issue
• Schools and Religion
• Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison
  
• The Working and Living Conditions of Mushroom Workers
• Becoming Less Separate?
• The Indian Civil Rights Act
• Constitutional Aspects of the Right to Limit Childbearing
• The Federal Response to Domestic Violence
• Behind the Scenes
• The Other Side of the of the Tracks
• A Guide to Federal Laws and Regulations Prohibiting Sex Discrimination
• Igualdad en la Educacion: Un Derecho (Un Folleto para Padres Que Desean Saber Mas Sobre la Educacion Bilingue Bicultural
• Civil Rights Journal, Winter 2002
  

New Documents

A few of our newly processed documents:

• Transformation Army Science and Technology
• Coral Reef Educational Resources
• Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook
• Consumer Credit Briefcase
• Naturalization Preparation Materials
• Finding History's Forgotten People
• Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book
• What You Need To Know To Help Your Child In School
• High Reliability Operations
• Official Vice Presidential portrait of Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., 47th Vice President
• Marine Advisors with the Vietnamese Marine Corps
• Integrated Defense acquisition, technology, and logistics life cycle management system
• Army Family Team Building, 2004 Instructor Training Guide

Documents of the Week: Civil Service Commission

• Women in the Federal Service
• The First Year: A Study of Women's Participation in Federal Defense Activities
• Federal Employment Under the Merit System
• History of the Federal Civil Service: 1789 to the Present (1941)
• Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission (1932)
• Merit Promotion plans: A Source Book of Information for the Development of Promotion Plans (How To Do It Kit)
• Official Register of the United States 1941
• Official Register of the United States 1909 Vol. 1 Directory & Vol. 2 The Postal Service
  

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Presidential Proclamation, October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. USA.gov has pulled together a short FAQ along with links to more information about domestic abuse.

Popular Senate Documents

The Senate's website has a popular documents group of active legislation. Of course, most of the documents are related to health care.

Checklist for Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Now Online

How much do state of Alabama employees earn?

The state website devoted to transparency, Open.alabama.gov, is now including the checks issued to state employees. Soon, checks issued to state officials will be included. Select the State Spending icon in order to search by name (payee), category or agency.

To the Moon!

Catch up on the preparation, the impact and follow the results at LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite).

Preliminary Analysis of the Chairman's Mark for the America's Healthy Future Act, as Amended

The Congressional Budge Office (CBO) released the report "Preliminary Analysis of the Chairman's Mark for the America's Healthy Future Act, as Amended" yesterday. The link will take you to both the PDF and the CBO's related blog post.

Exquisite Corpse & loc.gov

Missed the Library of Congress Book Fest 2009? Here's a video of the Exquisite Corpse presentation with Kate DiCamillo, Nikki Grimes, Shannon Hale, Steven Kellogg, Megan McDonald, & John Scieszka.

Introducing loc.gov: Orientation and Research Strategies from the Virtual Programs and Services. Sign up soon because registration is limited to 15 people. The sessions will be offered on the second Wednesday of each month at 11:00 until noon Eastern time.

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Defense

This is part two of our display from the Department of Defense.

• The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation with the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force
• Train Wreckers and Ghost Killers: Allied Marines in the Korean War
• U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2003: Basrah, Baghdad and Beyond
• The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History
• Meeting the Submarine Challenge: A Short History of the Naval Underwater Systems Center
• The War of the American Revolution
• Weapon Systems, 2007-2008
• Armor: The Professional Development Bulletin of the Armor Branch, March 1997
• Military Chaplain's Review, April 1972
• Air Defense Artillery, Winter 1987
• Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1960-1968
• Operation Dragon Comeback: Air Education and Training Command's Response to Hurricane Katrina
• Reflections and Remembrances: Veterans of the U.S. Army Air Forces Reminisce about World War II
• Airpower Journal, Fall 1990

What You Need To Know About Breast Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the National Cancer Institute has an informative resource titled What You Need To Know About Breast Cancer. This resource includes causes of breast cancer, screenings, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and supportive care. There's also information about breast cancer in men with a link to more information on that particular topic.