USDA Official Visits Alabama to Honor 52 Alabama Public Schools for Meeting USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge!

Energy Explained: Your Guide to Understanding Energy

Free Entrance Days in Your National Parks

Veterans Day, November 11, 2010, is the last day of this year to visit a National Park for free.

“The Word on Healthy Birds”

The USDA is offering a free webinar Nov. 5 at noon during Bird Health Awareness Week titled "What you need to know about raising health backyard poultry."

Halloween Fun (& Safety) Information

Have you decided which day you'll be trick-or-treating? Be prepared for anything by reading Halloween Fun and Safety Information (USA.gov). Need more food safety tips? See Be Food Safe (USDA). Need a pumpkin carving idea? See Pumpkin Carving Ideas From Around the Smithsonian (Smithsonian). Enjoy trivia? See Facts for features: Halloween (Census Bureau).

Have fun & be safe!

Watch NASA's Next Mars Rover Being Built Via Live 'Curiosity Cam'

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It's never too late to educate your family & friends. 

Tang - What Astronauts Drink

Did NASA invent Tang? How about memory foam? What items do we use in our daily lives that were invented by NASA? Check out NASA Spinoff to learn more about technology developed by NASA for commercial use.

Statistics Are All Around Us

Stalking Resource Center

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

54% of femicide victims reported stalking to police before they were killed by their stalkers. From Stalking Fact Sheet at Stalking Resource Center.

Free Poster - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Toxic Sludge in Hungary

Columbus Day

Today in History (Library of Congress)

Inside Adams - "...Should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity..." (Library of Congress)

Labor & Economic Statistics

Issues in Labor Statistics - Ranks of those unemployed for a year or more up sharply (DoL Oct. 2010)

Regional Economic Conditions -RECON (FDIC)

Documents of the Month: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

• Mammograms: Not just once, but for a lifetime (bookmarks)
• The Facts about Breast Cancer and Mammograms
• Understanding Mammography
• Un Mamograma Podria Salvarle la Vida
• Los Mamogramas: No Solamente Una Vez, Sino por Toda la Vida
• Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008
• Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2008
• Extending the Special Postage Stamp for Breast Cancer Research for 2 Years
• Make and Keep Your Mammogram Appointment
• Family Research Matters: A Newsletter for Family Members of the NCI Familial Breast-Ovarian Cancer Studies Registry (Winter 2000/2001)
• Medicare Priorities
• Breast Cancer Awareness (CDC)
• Presidential Proclamation--National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (White House)
• October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine)
• NASA Goes Pink

2010 General Election Absentee Voting Information for U.S. Citizens Abroad

There are new regulations for absentee voting beginning this year.

Infant sleep positioners: Consumer Warning - Risk of Suffocation

Benefits.gov

Begun in 2002 as GovBenefits.gov, Benefits.gov is a place for citizens to discover which benefits he or she is eligible for and provides the next steps in the application process.