Documents of the Week: United States Information Agency

While it's a small collection of documents at Samford, you will no doubt be intrigued by these documents on display.

• USIA
• Communist Propaganda: A Fact Book 1957-1958
• Cuban Crisis 1962
• In a Place without a Soul: The Testimony of Former Cuban Political Prisoners
• Worldnet at a Glance / Arabic
• A World View of Women: Social, Political and Economic Attitudes
• Sports in the United States
• The People Act
• To Protect the Peace
• Korea: in the Common Interest
• Forum: A Journal for the Teacher of English Outside the United States, January 1996 & July 1997

COBRA & The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

From the website:
"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for premium reductions and additional election opportunities for health benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, commonly called COBRA. Eligible individuals pay only 35 percent of their COBRA premiums and the remaining 65 percent is reimbursed to the coverage provider through a tax credit. The premium reduction applies to periods of health coverage beginning on or after February 17, 2009 and lasts for up to nine months for those eligible for COBRA during the period beginning September 1, 2008 and ending December 31, 2009 due to an involuntary termination of employment that occurred during that period. The TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2009, enacted as part of ARRA, also made changes with regard to COBRA continuation coverage."

For more information, see COBRA Assistance under ARRA.

Do you owe the IRS?

If so, be sure to check out the Online Payment Agreement (OPA) Application from the IRS.

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

This week, we are happy to showcase a selection of documents from the Department of the Interior:

• Water, Ice, and Meteorological Measurements at South Cascade Glacier, Washington, Balance Year 2002
• Education in the United States of American, Bulletin 1939, Misc. No. 3
• Carl Sandburg Home
• Blue Ridge Parkway: Virginia Trails
• Benton Lake
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
• Death Valley National Monument
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast Ecological Inventory
• Reclamation era
• Earthquakes & Volcanoes, 1988
  
• Answers to your questions about American Indians
• Standing Witness: Devils Tower National Monument: a History
• Frederick Douglass
• More Readings from One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1880
• My Forefathers are still Walking with Me: Verbal Essays on Qizhjeh and Tsaynen Dena'ina Traditions
• The Duck Stamp Collection
• Clara Barton National Historic Site: Historic Structure Report
• National Parks Webcams (Glacier National Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & more!)
• Interior Recovery
• Sport Fishes
  

Secretary Arne Duncan Announces $44 Billion Now Available Under the Recovery Act

That is the title of the press release given by Arne Duncan, the Department of Education's secretary yesterday. Go to the DoE recovery site for the press release along with guidance and fact sheets.

Military Power of the People’s Republic of China

The Department of Defense has released the report "Military Power of the People’s Republic of China." The URL will take you to the DoD current releases site. This report is the 2nd on the list (as of today).

Latest & Greatest: Magnificent Mavericks

Magnificent Mavericks: Transition of the Naval Ordnance Test Station from Rocket Station to Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Center, 1948-58.

This is volume 3 of the History of the Navy at China Lake, California. I have to admit, the main reason this is our latest & greatest document is due to the fact I'm a former resident of China Lake.