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Government Documents in the News (February 1, 2010)
These are some government reports and other publications that you may have heard mentioned recently on television or on the radio, or read about in the newspapers. Many of these documents are in PDF format and require the Adobe Reader. For older items, see the 2009 Archive or the 2008 Archive.
Budget
The President's Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011 is now available from the United States Government Printing Office (GPO).
Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other budget items, such as related publications and supporting materials, are included, which may vary from year to year.
FY 2011 Budget documents are available in PDF, with many of the tables also available for separate viewing and downloading as spreadsheets in xls and comma delimited formats.
GPO has signed and certified the PDF files to assure users that the online documents are official and authentic. The digitally signed PDF files should be viewed using Adobe Acrobat or Reader version 7.0 or higher.
The President's budget documents for FY 2011 will be distributed to Federal depository libraries in paper and CD-ROM formats as soon as stock is received by GPO. Additionally, copies of the FY 2011 Budget are available for purchase from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore and consist of 4 books and 1 CD-ROM. GPO Stock Numbers are:
- Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011: GPO Stock Number: 041-001-00671-1
- Appendix, Budget of the United States Government,
Fiscal Year 2011: GPO Stock Number: 041-001-00672-9
- Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011: GPO Stock Number: 041-001-00674-5
- Historical Tables, Budget of the United States
Government, Fiscal Year 2011: GPO Stock Number: 041-001-00673-7
- Budget of the United States Government, February 2010, Fiscal Year 2011, (CD-ROM): GPO Stock Number 041-001-00675-3
Energy
- Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program (State Energy Conservation Office)
- Congress appropriated $300 million nationwide to support state rebate programs for residential ENERGY STAR appliance products (those that represent improvements in efficiency compared to the majority of products on the market). Texas will use approximately $23 million for a mail-in rebate program for consumers who purchase certain energy efficient household appliances. For additional information, including who qualifies and how to obtain a rebate, see the Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program FAQs.
State of the Union Address
President Barack Obama presented his 2010 State of the Union Address to Congress on January 27, 2010. It was his first State of the Union Address, although the president did give a non-State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress a month after taking office in 2009.
Putting Washington at the Service of the Middle Class is a summary of the major initiatives of Obama's address, posted by Mona Sutphen on the White House blog.
Newly elected Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell delivered the Republican response following the speech.
The State of the Union is an annual address presented before a joint session of Congress and held in the House of Representatives Chamber at the U.S. Capitol. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation, but also allows the president to outline his/her legislative agenda and national priorities to Congress.
Texts of earlier State of the Union addresses back to 1992 can be found at the GPO Access Web site. State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006 can be found on the USA Presidents Web site. The State of the Union Address Library contains texts of all the State of the Union addresses given from 1790 to the present.