Collection Development: Reference Resources Roundup #15 (A Curated Collection of Recently Published or Updated Data-Rich Reports Available on the Web)

Data Overview of the Drug Overdose Epidemic (via CDC)

Millennials More Likely to Report Losing Money to Fraud than Older Generations, New FTC Data Spotlight Reports

Survey Findings: Americans are Wary of the Role Social Media Sites Play in Delivering the News (via Pew Research)

October 1, 2019

2017 Census of Agriculture Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Profiles

Commercially-Available Voting System Hardware Used in the U.S. Remains Vulnerable to Attack (DEF CON Voting Village)
47 pages; PDF.

FBI Releases 2018 Crime Statistics ||| Summary (via FBI)

Illicit Financial Flows & Colombia (via Global Financial Integrity)
60 pages; PDF.

Profile of Very Low and Low-Income Undergraduates in 2015–16 (via NCES)
49 pages; PDF.

September 30, 2019

The 2019 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report (via American Express)
19 pages; PDF.

Concerts: Q3 Worldwide Ticket Sales Charts (via Pollstar)

• Top 100 Tours
• Top 100 Promoters
• Top 200 Arenas
• Top 200 Theatres
• Top 100 Amphitheatres
• Top 200 Clubs
• Top 100 Stadiums / Festival Sites

Factbox: Major U.S. Retail Bankruptcies Since 2017 (via Reuters)

Real Estate: Zumper National Rent Report: October 2019

U.S. Conference Of Mayors Releases Annual Report, Forecasts Growth Of Cities and Metro Regions
141 pages; PDF. ||| Direct to Highlights ||| Direct to Download Data Tables

September 27, 2019

The Global Disinformation Order: 2019 Global Inventory of Organised Social Media Manipulation (via Computational Propaganda Project, University of Oxford)
26 pages; PDF.

Military Funding for Southwest Border Barriers (R45937) (via Congressional Research Service)
55 pages; PDF.

Violent Extremist Organizations: Past Trends and Short-Term Forecast (via Journal of Strategic Studies)
122 pages; PDF.

September 26, 2019

Business R&D Performance in the United States Reached $400 Billion in 2017, a 6.8% Increase from 2016 (via NSF)

CTED Analytical Brief: Responding to Terrorist Threats Against Soft Targets (via United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED))
7 pages; PDF.

Infographic: Medicare Beneficiaries at a Glance (via CMS)
2019 edition.

Science and Engineering Labor Force (via NSF)

September 25, 2019

OxTEC: Literature Review on Elections, Political Campaigning and Democracy
47 pages; PDF.

Prescription Drug Wholesale Acquisition Cost Increase Data Now Available (State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD))

School Choice in the United States: 2019 (via NCES)
106 pages; PDF.

White-Collar Prosecutions Half Level of 8 Years Ago (via TRAC/Syracuse University)

World Ultra Wealth Report 2019 (via Wealth-X)

September 24, 2019

Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2018 (via DHS OIG)
36 pages; PDF.

The Global Climate in 2015–2019 (via WMO)
24 pages; PDF.

Litigating Algorithms 2019 US Report: New Challenges To Government Use Of Algorithmic Decision Systems (via AI Now Institute/NYU)
32 pages; PDF.

International Energy Outlook 2019 Released (via EIA)

London Heathrow Retains Title as World’s Most Connected Airport (via OAG)

Mean SAT Scores Drop Slightly Over 2.2 Million Students in Class of 2019 Took SAT, Largest Group Ever (via College Board)

• Summary/News Release
• Participation Data
• Report (Total Group)
• Reports for All 50 States Available Here

Student Victimization in U.S. Schools 2016-2017 (via NCES)
30 pages; PDF.

September 23, 2019

Current Trends in Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces (Joint Special Operations University, US DOD)
26 pages; PDF.

Energy Sector Asset Management For Electric Utilities, Oil & Gas Industry (Draft) (via NIST)
148 pages; PDF.

Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protections (R45345)

The Older Population in Rural America: 2012-2016 (via U.S. Census)
21 pages; PDF.

September 22,  2019

United in Science: High-Level Synthesis Report of Latest Climate Science Information Convened by the Science Advisory Group of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 (via World Meteorological Organization)

September 23, 2019

Emerging Trends in Real Estate United States and Canada 2020 (via PWC and Urban Land Institute)
107 pages; PDF.

WARNING SIGNS: The Future of Privacy and Security in an Age of Machine Learning (via Future of Privacy Forum)
10 pages; PDF.

Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks United States, 2017: Annual Report
15 pages; PDF.

September 19, 2019

Data Analysis: Male Couples Make up Majority of Same-Sex Households in Large Cities But Not Nationwide (via U.S. Census)

EU Guidelines on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence: Context and Implementation (via EPRS)

The Homework Gap: Teacher Perspectives on Closing the Digital Divide (via CommonSense Media)
20 pages; PDF. ||| Infographic

ICE Detainer Usage Declines in 2019, Trends Vary by State (via TRAC/Syracuse University)

The Role of Intellectual Property in U.S. Homeland Security (via RAND)
Summary ||| Full Text (150 pages; PDF)

Teen E-Cigarette Use Doubles Since 2017 (via NIH)

Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017 (via UNICEF)
14 pages; PDF.

Why Americans Don’t Fully Trust Many Who Hold Positions of Power and Responsibility (via Pew Research)

September 18, 2019

New Data From Glassdoor

• Highest Paying Companies of 2019
• Highest Paying Jobs of 2019 

Immigration Court’s Active Backlog Surpasses One Million (via TRAC/Syracuse University)

Kids’ Share 2019: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2018 and Future Projections (via Urban Institute)
Also Available: Data Appendix to Report

Medicare’s Oversight of Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Data Brief (via OIG/HHS)
27 pages; PDF.

Nearly 8 in 10 Immigrants Who Entered the U.S. Without Legal Permanent Resident Status Have At Least One Characteristic That Could Count Against Them under the New “Public Charge” Rule (via KFF)

The Next Decade of Open Data: 2019 Open Data for All Report (via New York City Open Data Team)
99 pages; PDF.

U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Decline, Reaching Historic Low in 2017 (via Guttmacher Institute)
Note: Multiple Resources Available

WorldRisk Report/World Risk Index 2019 (via Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft)

World: Top Airports for Passenger Traffic, Cargo, And Aircraft Movements (2018) & Top Five Fastest Growing Airports for Passengers and Cargo (2018) (via ACI)

September 17, 2019

Bipartisan Corporate Crime Fighting by the States: How Blue And Red State Attorneys General Cooperate In Addressing Big-Business Misconduct (via Good Jobs First)
See Also: List of Multistate AG Cases

Commercial Aviation: Information on Passenger Assaults Against Airline Customer Service Agents at Airports (via GAO)
28 pages; PDF.

Drug Caused Deaths in the LA Field Division (via Drug Enforcement Agency)
32 pages; PDF.

The Global Learner Survey: A First of its Kind Study of How Learners Around the Globe Seek Education (via Pearson)
Full Text (49 pages; PDF) ||| Summary/News Release

Number of Migrants Now Growing Faster than World Population, New UN Figures Show (via UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
Summary/News Release ||| Summary #2 ||| Data Files

U.S. Health Care Markets Becoming More Highly Concentrated (“Hospital Concentration Index: An Analysis of U.S. Hospital Market Concentration” via Health Care Cost Institute)

2019 DIAGRAM Center Report: Key Technologies and Trends Having the Biggest Impact of Potential For Impact on the Education of Students with Disabilities in the United States

September 16, 2019

Assessing the Global Climate in August 2019: Second Warmest August and June–August For Globe (via NCEI/NOAA)

EIA Releases First-Annual Plant-Level U.S. Biodiesel Production Capacity Data (via EIA)

Four New Sci-Tech Explainer Briefs From GAO
All docs are 4 pages; PDF.

• Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies
• Genotyping Software
• Hypersonic Weapons
• Opioid Vaccines

Glossary for Transport Statistics (5th Edition; via ITF, UN, Eurostat)
154 pages; PDF.

Immigration Detention: A Legal Overview (via CRS)
66 pages; PDF.

Key Facts About U.S. Hispanics and Their Diverse Heritage (via Pew Research)

• See Also: Facts on Latinos in the U.S.

Multi-Agency Definitions of Mass Care Terms September 2019 (via National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters)
9 pages; PDF.

Religious Freedom in China’s High-Tech Surveillance State (via United States Commission On International Religious Freedom)
6 pages; PDF.

September 14, 2019

Top 10 U.S. Counties with Worst Foreclosure Rates in August 2019 (Attom Data Solutions)

Watching TV and Movies Makes Up One-Third of Entertainment Spending in the United States, the NPD Group Says

September 13, 2019

Building a 21st Century Congress: Improving Congress’s Science and Technology Expertise (via Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs)

Disaster Response: Federal Assistance and Selected States and Territory Efforts to Identify Deaths from 2017 Hurricanes (via GAO)

Fast Facts: Wildfires in the U.S. (via USGS)

Understanding Sea Level Rise (via Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
10 pages; PDF.

What Percentage of Americans Owns Stock? (via Gallup)

September 12, 2019

44.6 Percent of High School Dropouts and 72.3 Percent of College Graduates Employed in August 2019 (via BLS)

Age-Adjusted Rates of Suicide, by State— National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2017 (via MMWR/CDC)

Antitrust and “Big Tech” (via Congressional Research Service)
39 pages; PDF.

Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies 2019 (via Canadian Business)

CDC, States Update Number of Cases of Lung Disease Associated with E-Cigarette Use, or Vaping (via CDC)

Internal Displacement From January to June 2019 (via Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)
16 pages; PDF.

State of the Internet / Security: Media Under Assault (via Akamai)
Vol. 5, Special Edition.
20 pages; PDF

September 11, 2019

15 Pupils Per Teacher in EU Primary Schools (via Eurostat)

Atlas of Surveillance: Southwestern Border Communities (via EFF)

Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 (via International Atomic Energy Administration)
154 pages; PDF.

September 10, 2019

The American Veteran Experience and the Post-9/11 Generation (via Pew Research)

Career and Technical Education Coursetaking in 2013, by Locale (via NCES)

Criminal Victimization, 2018 (via BJS)

GAO Reports

DOD Needs to Fully Implement Program for Piloting Open Source Software

Review of Report on Agency Estimates of Foreign Nationals Unlawfully Residing in the U.S.

U.S. Assistance to Mexico: State and USAID Allocated over $700 Million to Support Criminal Justice, Border Security, and Related Efforts from Fiscal Year 2014 through 2018

Infographic: Canada: Educational Experiences For Youth With Disabilities

OECD Releases “Education at a Glance 2019”

USGS Estimates 53.8 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas Hydrate Resources in the Alaska North Slope

September 9, 2019

Canada: Obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree from a Community College: Earnings Outlook and Prospects for Graduate Studies (via Statistics Canada)

September 8, 2019

Supporting Late-Shift Workers: Their Transportation Needs and the Economy (via American Public Transportation Association)
Press Release/Summary ||| Full Text Report (56 pages; PDF) ||| Infographic

September 7, 2019

Disaster Reporting in the U.S. (via Urban Institute)
19 pages; PDF.

September 6, 2019

100 Largest Private Landowners in the U.S. (via Bloomberg)

Dorian Ties as Strongest Landfalling Atlantic Storm on Record (via Aon)
13 pages; PDF.

The Future of Space 2060 and Implications for U.S. Strategy (via Air Force Space Command (AFSPC, Politico)
32 pages; PDF.

January Through August 2019 was Wettest on Record for U.S. (via NOAA)
Highlights ||| Direct to Full Text “Assessing the U.S. Climate” (August 2019) Report

New Jobs by Major Occupational Group, Projected 2018–28 (via BLS)

New Reports From the National Center For Health Statistics

• Quarterly Provisional Estimates of Infant Mortality: 2016 – Q3 2018
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Birth Indicators: Q1 2018 – Q1 2019
• Mortality Patterns Between the 5 States with the Highest Death Rates and the 5 States with Lowest Death Rates in the United States, 2017

Trends in Graduate Student Financing: Selected Years, 2003–04 to 2015–16 (via NCES)
94 pages; PDF.

September 5, 2019

Canadian Health Indicators (September 2019; via Statistics Canada)

Creating Safe Schools: Examining Student Perceptions of Their Physical Safety at School (via ACT)
13 pages; PDF.

Drug Use: Marijuana Use Among US College Students Reaches New 35-Year High (Monitoring the Future Report 2018) (via U. of Michigan/ISR)

• Summary/News Release
• Direct to Full Text Report (505 pages; PDF)
• Tables (PDF)
• Figures (PDF)

Microbusinesses Spent $4.8 Billion on R&D Performance in the United States in 2016, According to New NSF Survey
Data Tables are also available.

More Than Half of U.S. Adults Trust Law Enforcement to Use Facial Recognition Responsibly (via Pew Research)

Ninth SG Report States ISIL Maintains Significant Residual Wealth (via UN)
Direct to Full Text Report (17 pages; PDF)

September 4, 2019

2019 Global Liveability Index: Vienna Remains The World’s Most Liveable City (via Economist Intelligence Unit) ||| Video ||| Complete Summary (11 pages; PDF)

Canada: Higher Education: Tuition Fees for Degree Programs, 2019/2020 (via Statistics Canada)
See Also: Tuition Fees for Degree Programs: Interactive Tool

Canadian Cancer Statistics (Government of Canada and Canada Cancer Society)
96 pages; PDF.

Cybersecurity: A State-of-the-Art Review (via RAND Europe and National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, Netherlands)

Elementary School Teachers Had Median Annual Wage of $58,230 in 2018 (via BLS)

HHS Reports

Care Provider Facilities Described Challenges Addressing Mental Health Needs of Children in HHS Custody
48 pages; PDF.

Unaccompanied Alien Children Care Provider Facilities Generally Conducted Required Background Checks but Faced Challenges in Hiring, Screening, and Retaining Employees
69 pages; PDF.

NSF Statistical Reports

Higher Education in Science and Engineering

Elementary and Secondary Mathematics and Science Education

Recent Trends in Child and Family Policy in the EU (via European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC), European Commission)
60 pages; PDF.

The Work of the Future: Shaping Technology and Institutions (via MIT Work of the Future)
60 pages; PDF.

Your Mental Health for Sale: How Websites About Depression Share Data with Advertisers and Leak Results (via Privacy International)

September 3, 2019

Apartments: Real Estate: Zumper National Rent Report: September 2019

Average U.S. Construction Costs for Solar Generation Continue to Decrease (via EIA)

CrisisWatch 2019: August Trends & September Alerts (via International Crisis Group)

Factbox: Recent U.S. Corporate Responses to Gun Violence (via Reuters)

Hurricane Dorian: FEMA and Additional Storm-Related Resources (via CRS) ||| Archived Versions of this Report

Disinformation and the 2020 Election: How the Social Media Should Prepare (via NYU Stern School of Business)

Managing California’s Cash (via LAO, State of California)

September 1, 2019

Drug Demand and Use in Africa: Modelling Trends to 2050 (via ENACT)
24 pages; PDF.

A Path to Employment for Veterans with Disabilities (via NCSL)
23 pages; PDF. ||| HTML Version

August 30, 2019

FY 2019 Domestic Terrorism Prosecutions Twice Number for International Terrorism (via TRAC/Syracuse University)

National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) Releases UK Cyber Incident Trends Report

Trends in Ratio of Pell Grant to Total Price of Attendance and Federal Loan Receipt (via NCES)
2 pages; PDF.

The U.S. Land-Grant University System: An Overview (via CRS) ||| Archived Versions of this Report

August 29, 2019

Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids (via RAND)
265 pages; PDF.

Life Science Outlook 2019 (via JLL)
84 pages; PDF.

Protecting Elections From Social Media Manipulation (via Science Magazine)

Public Opinion on Abortion 1995-2019 & U.S. Public Continues to Favor Legal Abortion, Oppose Overturning Roe v. Wade (via Pew Research)

Safe Cities Index 2019 (via Economist Intelligence Unit)
64 pages; PDF. ||| Infographic

Three New Reports from the George Washington University Program on Extremism 

• Filling the Gap in Our Terrorism Statutes (9 pages; PDF)
• Surveying the Landscape of the American Far Right (13 pages; PDF)
• The Other Travelers: American Jihadists Beyond Syria and Iraq (19 pages; PDF)

August 28, 2019

40+ Corporations Working on Autonomous Vehicles (via CB Insights)

Canada: Air Fares, 2018 (via Statistics Canada)

College Towns with The Fastest Growing Rents (via Zumper)

2019 Midyear Security Roundup: Evasive Threats, Pervasive Effects (via Trend Micro)

Government Ransomware Attacks (via Barracuda)

Map: What is the Real Value of $100 in Metropolitan Areas? (Tax Foundation)

Study: A Profile of Businesses in Indigenous Communities in Canada (via Statistics Canada) ||| PDF Version (43 pages)

U.S. Dept. of Defense 2019 Caregiver Resource Directory

August 27, 2019

Gaps in the Wealth of Americans by Household Type: Many U.S. Households Do Not Have Biggest Contributors to Wealth: Home Equity and Retirement Accounts (via U.S. Census)

New U.S. Data Available from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 (via NCES)

Not All Protected Bike Lanes are the Same: Infrastructure and Risk of Cyclist Collisions and Falls Leading to Emergency Department Visits in Three U.S. Cities (via IIHS)

August 26, 2019

Building an Inclusive Canada: National Disability Summit, May 9 to 10, 2019. What We Learned Report (via Employment and Social Development Canada)
24 pages; PDF.