Fastest Growing Small Companies

From Fortune Small Business:

Lists & Rankings: FSB 100: America’s fastest-growing small companies, 2007

America’s 100 fastest-growing small public companies. See the full results, plus top 25 companies by revenue growth, stock performance, and more

Lists for 2005 and 2006 are also available.

Slide Show about Top 25

Alternative Medicine

From the University of Maryland Medical Center:

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Index (CAM)

Collection of material about different types of CAM, such as acupuncture, biofeedback, herbal medicine, hypnotherapy, massage, and yoga.
Includes discussions of conditions (by organ and symptoms), and drug, herb, and supplement interactions and uses.

URL: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/

The Big Read - NEA

From the National Endowment for the Arts:

The Big Read Becomes The Largest Federal Literature Program Since The W.P.A.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today more than doubled the number of communities taking part in its nationwide reading program, the Big Read. One hundred seventeen cities were awarded grants to produce celebrations of American literature from September through December 2007.

The Big Read, launched nationally in October 2006 by the NEA, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Arts Midwest, encourages literary reading by asking communities to come together to read and discuss one book.
Big Read website

Participating Big Read Cities - 2007 Cycle 2

Philanthropy

From Giving USA:

U.S. charitable giving reaches $295.02 billion in 2006
(PDF; 101 KB)

U.S. charitable giving reached a new record in 2006, an estimated $295.02 billion, according to Giving USA 2007, the yearbook of philanthropy published by Giving USA FoundationTM and researched and written by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Donors gave an estimated $11.97 billion more than in 2005, a 4.2 percent increase (1.0 percent adjusted for inflation) over a revised estimate for 2005 of $283.05 billion. The 2005 estimate includes nearly $7.4 billion in extraordinary disaster relief giving. If disaster gifts are excluded from the 2005 total, giving in 2006 rose 6.6 percent (3.2 percent after adjusting for inflation).
Full publication available for purchase

Congressional Pictorial Directory

From GPO Access:

Congressional Pictorial Directory: 110th Congress (PDFs)

The 110th Congressional Pictorial Directory provides a color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 110th Congress. It also includes information about a Member of Congress’ length of service, political party affiliations, and Congressional district.
Also contains pictures of the President, Vice President, and House and Senate officers and officials.

Agricultural Requirements from the EPA

New from the EPA:

From the news release:

EPA has created a regulatory matrix titled, “Major Existing EPA Laws and Programs That Could Affect Agricultural Producers” that provides a succinct, general description of EPA’s requirements for both regulatory and voluntary programs.
This compliance assistance tool should be used by agricultural producers, federal and state regulators, and third party information providers who provide information and services to agricultural producers.

Direct to Matrix Web Site

Sustainable Development

The SustainLane Government Knowledge Base was open only to government officials until just recently, which it became accessible to the general public. According to Warren Karlenzig, SustainLane director:
Now you can read full documents submitted by urban planners and sustainability managers from across the country. Find out what cities, counties, and states are doing to improve their carbon footprints, quality of life and resource efficiency. Find the latest programs in urban ecology.
We anticipate that several different audiences will find this database valuable, including journalists and citizen activist groups. It’s easy to use. Halfway down the front page is a listing of topics, each of which links to relevant materials in the database:
Climate Change Policy
Economic Development
Energy/ Energy Efficiency
Food/ Agriculture
Forestry/ Street Greening
Green Building/ Development
Land Use/ Planning
Parks/ Open Space/ Habitat
Purchasing/ Investing
Sustainability Management
Transportation/ Fleets
Waste Management
Water/ Wastewater
Just below this listing are links to the most recent materials added to the database, including things like the Philadelphia Local Action Plan for Climate Change, a document about Heat Island Effect Mitigation (from the City of Houston), a Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance from San Francisco, and more. New materials via user submission are added on a continuing basis. A search form allows keyword and fielded searching — e.g., by author, city, county, state, category, city size, document type.