WMU Libraries - Government Information

The U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has issued its first Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans that describes the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits to Americans. Information is available at:

http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/default.aspx

The report is available at:

http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf

The 2008 edition of the United States Government Policy and Supporting
Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is now available from the
U.S. Government Printing Office.

Alternately prepared after each Presidential election by the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Plum Book provides comprehensive information on thousands of
Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the
legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be
subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide. It provides a current
list of data, which includes the following major categories of
positions:

* Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates
established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;
* Senior Executive service "General" positions;
* Senior Foreign Service positions;
* Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the
President, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because
of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties;
* Other positions at the GS-14 and above level excepted from the
competitive service by law because of the confidential or
policy-determining nature of the position duties.

The Plum Book also provides information on SES appointments.
Additionally, appendices provide information on the positions listed and
the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid.

The digital version is available on GPO Access at:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/2008/index.html

It has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file. GPO has refined the
2008 Plum Book by adding bookmarks to it and optimizing it for the web.
The report is also available as a collection of smaller PDFs arranged in
a browse table based on the Plum Book's table of contents. You can
download entire chapters, or just information on individual commissions,
councils, corporations, departments, offices, etc.

Michigan's Transportation Funding Task Force released its report on the state's transportation needs. The press release is available at:

http://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7-192--203172--,00.html

The report is available at:

http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9623_31969_49303---,00.html