This Week's Facts:
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Help Celebrate
Earth Day Indiana on April 23
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Go Green During
National Garden Month
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Lt. Governor
Honors Hoosier Women Artists
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Resources Help
Libraries Link Jobseekers to Opportunities
Document of the Month:
Annual Report of the Indiana
State Board of Medical Registration & Examination
Standards for medical practices in Indiana can be traced back to
the organization of this Board as early as 1897. The Indiana
Medical Law of 1897 established that anyone practicing medicine
or surgery must have a license or certificate from the State
Board of Medical Registration and Examination. This law also
established testing requirements for new physicians to determine
their skills and knowledge before practicing on patients. The
annual reports contain a list of the officers and members of the
board for the year and subsequent year the annual report was
published. The annual report contains laws, statutes and
standards for all the states and territories. This is an
interesting publication for anyone interested in the history of
medical licensure and procedures for Indiana and surrounding
states. Other resources included in the Reports are the
Proceedings of the Board, Financial Reports and an official
register of physicians organized by county. These reports
contain a wealth of information for Indiana and beyond. The
Annual reports can be found in the State Library’s collections,
I 614.1 I for 1897-1972.
2011 Federal
Budget Update
The federal government budget has been in the news a lot lately.
When the 2011 Budget was not passed by its October 2010
deadline, Congress enacted a series of
Continuing Resolutions to
allow the federal government to continue to function at its
current level. The last Continuing Resolution (PL 112-8) was
passed on the condition that a budget for fiscal year 2011 would
be passed this week. Be sure to keep up with what’s going on in
Congress! You can view previous Continuing Resolutions on FDsys:
PL 112-4 and
PL 112-6, the two CRs that
were passed in March, are available. The latest will be
available shortly. You also may want to check out the text of
the bill for the actual budget. See
HR 1473 for that. As of
this writing, the bill has passed both the House and the Senate.
Be sure to check out the Govtrack.us
page on this to track its
progress as it goes to the President. Another good thing to look
at is the 2011 budget as it was originally proposed.
FDsys has this and the 2012
proposed budget, as well as those going back to 1996.
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Friday Facts Editorial Team:
Katharine Springer
State Data
Center Coordinator
Elisabeth
O’Donnell
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
Documents Coordinator
 
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Help
Celebrate Earth Day Indiana on April 23
 Earth
Day is the time to reflect and evaluate our impact on the
environment. Earth
Day Indiana is a free outdoor festival at White
River State Park-801 W. Washington Street from 11a.m.-4:00p.m.
Celebrate Earth Day with music, food, and activities for every
age. Nationally, Earth Day is celebrated on April 22. The theme
for this year is “Earth Day 2011: A Billion Acts of Green.” Click
here for more information, tools, and resources
to celebrate Earth Day. There are numerous
events across the United
States to help bring attention and awareness to our environment
and the footprints we leave daily. The
Indiana Department of Environmental
Management has tips and tools to help Indiana
citizens become more environmentally-conscious.
Go Green During National Garden Month
 Finally!
Winter is over and the world is starting to turn green again.
There is new life everywhere and your background should be no
exception. As such, April is
National Garden Month.
Check out the National Gardening Association website to see 101
Ways to Celebrate, including
In Your Community and
Edible Landscaping. Of
course, there are plenty of gardening tips from both the Federal
and State governments. It should be of no surprise, but one of
the best places to go is the USDA. You can find information on a
variety of gardening topics, whether you’re interested in basic
horticulture, composting or even landscaping. For those who are
interested in growing food organically, the
Alternative Farming Systems Information
Center has a variety of sources available online
and at your local Federal Depository Library. You can also get
some basic garden tips from the
Natural Resources Conservations Service
and from the
Home and Garden Information Center
at the University of Maryland Extension Office. One final source
from the USDA is the National Agricultural Library. They have a
great
list of online sources for
home gardening. On the local level, be sure to check out the
Indiana Department of Agriculture
website
for agricultural information, as well as the
Farmers’ Market Online Directory.
Go here to sell your own produce or buy someone else’s!
Lt.
Governor Honors Hoosier Women Artists
 Last
month, in recognition of Women’s History Month, the
Office of
Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman selected
outstanding pieces of artwork by Hoosier women artists. Starting
in early April, these works are being displayed in the lobby of
the Lieutenant Governor’s Office for one year. The April 10
issue of the Skillman’s March in Review bulletin stated:
My office in the statehouse welcomes a large number of
tourists and visitors from across the state and the world.
As they learn about our state’s history, they can also
experience a taste of Hoosier culture, admiring the winning
pieces from my annual Hoosier Women Artists Competition.
This year, 11 winners were selected from across the state,
and their work will be displayed in my office for a year. To
see a slideshow of the paintings and photographs,
please visit my website.
Resources Help Libraries Link Jobseekers to Opportunities
 In
an atmosphere of “cautious optimism,” as quoted in the
Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute’s April 14
news release from
Inside Indiana Business,
libraries should soon see new graduates seeking work and
unemployed Indiana citizens renewing their job searches if they
aren’t already involved in current searches. An article this
week on the
CNNMoney website indicated
the “best
hiring picture in four years” for college grads.
You have many government information tools available to assist
these new high school and college graduates, Indiana residents
who are exploring new careers and those who are in between jobs.
The
Indiana Department of Workforce
Development (DWD), an
Indiana State Data Center Affiliate,
has an ample collection of resources available to the public.
Find recent
Economic Forecasts and Projections
and
long- &
short-term Occupational Projections
on the
Hoosiers by the Numbers
website.
Stats Indiana provides the
Indiana Dashboard: a Summary of Key
Economic Indicators, to demonstrate recent
changes in the Indiana economy in graphic form.
The
Wall Street Journal
recently posted an online video,
Tips for Landing a Job, and
Miriam Salpeter from a
U.S. News and World Report
blog
On Careers, proposed
answers this week to the question, “Why
You’re Not Getting Hired.” Under the
Job Search section of Indiana’s DWD website,
you’ll find links in the left sidebar to
Tips for a Job Search,
Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs,
IndianaCareerConnect.com,
State & Federal Job Openings
and more. The DWD’s
WorkKeys and
INTraining modules are
available online and at
Indiana’s WorkOne Centers
to assist everyone in assessing and improving job skills. The
DWD
Business Lookup Tool lets
users search for potential employers by county, city, business
name, and Economic Growth Region.
You can help patrons use federal resources by directing them to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career Information Page and
A-Z List of Careers.
CareerOneStop.org is a service of the U.S.
Department of Labor. It contains tools to help
job seekers,
students,
businesses, and
career professionals.
USAJobs.gov is a one-stop shop for federal
government employment. Search jobs only in Indiana by entering
“Indiana” into the “Where” field. Users can upload and save a
profile and resume on the website, then return to search and
apply for positions.
Students.gov is the federal
portal for considering education, career, and military service
decisions. It is also a comprehensive resource for
online federal research and information,
organized by topics like Science & Medicine, Geography & travel
and Arts & Education. Search away!
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