Yearbook of Immigration Statistics

The Department of Homeland Security has released the 2006 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. This publication, compiled annually, provides data on legal permanent residents, refugees and asylees, as well as naturalization and enforcement information. The yearbook includes a variety of data on immigrants, including country of origin, gender, age, marital status, and occupation. Selected data is available by state - for instance, if you’re looking for the total number of persons naturalized in Alabama for the years 2005-2006, table 22 has what you need (795 and 1,946, respectively). If you’re trying to find out what percentage of those naturalized in Alabama are female, or are working in the construction industry, that level of detailed data is not available.
The data tables are available as Excel spreadsheets; the reports are available as pdf files. Previous editions of the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics are also available - dating back to 1997.

National Strategy for Information Sharing

Yesterday the White House released its National Strategy for Information Sharing (subtitle: Successes and Challenges in Improving Terrorism-Related Information Sharing).  The document outlines strategies for sharing information among government officials on the federal, tribal, state, and local levels, as well as the private sector and foreign partners.