New items – August 2010
Afghanistan
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan. Y 4.F 76/1:111-78
Agriculture
House Committee on Agriculture. Hearing to Review U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba.
Y 4.AG 8/1:111-44
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Benefits of Farm-To-School Projects: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for School Children. Y 4.AG 8/3:S.HRG. 111-245
Baseball
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball.
Y 4.G 74/7:110-206
Border Security
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Securing the Northern Border: Views from the Front Lines.
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 110-1024
House Committee on Homeland Security. Combating Border Violence: The Role of Interagency Coordination in Investigations. Y 4.H 75:111-29
Campaigns and Elections
House Committee on the Judiciary. First Amendment and Campaign Finance Reform after Citizens United.
Y 4.J 89/1:111-71
China
Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Reporting the News in China: Firsthand Accounts and Current Trends. Y 4.C 44:N 47
Climate Change
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Climate Science: Empowering Our Response to Climate Change.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-366
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. State, Regional, and Local Perspectives on Global Warming.
Y 4.P 96/10:S.HRG. 110-1026
Crime and Criminal Justice
Senate Committee on Finance. Identity Theft: Who’s Got Your Number.
Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 110-1031
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Common Enemy, Common Struggle: Progress in U.S.-Mexican Efforts to Defeat Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking. Y 4.F 76/2:S.Prt. 111-47
House Committee on the Judiciary. Over-Criminalization of Conduct/Over-Federalization of Criminal Law.
Y 4.J 89/1:111-67
House Committee on the Judiciary. Crime Victims Rights Act of 2004. Y 4.J 89/1:111-75
House Committee on the Judiciary. Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: Strategies to Help Girls Achieve their Full Potential. Y 4.J 89/1:111-77
House Committee on the Judiciary. Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.
Y 4.J 89/1:111-78
Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The First Line of Defense: Reducing Recidivism at the Local Level.
Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 111-370
Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The Victim of Crime Act: 25 Years of Protecting and Supporting Victims.
Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 111-459
Economic Crisis and Recovery
Congressional Oversight Panel. Evaluating Progress on TARP Foreclosure Mitigation Programs (April Oversight Report).
Y 3.2:C 76/3/F 76/5
Congressional Oversight Panel. The Small Business Credit Crunch and the Impact of TARP. (May Oversight Report) Y 3.2:C 76/3/T 75/6
House Committee on the Budget. The Recovery Act: Strengthening Our Economy.
Y 4.B 85/3:111-15
Joint Economic Committee. Current Trends in Foreclosures and What More Can Be Done to Prevent Them.
Y 4.EC 7:S.HRG. 111-373
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Strengthening the Transatlantic Economy: Moving Beyond the Crisis.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 111-377
Emergency Preparedness
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The New FEMA: Is the Agency Better Prepared for a Catastrophe Now Than It Was in 2005?
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 110-1021
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Protecting Our Employees: Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and the Federal Workforce. Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 111-300
Energy
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Grid-Scale Energy Storage.
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 111-335
Senate Committe eon Energy and Natural Resources. Clean Energy Research and Development.
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 111-385
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Energy Efficiency of Appliances.
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 111-402
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Energy Security: An American Imperative.
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 110-1023
House Committee on Natural Resources. Unconventional Fuels – Part II: The Promise of Methane Hydrates.
Y 4.R 31/3:111-32
House Committee on Science and Technology. Biomass for Thermal Energy and Electricity: A Research and Development Portfolio for the Future. Y 4.SCI 2:111-56
House Committee on Science and Technology. The Next Generation of Fusion Energy Research.
Y 4.SCI 2:111-61
House Committee on Science and Technology. Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology:
Finding the Path to Commercialization.
Y 4.SCI 2:111-67
Environment and Natural Resources
U.S. Geological Survey. Water-The Nation’s Fundamental Climate Issue:
A White Paper on the U.S. Geological Survey Role and Capabilities. I 19.4/2:1347
National Park Service. Junior Paleontologist – Activity Book, Ages 5-12 I 29.2:P 18/8
House Committee on the Budget. Budgeting for Nuclear Waste Management. Y 4.B 85/3:111-14
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Asian Carp.
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 111-386
House Committee on Science and Technology. Monitoring, Measurement, and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, parts I and II. Y 4.SCI 2:111-3 (part I) and Y 4.SCI 2:111-18 (part II)
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The Clean Water Act After 37 Years: Recommitting to the Protection of the Nation’s Waters. Y 4.T 68/2:111-70
Federal Employees
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. A Call to Arms: A Review of Benefits for Deployed Federal Employees. Y 4.G 74/7:111-40
Financial Services Industry
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Regulatory Reform and the Derivatives Market.
Y 4.AG 8/3:S.HRG. 111-246
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Turmoil in the U.S. Credit Markets:
Examining the Recent Actions of Federal Financial Regulators.
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 110-974
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The State of the Banking Industry: part II.
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 110-1004
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Turmoil in the U.S. Credit Markets: The Genesis of the Current Economic Crisis. Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 110-1013
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Establishing A Framework for Systemic Risk Regulation. Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-297
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Regulatory Modernization: Perspectives on Insurance.
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-301
Joint Economic Committee. Predatory Lending and Reverse Redlining: Are Low-Income Minority and Senior Borrowers Targets for Higher-Cost Loans? Y 4.EC 7:S.HRG. 111-371
Joint Economic Committee. TARP Accountability and Oversight: Measuring the Strength of Financial Institutions. Y 4.EC 7:S.HRG. 111-412
House Committee on Financial Services. Utilizing Technology to Improve TARP and Financial Oversight.
Y 4.F 49/20:111-75
House Committee on Financial Services. Experts’ Perspectives on Systemic Risk and Resolution Issues.
Y 4.F 49/20:111-78
House Committee on Financial Services. Perspectives on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Y 4.F 49/20:111-81
House Committee on Financial Services. Capital Markets Regulatory Reform: Strengthening Investor Protection, Enhancing Investor Protection, Enhancing Oversight of Private Pools of Capital, and Creating a National Insurance Office. Y 4.F 49/20:111-84
House Committee on Financial Services. Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivative Market:
Limiting Risk and Ensuring Fairness.
Y 4.F 49/20:111-85
House Committee on Financial Services. The State of Global Microfinance: How Public and Private Funds Can Effectively Promote Financial Inclusion for All. Y 4.F 49/20:111-100
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How Did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Y 4.G 74/7:111-41 (Part II); Y 4.G 74/7:111-47 (Part IV)
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. AIG Bonuses: Audit Report of the SIGTARP.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-42
House Committee on Oversight and Government Operations. Credit Rating Agencies and the Next Financial Crisis.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-45
House Committee on Science and Technology. The Risks of Financial Modeling: VAR and the Economic Meltdown. Y 4.SCI 2:111-48
Congressional Budget Office. The Budgetary Impact of Subsidy Costs of the Federal Reserve’s Actions During the Financial Crisis.
Y 10.2:B 85/48
Food and Drug Safety
House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures. Y 4.C 73/8:110-109
House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Discussion Draft of the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act Legislation: Device and Cosmetic Safety Provisions.
Y 4.C 73/8:110-117
Foreign and International Relations
Africa Center for Security Studies. Africa Security Brief – Misinterpreting Ethnic Conflicts in Africa (No. 4 – April 2010) D 5.425:4
Senate Committe eon Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Assessing Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options.
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-336
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Administration Perspectives on Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options.
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-410
Senate Committee on Finance. Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007.
Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 110-1029
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. A Regional Overview on the Middle East.
Y 4.F 76/1:111-73
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sudan: A review of the Administration’s New Policy and a Situation Update. Y 4.F 76/1:111-76
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Yemen on the Brink:Implications for U.S. Policy.
Y 4.F 76/1:111-81
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution. Y 4.F 76/1:111-84
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. U.S. Policy Toward Burma: Its Impact and Effectiveness.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 111-358
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Recent Developments in Sri Lanka.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 111-390
Senate Committee on Forteign Relations. Reevaluating U.S, Policy in Central Asia. Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 111-433
Senate Committee on Forteign Relations. Exploring U.S. Policy Options Toward Zimbabe’s Transition.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 111-439
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Cuba: Immediate Action is Needed to Ensure the Survivability of Radio and TV Marti.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.Prt. 111-46
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities and Consequences. Y 4.G 74/7:111-43
Geography
House Committee on Natural Resources. “Federal Geospacial Data Management;” and H.R. 2489, “Americaview Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program Act.” Y 4.R 31/3:111-29
Health and Healthcare Policy
House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Covering Uninsured Kids: Reversing Progress Already Made.
Y 4.C 73/8:110-91
Senate Committee on Finance. Covering Uninsured Children: The Impact of the August 17th Chip Directive.
Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 110-1030
House Committe on the Judiciary. Biologics and Biosimilars: Balancing Incentives for Innovation.
Y 4.J 89/1:111-73
Internet
House Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. ___, Draft Legislation Enhancing Access to Broadband Technology and Services for Persons with Disabilities. Y 4.C 73/8:110-110
House Committee on the Judiciary. Expansion of Top Level Domains and Its Effect on Competition.
Y 4.J 89/1:111-70
House Committee on the Judiciary. Cyberbullying and Other Online Safety Issues for Children. Y 4.J 89/1:111-76
Labor Force
Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ensuring a Legal Workforce: What Changes Should be Made to Our Current Employment Verification System? Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 111-337
Military Affairs
National Defense University. Commanding Heights: Strategic Lessons from Complex Operations.
D 5.402:C 73/10
United States Army. The 108th Training Command: A History of Embracing Innovation & Shaping the Future, 1946-2010. D 101.2:T 68/2
Combat Studies Institute. A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom October 2001-September 2005. D 110.2:D 56
Naval War College. U.S. Naval War College Illustrated History and Guide. D 208.202:N 22
Naval War College. Digesting History: The U.S. Naval War College, the Lessons of World War Two, and Future naval Warfare, 1945-1947.
D 208.210:17
United States Marine Corps. Det One: U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Special Operations Command Detachment, 2003-2006. D 214:13:M 34/12 (U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terrorism).
House Committe on Armed Services. Another Crossroads? Professional Military Education Two Decades After the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton Panel. Y 4.AR 5/2:ED 8
House Committee on Armed Services. Charting the Course for Effective Professional Military Education.
Y 4.AR 5/2 A:2009-2010/93
House Committee on Armed Services. Defeating the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Other Asymmestric Threats: Reviewing the Performance and Oversight of the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO).
Y 4.AR 5/2 A:2009-2010/105
Congressional Budget Office. An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2011 Shipbuilding Plan.
Y 10.2:N 22/13
Congressional Budget Office. Strategies for Maintaining the navy’s and Marine Corps’ Inventories of Fighter Aircraft. Y 10.2:ST 8/9
National and Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security. Legal Division Reference Book.
HS 1.8:L 52/2/2010 (GovInfo Reference)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Information Sharing: Connecting the Dots at the Federal, State, and Local Levels. Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 110-1028
Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Strengethening Security and Oversight at Biological Research Laboratories. Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 111-353
Nutrition
Food and Nutrition Service. Grow It, Try It, Like It. (Kit) A 98.9:406
Older Americans
Administration on Aging. Get Connected: Linking Older Adults with Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health Resources. HE 20.402:C 76/3/KIT/2009
Senate Committee on Finance. Selling to Seniors: The Need for Accountability and Oversight of Marketing by Medicare Private Plans. Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 110-1027
Patents
Smithsonian Institution. Patent Models Index: Guide to the Collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 2 volumes. (Smithsonian Contributions to History and technology, Number 54) SI 1.28:54/v. 1-2
Piracy
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Piracy on the High Seas: Protecting Our Ships, Crews, and Passengers.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-427
Presidential Nominations – Commerce
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Nomination of Hon. Gary F. Locke to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-389
Presidential Nominations – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Nomination of Mignon L. Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker to the Federal Communications Commission.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-357
Presidential Protection
House Committee on Homeland Security. The United States Secret Service and Presidential Protection: An Examination of a System Failure. Part I and II. Y 4.H 75:111-46
Religious Freedom
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The State of Political and Religious Freedom in the Middle East.
Y 4.F 76/1:111-77
Rural America
House Committee on Agriculture. Hearing to Review Rural Water Infrastructure.
Y 4.AG 8/1:111-45
Science Education
National Center for Education Statistics. Science Achievement and Occupational career/Technical Education Coursetaking in High School: The Class of 2005. ED 1.328/4:SCI 2
Sex Education
Department of Health and Human Services. Mom. Dad. We gotta talk. Talk to me about sex.
HE 1.2:P 21/3/KIT/2010
Until someone invents sex-blocking equipment, you still need to talk to your kids about sex.
HE 1.2:P 21/8/KIT also www.4parents.gov
Space Transportation
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Commercial Space Transportation.
Y 4.T 68/2:111-78
Statistics
Joint Economic Committee. The Federal Statistical System in the 21st Century: The Role of the Census Bureau.
Y 4.EC 7:S.HRG. 111-372
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Join the Voices for Recovery. (KIT)
HE 20.402:R 24/4
Surveying
Bureau of Land Management. Manual of Surveying Instructions. I 53.7/2:SU 7
Taxes and taxation
House Committee on the Judiciary. State Taxation: The Role of Congress in Defining Nexus.
Y 4.J 89/1:111-68
Terrorism
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Confronting Al Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan
and Beyond. Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 111-363
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Examining U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities and Strategy Across Africa’s Sahel Region.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 111-406
Transportation
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Public Transit Safety: Examining the Federal Role.
Y 4.T 68/2:111-80
Tourism
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Tourism in Troubled Times.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-378
Veteran’s Affairs
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Transitioning Heroes: New Era, Same Problems? Y 4.V 64/3:111-55
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Providing Care for Rural Veterans: Community-Based
Outpatient Clinics. Y 4.V 64/4:S.HRG. 111-304
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Review of Veterans’ Disability Compensation: Benefits in the 21st Century. Y 4.V 64/4:S.HRG. 111-326
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