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