New Items – August 2011

Access to Government Information

United States Government Printing Office. 
Keeping America Informed: The U.S. Government Printing Office, 150 Years of Service to the Nation.  GP 1.2:IN 3/2

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Public Access to Federally-Funded Research. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-114

Afghanistan

House Committee on Armed Services. 
Equipping the Warfighter in Afghanistan. 
Y 4.AR 5/2 A:2011-2012/10

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 
Avoiding Water Wars: Water Scarcity and Central Asia’s Growing Importance for Stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.PRT. 112-10

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 
Evaluating U.S. Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan. 
Y 4.F 76/2:S.PRT. 112-21

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Training and Equiping Afghanistan Security Forces: Unaccounted Weapons and Strategic Challenges.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-115

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Investigation of Protection Payments for Safe Passage Along Afghan Supply Chain.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-144

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Afghanistan Elections: What Happened and Where Do We Go From Here?
Y 4.G 74/7:111-149

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Crisis in Kyrgyzstan: Fuel, Contracts, and Revolution Along the Afghan Supply Chain. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-150

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
Oversight of Reconstruction Contracts in Afghanistan and the Role of the Special Inspector General.
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 111-964

 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
Innovation and Inclusion: The Americans with Disabilities Act at 20.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-986

Aviation Industry

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
Rural Air Service.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 109-1140

Budget, U.S.

House Committee on Financial Services. 
Monetary Policy and the Debt Ceiling: Examining the Relationship Between the Federal Reserve and Government Debt. 
Y 4.F 49/20:112-28

House Committee on the Judiciary. 
Whether the Constitution Should Be Amended to Address the Federal Deficit? 
Y 4.J 89/1:112-30

Congressional Budget Office. 
CBO’s 2011 Long-term Budget Outlook.
Y 10.2:B 85/44/2011

Census (2010)

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
The 2010 Census: Participation of Hard to Count Communities in Non-Response Follow-up. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-116

China

Congressional Executive Commission on China. 
China and Human Trafficking: Updates and Analysis. 
Y 4.C 44:H 88/15

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
China’s Exchange Rate Policy.
Y 4.W 36:111-45

Civil War, United States – Sesquicentennial

Center for Military History. 
Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops 1862-1867.
D 114.2:SW 7

Climate Change

House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
The U.S. Climate Action Partnership.
Y 4.C 73/8:111-1

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
Drought and Climate Change on Water Resources. 
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 112-16

Congress

United States Senate.
Welcome to the United States Senate. 
Y 1.3:S.Pub. 112-8

Joint Committee on Printing. 
Congressional Pictorial Directory – One Hundred Twelfth Congress. 
Y 4.P 93/1:1 P 112

Consumer Affairs

House Committee on Financial Services. 
Oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 
Y 4.F 49/20:112-18

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Arbitration or Arbitrary: The Misuse of Mandatory Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debts. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-125

Crime and Criminal Justice

National Institute of Justice. 
Police Use of Force, Tasers and Other Less-Lethal Weapons. 
J 28.24:F 74/2

National Institute of Justice.
Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator.
J 28.24/3:D 34/7/2011

National Institute of Justice.
Police Discipline: A Case for Change 
(New Perspectives in Policing, June 2011) 
J 28.27/2:P 75/4

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
Counternarcotics Contracts in Latin America.
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 111-982

Cuba

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
National Security Implications of U.S. Policy Toward Cuba.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-121

Economic Crisis and Recovery

House Committee on Agriculture. 
Harmonizing Global Derivatives Reform: Impact on U.S. Competitiveness and Market Stability.
Y 4.AG 8/1:112-17

Senate Committee on Finance.
Exports’ Place on the Path of Economic Recovery. 
Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 111-966

House Committee on Financial Services. 
Legislative Proposals to and Taxpayer Funding for Ineffective Foreclosure Mitigation Programs.
Y 4.F 49/20:112-13

House Committee on Financial Services. 
The Relationship of Monetary Policy and Rising Taxes. 
Y 4.F 49/20:112-20

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Tracking the Money: How Recovery Act Recipients Account for Their Use of Stimulus Dollars. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-96

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
The U.S. Government as Dominant Shareholders: How Should the Taxpayers Ownership Right be Exercised? (part 2) 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-133

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  Foreclosures Continue: What Needs to Change in the Administration’s Response. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-134

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
Safeguarding the American Dream: Prospects for Our Economic Future and Proposals to Secure It.
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 111-969

House Committee on the Judiciary. 
Can We Sue Our Way to Prosperity: Litigation’s Effect on America’s Global Competitiveness.
Y 4.J 89/1:112-31

House Committee on Small Business. 
Putting Americans Back to Work: The State of the Small Business Economy. 
Y 4.SM 1:111-059/2

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
The Safety Net’s Response to the Recession.
Y 4.W 36:111-33

Education

House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
Education Regulations: Federal Overreach into Academic Affairs.
Y 4.ED 8/1:112-11

House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
Education Regulations: Burying Schools in Paperwork. 
Y 4.ED 8/1:112-12

House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
Education Reforms: Promoting Flexibility and Innovation. 
Y 4.ED 8/1:112-17

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
Tax Incentives for Post Secondary Education. 
Y 4.W 36:110-80

Emergency Preparedness

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
Hurricane Katrina and Communications Interoperability. 
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 109-1138

House Committee on Homeland Security. 
Caring for Special Needs During Disasters: What’s Being Done for Vulnerable Populations?
Y 4.H 75:111-69

House Committee on Homeland Security. 
DHS Planning and Response: Preliminary Lessons from Deepwater Horizon.
Y 4.H 75:111-80

Energy

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
Energy Pricing.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 109-1133

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
Clean Energy Deployment Administration. 
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 112-21

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
Hydropower.
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 112-26

Environment and Natural Resources

United States Forest Service. 
Amphibians, Reptiles and Turtles of the Cimarron National Grassland Kansas. 
A 13.2:C 49/4

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
The Lifesaving Role of Accurate Hurricane Prediction and Preparation. 
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 109-1137

House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
Environmental Regulation, the Economy, and Jobs. 
Y 4.C 73/8:112-6

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Green Building Practices in the Federal Sector: Progress and Challenges to Date.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-147

House Committee on Small Business. 
Green Isn’t Always Gold: Are EPA Regulations Harming Small Businesses? 
Y 4.SM 1:112-014

Financial Services Industry

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
Implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-879

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
The State of the Credit Union Industry. 
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-920

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
Examining the Efficiency, Stability, and Integrity of the U.S. Capital Markets. 
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-922

House Committee on Financial Services. 
The Final Report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. 
Y 4.F 49/20:112-6

House Committee on Financial Services. 
Legislative Proposals to Create a Covered Bond Market in the United States. 
Y 4.F 49/20:112-17

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse. 
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 112-675/pt. 4

House Committee on the Judiciary. 
Competition and Consolidation in Financial Markets. 
Y 4.J 89/1:112-24

Food and Food Safety

House Committee on Agriculture. 
Hearing to Review the State of the Beef Industry. 
Y 4.AG 8/1:112-8

House Committee on Agriculture. 
Hearing to Review the State of the Pork Industry.
Y 4.AG 8/1:112-14

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Ready-to-Eat or Not?: Examining the Impact of Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-126

Foreign and International Relations

National Defense University. 
The Borderlands of Southeast Asia: Geopolitics, Terrorism, and Globalization. 
D 5.417/2:B 64

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
The Treasury Department’s Report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies.
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-914

Senate Committee on Finance. 
The 2010 Trade Agenda.
Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 111-997

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
Is America’s Overseas Broadcasting Undermining Our National Interest and the Fight Against Tyrannical Regimes? 
Y 4.F 76/1:112-13

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
Asia Overview: Protecting American Interests in China and Asia. 
Y 4.F 76/1:112-15

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
The Columbia and Panama Free Trade Agreements: National Security and Foreign Policy Priorities. 
Y 4.F 76/1:112-17

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
Overview of U.S. Relations with Europe and Eurasia.
Y 4.F 76/1:112-20

Haiti

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
To Measure the Progress of Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction, and Development Efforts in Haiti Following the Earthquake of January 12, 2010, and for Other Purposes. 
Y 4.F 76/1:112-19

Health and Health Care

Senate Committee on Appropriations. 
Defending Against Public Health Threats. 
Y 4.AP 6/2:S.HRG. 111-970

House Committee on the Budget. 
The Fiscal Consequences of the Health Care Law. 
Y 4.B 85/3:112-1

House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
Health Care Issues Involving the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. 
Y 4.C 73/8:112-7

House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
The Pressures of Raising Costs on Employer Provided Health Care.
Y 4.ED 8/1:112-10

Senate Committee on Finance. 
President’s Fiscal Year 2011 Health Care Proposals. 
Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 111-994

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Between You and Your Doctor: The Bureaucracy of Private Health Insurance–
Day 1.  Y 4.G 74/7:111-127
Day 2. Y 4.G 74/7:111-128

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Medicaid’s Efforts to Reform Since the Preventable Death of Deamonte Driver: A Progress Report. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-129

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Addressing Insurance Market Reform in National Health Reform (Roundtable Discussion). 
Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG. 111-960

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 
Delivery Reform: The Roles of Primary and Speciality Care in Innovative New Delivery Models.
Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG. 111-972

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 
Healthcare Reform Roundtable (Parts 1-2).
Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG. 111-974/pt. 1-2

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity. 
Y 4.W 36:110-30

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
Health Reform in the 21st Century: Proposals to Reform the Health System. 
Y 4.W 36:111-26

Housing

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
A Comparison of International Housing Finance Systems. 
Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 111-886

House Committee on Financial Services. 
Are There Government Barriers to the Housing Market Recovery? 
Y 4.F 49/20:112-7

Human Rights

Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 
Human Rights at Home: Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails. 
Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 111-975

Identity Security and Theft

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
Identification Security: Reevaluating the Real ID Act. 
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 111-981

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
Protecting the Privacy of the Social Security Number from Identity Theft. 
Y 4.W 36:111-33

Immigration

House Committee on the Judiciary. 
H-1B Visas: Designing A Program to Meet the Needs of the U.S. Economy and U.S. Workers.
Y 4.J 89/1:112-23

Internet and Telecommunications

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
An Examination of Children’s Privacy: New Technologies and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-968

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Federal Information Security: Current Challenges and Future Policy Considerations.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-145

Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 
The Comcast/NBC Universal Merger: What Does the Future Hold for Competition and Consumers? 
Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 111-976

Japan – Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
Nuclear Power Plant Tradegy in Japan. 
Y 4.EN 2:S.HRG. 112-11

Labor

Department of Homeland Security. 
E-Verify Rights and Responsibilities: What Every Employer & Employee Should Know If Your Organization Uses E-verify. 
HS 8.19:EV 2/Span.-ENG/DVD

Military Affairs

Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam, 1960-1968, Part 1. 
(History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
D 5.2:H 62/4/960-68/pt. 1

Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and national POlicy 1961-1964
(History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, v. 8).
D 5.2:H 62/v. 8

United States Marines.
U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2004-2005: Into the Fray.
D 214.13:IR 1/5

United States Air Force. 
Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership. 
D 301.2:H 78/2011

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
The Global Nuclear Revival and U.S. Nonproliferation Policy. 
Y 4.F 76/1:112-7.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Rise of the Drones: Unmanned Systems and the Future of War. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-118

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Contracting in Combat Zones: Who Are Our Contractors? 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-142

Congressional Budget Office. 
An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2012 Shipbuilding Plan. 
Y 10.2:N 22/14

Congressional Budget Office. 
Policy Options for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Y 10.2:P 75/8

National Security

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
The Global Nuclear Revival and U.S. Nonproliferation Policy. 
Y 4.F 76/1:112-7

House Committee eon Foreign Affairs. 
Communist Chinese Cyber-Attacks, Cyber-Espionage and Theft of American Technology.
Y 4.F 76/1:112-14

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Transnational Drug Enterprises (Part II): U.S. Perspectives on the Threats to Global Stability and U.S. National Security.
Y 4.G 74/7:111-117

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
National Security, Interagency Collaboration, and Lessons from Southcom and Africom. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-124

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
Security Clearance Reform: Setting a Course for Sustainability. 
Y 4.G 74/9;S.HRG. 111-991

House Committee on Homeland Security. 
Assessment of Checkpoint Security: Are Our Airports Keeping Passengers Safe?
Y 4.H 75:111-57

Pakistan

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
U.S. Aid to Pakistan: Planning and Accountability. 
Y 4.G 74/7:111-131

Peace Corps

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
Peace Corps at 50.
Y 4.F 76/1:112-16

Pensions

House Committee on the Judiciary.
Role of Public Employee Pensions in Contributing to State Insolvency and the Possibility of State Bankruptcy Chapter. 
Y 4.J 89/1:112-25

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
Defined Benefit Pension Plan Funding Levels and Investment Advice Rules. 
Y 4.W 36:111-31

Postal Services

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
Having Their Say: Customer and Employee Views on the Future of the U.S. Postal Service. 
Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 111-950

Russia

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. 
Looking Ahead to the Medvedev Administration.
Y 4.SE 2:110-2-12

Space Flight and Exploration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
Wings in Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle 1971-2010.
NAS 1.21:2010-3409

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective. 
NAS 1.21:4411

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
The Future of U.S. Human Spaceflight. 
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-984

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
Assessing Commercial Space Capabilities. 
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 111-998

Taxes and Taxation

Senate Committee on Finance. 
Trade and Tax Issues Relating to Small Business Job Creation. 
Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 111-996

House Committee on the Judiciary. 
Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011. 
Y 4.J 89/1:112-22

House Committee on Small Business. 
How Tax Complexity Hinders Small Business: The Impact on Job Creation and Economic Growth. 
Y 4.SM 1:112-010

House Committee on Ways and Means. 
Alternative Minimum Tax. 
Y 4.W 36:110-19

Terrorism

National Park Service. 
Flight 93. 
I 29.21:F 64

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
The State Department’s Counterterrorism Office: Budget, Reorganization, Policies. 
Y 4.F 76/1:112-12

House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
Future of Al-Qaeda.
Y 4.F 76/1:112-21

House Committee on Homeland Security. 
Working with Communities to Disrupt Terror Plots. 
Y 4.H 75:111-58

House Committee on Homeland Security. 
Internet Terror Recruitment and Tradecraft: How Can We Address an Evolving Tool While Protecting Free Speech. 
Y 4.H 75:111-67

Travel and Tourism

National Park Service. 
Snapshots from the Past: A Roadside History of Denali National Park and Preserve. 
I 29.2:D 41/6

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
The State of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Industry.
Y 4.C 73/7:S.HRG. 109-1134

Women

Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 
The Increased Importance of the Violence Against Women Act in a Time of Economic Crisis. 
Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 111-977