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
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