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Guide to Government Information

 

New & Noteworthy Government Publications/Web Sites

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Fall 2007

 

Centers for Disease Control. (2007). Health, United States, 2007. CDC National Center for Health Statistics. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs

    The latest report is a compilation of over 150 health tables. Findings include unaffordable health care for 20% of Americans and significant numbers of

    uninsured and/or underserved populations in health care.

General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.)., Chairman. (2007, September 6).The Report of the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq.  http://armed-services.senate.gov/statemnt/2007/September/Jones%2009-06-07.pdf

Defense Science Board. (2007, May). 2005 Summer Study on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Weapons of Mass Destruction Volume 1. (Unclassified version). Department of Defense.

Liber8 Economic Information Newsletter

Economic Information Portal for Librarians and Students. September 2007 issue: Subprime Mortgage Lending.

 

National Intelligence Estimate. (2007, November). Iran Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities. (unclassified version of the Key Judgments)

    http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20071203_release.pdf

 

US Army Corps of Engineers. (2007). Portrait of the Tribal Liaison Program 1987-2005. USACE Northwestern Division.

    (Government Documents D 103.2:T 73/4)

 

US Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2007, July). Mortgage Securitization-Lessons for Emerging Markets. HUD Office of Policy Development

    and Research. (Government Documents HH14.2:M 84.) http://www.huduser.org/Publications/pdf/MortgSecurity.pdf

 

Summer 2007

 

Department of State. (2007). North American Plan for Avian or Pandemic Influenza. Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America. http://www.state.gov/g/avianflu/91242.htm

 

Bakia, M.; Mitchell,K; Yank, E. (2007, February). State Strategies and Practices for Educational Technology: Volume I-Examining the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program. Volume II-Supporting Mathematics Instruction With Educational Technology. U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL: ED 1.2:T 22/17/v.1-2. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/pps/reports.html or Vol. 1 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS80099; Vol. 2 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS80100

 

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (2007). Americas Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2007.

GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL/Lower Level PR 43.8:C 43/C43/2007.

http://childstats.gov

 

Government Accountability Office. (2006, November). Eminent Domain: Information About Its Uses and Effect on Property Owners Is Limited.

GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL : GA 1.13:GAO-07-28

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS77268

 

Government Accountability Office. (2006, November). New Drug Development: Science, Business, Regulatory, and Intellectual Property Issues Cited as Hampering Drug Development Efforts.

GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL/Lower Level GA 1.13:GAO-07-49

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS77471

 

Government Accountability Office. (2006, May). United Nations: Oil for Food Program Provides Lessons for Future Sanctions and Ongoing Reform.

GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL : GA 1.5/2:GAO-06-711 T

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS70731

"Initial Benchmark Assessment Report" (2007). Released by the White House, this report to Congress assesses efforts and benchmarks of the sovereign Government of  Iraq.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (2007). National Intelligence Estimate:  The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland. http://www.odni.gov/press_releases/20070717_release.pdf

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. (2007). Report on the Prewar Intelligence Assessments About Postwar Iraq Together With Additional Views. http://intelligence.senate.gov/prewar.pdf

 

Spring 2007

 

Baker III, J.A., et al. (2006). Iraq Study Group Report. New York:Vintage Books/Random House. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS76748

 

GPO Access New Electronic Titles

 

Leibtag, E.S. (2006, December). The Impact of Big Box Stores on Retail Food Prices and the Consumer Price Index. USDA Economic Research Service. http://www.ers.usda.gov/PUBLICATIONS/ERR33/

 

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. (2007).  Report on the Prewar Intelligence Assessments About Postwar Iraq Together With Additional Views. http://intelligence.senate.gov/prewar.pdf

 

S. Rpt. 109-322 - Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared Special Report of the Senate Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (2006).
 http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/katrinanation.html

 

South Dakota Legislative Research Council. http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx

 

Thurgood Marshall Law Library. Historical Publications of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights . http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/usccr/index.asp

 

2006 Elections:

South Dakota Secretary of State. Upcoming Elections: 2006 Election Information and Requirements.

Explanations on ballot questions, referred measures, voter registration, candidate information, and election process for South Dakota.

 

US Federal Election Commission.

 

2006:

American Indians and Crime: A BJS Statistical Profile, 1992-2002

Government Documents J 29.2: Am 3/2004

 

Assessing and Managing the Terrorism Threat

Government Documents J 26.2: As 7

 

Child Health USA 2004

Government Documents HE 20.9213: 2004

 

Child Maltreatment 2004

Government Documents HE 23.1018:2004

 

Childhood Obesity: Combating the Epidemic

Government Documents CDROM HE 20.6523: Ob 2/DVD

 

Consumer Fraud in the United States: An FTC Survey

Government Documents FT 1.2: C 76/11

 

Drug Courts: An Effective Strategy for Communities Facing Methamphetamine

Government Documents J 26.32: M 56

 

Insurgency in Iraq: An Historical Perspective

Government Documents D 101.146: IR 1

 

Iraq and Vietnam: Differences, Similarities, and Insights

Government Documents D 101.146:2004022569

 

National Response Plan

Government Documents HS 1.2: R 31

 

Precedents, Variables, and Options in Planning a U.S. Military Disengagement Strategy from Iraq

Government Documents D 101.146: P 91

 

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States

Government Documents HE 1.2: W 45

 

Strategic Implications of Intercommunal Warfare in Iraq

Government Documents D 191.146: In 8

 

Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society

Government Documents Pr 43.8: C 18

 

U.S. Defense Strategy After Saddam

Government Documents D 101.146/3: D 36

 

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This guide is only an introduction to locating government materials.
For more in-depth information or for assistance in using these sources, contact Vickie Mix, Documents Librarian.

Documents Department
Hilton M. Briggs Library, Box 2115
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007-1098
Telephone: (605) 688-5576 or (605) 688-5958 or (800) 786-2038 
Fax: (605) 688-6133
E-mail: vickie.mix@sdstate.edu


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