WMU Libraries - Government Information

2012-01-26T10:07:00.002-05:00

A documents librarian at the University of South Alabama has developed a LibGuide on the Tuskegee Airmen. The guide is available at:

http://libguides.southalabama.edu/tuskeegee

2012-01-06T10:02:00.000-05:00

The White House and the Pentagon has released "Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense" It is available at:

http://www.defense.gov/news/Defense_Strategic_Guidance.pdf

A press release is available at:

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=66683

2012-01-03T09:56:00.002-05:00

The Arlington National Cemetery Gravesite Accountability Task Force has issued a report to Congress on the problem of identifying graves at the cemetery. The report is available at:

http://www.defense.gov/news/20121222ANCtaskforcereportfinaldraft.pdf

2011-12-13T09:31:00.000-05:00

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a report of a National Phone Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors. The report is available at:

http://www.distraction.gov/download/research-pdf/8396_DistractedDrivingSurvey-120611-v3.pdf

2011-12-06T14:50:00.002-05:00

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has published a report on Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2005-2010. It is available at:

http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/itrh0510.pdf

2011-11-15T09:37:00.002-05:00

The United States Department of Labor has issued a report on the participation of veterans in the labor force during this time of economic uncertainty. The report may be accessed from this page.

http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/reports/veteranslaborforce/

2011-11-15T09:33:00.001-05:00

Senator Tom Coburn has issued a report on "Subsidies of the Rich and Famous" that details government assistance programs for people with adjusted gross incomes of over $1,000,000. The report is available at:

http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=bb1c90bc-660c-477e-91e6-91c970fbee1f

2011-11-01T09:38:00.002-04:00

The Congressional Research Service has released a report on relations between the United States and Pakistan. It is titled "Pakistan - U.S. Relations, A Summary" and is available at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41832.pdf

2011-10-25T12:40:00.002-04:00

The Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force has released its draft 2011 report to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. A copy of the draft report, which was released for comments, is available at:

http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/Draft_2011_GWVI-TF_Report.pdf

Another Report on the Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe

2011-09-20T12:38:00.002-04:00

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has released the Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team Final Report. IT is available at:

http://www.boemre.gov/ooc/press/2011/press0914.htm

2011-08-31T13:33:00.001-04:00

The Commission on Wartime Contracting has released its final report - Transforming Wartime Contracting: Controlling Costs Reducing. It is available at:

http://www.wartimecontracting.gov/index.php/reports

2011-07-25T22:15:00.002-04:00

The White House has just released its new " Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc/transnational-crime

the PDF version is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/2011-strategy-combat-transnational-organized-crime.pdf

The press release

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/07/25/new-strategy-combat-evolving-threat

and webcast are also available from the White House site.

For more information on the strategy and its implementation is available as follows:

A White House Fact Sheet on the Strategy

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/07/25/fact-sheet-strategy-combat-transnational-organized-crime

A Treasury Fact Sheet on the Executive Order

http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1255.aspx

An Assessment of the Threat to U.S. National Security Posed by Transnational Organized Crime

http://review.dni.gov/nic/NIC_toc.html

2011-07-19T09:56:00.001-04:00

The United States Department of Defense has issued a report on cyberspace defense strategy. The report is available at:

http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2011/0411_cyberstrategy/docs/DoD_Strategy_for_Operating_in_Cyberspace_July_2011.pdf

2011-06-30T12:21:00.002-04:00

The White House has released it new counterterrorism strategy.

National Strategy for Counterterrorism is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/counterterrorism_strategy.pdf

A factsheet summarizing the report is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/29/fact-sheet-national-strategy-counterterrorism

2011-06-15T13:30:00.001-04:00

On the 40th anniversary of the leak of the official Report of the Office
of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force (known as the Pentagon
Papers), the National Archives and the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
Presidential Libraries have released the complete report.

The files can be found at:

http://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers/

2011-04-26T09:34:00.001-04:00

The United States Coast Guard has issued a Report on Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Explosion, Fire, Sinking and Loss of Eleven Crew Members Aboard the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. The report is available at:

http://media.nola.com/2010_gulf_oil_spill/other/FINAL%20REDACTED%20VERSION%20DWH.pdf

2011-03-17T16:32:00.002-04:00

The Obama administration has issued a report on changes to existing copyright law they think are necessary The report; Adminstration's White Paper on Intellectual Property Enforcement Legislative Recommendations is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ip_white_paper.pdf

2011-01-27T12:53:00.001-05:00

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has released its new report on
the causes of the financial crisis.

The report can be found at http://www.fcic.gov/report and downloaded in
its entirety or in parts.

The Commission website is http://www.fcic.gov/ and you can also find the
hearings, testimony and related information from the Commission's work
there.

2011-01-11T12:10:00.002-05:00

The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling has issued its final report. The report is available at:

http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/final-report

2010-12-12T14:23:00.002-05:00

The national Archives has released a report on the Nazi war crimes and the sanctioned failure to bring some of the criminals to justice. The report titled Hitler's Shadow: Nazi War Criminals, U.S. Intelligence and the Cold War us available at:

http://www.archives.gov/iwg/reports/hitlers-shadow.pdf

A press release is available at:

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-24.html

2010-12-09T10:17:00.001-05:00

The Congressional Research Service has issued a study on:

Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information

It is available at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R41404.pdf

2010-12-01T14:00:00.001-05:00

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform issued their "Moment of Truth" report today.

The report is available from:

http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/news/moment-truth-report-national-commission-fiscal-responsibility-and-reform

or directly at:

http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/sites/fiscalcommission.gov/files/documents/TheMomentofTruth12_1_2010.pdf

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2010-11-30T14:33:00.002-05:00

The Department of Defense has issues its Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The report is available at:

http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0610_gatesdadt/DADTReport_FINAL_20101130%28secure-hires%29.pdf

2010-11-23T09:45:00.001-05:00

The Food and Drug Administration has a lot of information on caffeinated alcoholic beverages. A good place to start looking for this information is at a recent news release: The release is at:

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm234109.htm

2010-11-16T22:10:00.001-05:00

The Congressional Oversight Panel has issued a report, "Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation." The report is available at:

http://cop.senate.gov/documents/cop-111610-report.pdf

2010-10-28T12:36:00.002-04:00

The Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. has developed a brief legislative history of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. It is available at:

http://www.llsdc.org/Dodd-Frank-Act-Leg-Hist/

2010-10-12T11:18:00.001-04:00

The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General has issued a report on the Implications of Declining Mail Volumes for the Financial Sustainability of the Postal Service. The report is available at:

http://www.uspsoig.gov/foia_files/RARC-WP-10-006.pdf

2010-10-12T09:41:00.001-04:00

The Congressional research Service has published a report on The Bush Tax Cuts and the Economy. The report is available at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41393.pdf

2010-10-12T09:39:00.001-04:00

The Congressional Research Service has published a report on the Authority of State and Local Police to Enforce Federal Immigration Law. The report is available at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R41423.pdf

2010-10-12T09:32:00.002-04:00

The Congressional Research Service has published a report on homegrown terrorists. The report, titled: American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat, is available at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R41416.pdf

2010-10-05T09:37:00.002-04:00

On October 3, 2010 the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs issued a advisory to those traveling to Europe. The advisory is available at:

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_5171.html

2010-09-28T16:38:00.002-04:00

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released it's 2009 distracted driving report. It is available at:

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811379.pdf

2010-09-16T13:33:00.002-04:00

The U.S. Census bureau released Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 today. You can read the news release at:

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html

The complete report is available at:

http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p60-238.pdf

2010-09-14T14:35:00.002-04:00

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released a new report that assesses the electricity generating potential of offshore wind resources in the United States on September 10. The news release is available at:

http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2010/885.html

The full report is avialable at:

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/45889.pdf

2010-08-05T17:39:00.002-04:00

The Department of State hast released the latest edition for their annual Country Reports on Terrorism.

The2009 report can be found at:

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2009/index.htm.

2010-07-19T18:16:00.002-04:00

The White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States recently.
The report can be found at:

http://aids.gov/federal-resources/policies/national-hiv-aids-strategy/nhas.pdf

More information, including an executive summary, can be found at:

http://aids.gov/federal-resources/policies/national-hiv-aids-strategy/

2010-06-16T17:56:00.001-04:00

The Bloody Sunday Inquiry Tribunal has issued its report on the events of January 30, 1972. The report is available at:

http://www.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/

2010-05-10T11:58:00.001-04:00

In October of 2009 The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a report on the Capability of the People’s Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation. The report is now available at:

http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2009/NorthropGrumman_PRC_Cyber_Paper_FINAL_Approved%20Report_16Oct2009.pdf

2010-04-23T12:22:00.001-04:00

The Federal Communications Commission has released its National Broadband Plan. It is available at:

http://www.broadband.gov/

2010-03-18T12:32:00.002-04:00

The Federal Communications Commission released its national broadband plan on March 16. The plan is titled Connecting American: the National Broadband Plan. IT is available at:

http://download.broadband.gov/plan/national-broadband-plan.pdf

2010-01-28T18:11:00.001-05:00

The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Proliferation and Terrorism has released its latest report and grades
for how the US is doing.

The report is titled: Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
Report Card: An Assessment of the U.S. Government's Progress in
Protecting the United States from Weapons of Mass Destruction
Proliferation and Terrorism

It is available at:

http://www.preventwmd.gov/static/docs/report-card.pdf

2010-01-28T12:06:00.002-05:00

The White House has posted the text of President Obama's 2010 State of the Union. It can be found at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-state-union-address

The test of the Republican response from Governor Bob McDonnell is available at:

http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=27

2010-01-16T19:24:00.002-05:00

The Pentagon's report of the Independent Review on the Fort Hood shooting has been released. It is available at:

http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/DOD-ProtectingTheForce-Web_Security_HR_13Jan10.pdf

2010-01-08T17:31:00.000-05:00

The White house has release its summary of the review on the December
25, 2009 Attempted Terrorist Attack. It is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/summary_of_wh_review_12-25-09.pdf

2010-01-05T09:41:00.002-05:00

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) recently released a report
titled"Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in
Afghanistan." The report examines the relevance of the U.S. intelligence
community to the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.

The full report is available at:

http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/AfghanIntel_Flynn_Jan2010_code507_voices.pdf

2009-12-14T14:23:00.001-05:00

I have just become aware of two databases that might be of interest. They really apply to Geosciences, possibly engineering and Health Sciences.

1) TOXNET - searches in 14 Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

2) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) - Identifies where various mineral resources are located throughout the world. This is fun to play around with. (There are over 7000 records for gold in Nevada. There are about 77 records for gold in Michigan, most in Marquette County.) It looks like you can export data to a GIS.

http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/

2009-11-30T14:11:00.001-05:00

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has issued a report on TORA BORA REVISITED:
HOW WE FAILED TO GET BIN LADEN AND WHY IT MATTERS TODAY. It is available at:

http://foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Tora_Bora_Report.pdf

2009-11-12T10:57:00.003-05:00

The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress has issued a report on Congressional Printing. It is available at:

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40897_20091105.pdf

2009-10-08T17:13:00.001-04:00

The National Archives and Records Administration submitted a report to Congress this week explaining alternatives to the current Presidential Library system.

A summary of the report is available at:
http://historycoalition.org/2009/10/02/nara-issues-presidential-libraries-alternatives-report-to-congress/

The complete report is available at:
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/reports/report-for-congress.pdf

2009-10-02T17:59:00.000-04:00

The Washington Post has posted a redacted copy of GEN McChrystal's
Initial United States Forces - Afghanistan (USAFOR-A) Assessment which
was requested by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

It is available at:

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Assessment_Redacted_092109.pdf?sid=ST2009092003140

2009-09-03T14:49:00.003-04:00

The Inspector General of the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a report on the "Investigation of Failure of the SEC to Uncover Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme." The executive summary is available at:

http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/secpostmadoffreforms/oig-509-exec-summary.pdf

The complete report will be made available at a later date.

2009-07-13T09:29:00.001-04:00

The Inspectors General of the Departments of Defense and Justice, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director National Intelligence released an unclassified report mandated by Congress on President Bush's warrantless surveillance
program.

The report - "Unclassified Report on the President's Surveillance Program" is available at:

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/IGTSPReport090710.pdf

2009-06-05T12:43:00.000-04:00

The Trust for America's Health released a new report yesterday. The
report focuses on lessons from the H1N1 outbreak. "Pandemic Flu: Lessons
from the Frontlines" is available at:

http://healthyamericans.org/reports/?reportid=64

The 10 early lessons learned outlined in the report are:

1. Investments in pandemic planning and stockpiling antiviral
medications paid off;
2. Public health departments did not have enough resources to carry
out plans;
3. Response plans must be adaptable and science-driven;
4. Providing clear, straightforward information to the public was
essential for allaying fears and building trust;
5. School closings have major ramifications for students, parents
and employers;
6. Sick leave and policies for limiting mass gatherings were also
problematic;
7. Even with a mild outbreak, the health care delivery system was
overwhelmed;
8. Communication between the public health system and health
providers was not well coordinated;
9. WHO pandemic alert phases caused confusion; and
10. International coordination was more complicated than expected.

2009-05-29T16:23:00.001-04:00

The President released a report on cyber security today titled: Cyberspace Policy Review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure. It is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Cyberspace_Policy_Review_final.pdf

2009-01-16T12:56:00.001-05:00

The Economic Report of the President, 2009 is now available from the
U.S. Government Printing Office. It is is available on GPO Access at:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/

The Economic Report of the President includes:

1. Current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning
topics such as employment, production, real income, and Federal budget
outlays;
2. Employment objectives for significant groups of the labor force;
3. Annual numeric goals;
4. And a program for carrying out program objectives.

2008-12-16T16:58:00.002-05:00

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released a report on the Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond. The report is available at:

http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/R.20081215.Cost_of_the_Wars_i/R.20081215.Cost_of_the_Wars_i.pdf

2008-12-01T10:47:00.002-05:00

The New York Times has posted a copy of the "Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq" to their site.

It is available at:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/20081119_SOFA_FINAL_AGREED_TEXT.pdf

2008-11-20T09:26:00.002-05:00

The U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has issued its first Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans that describes the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits to Americans. Information is available at:

http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/default.aspx

The report is available at:

http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf

2008-11-12T14:11:00.001-05:00

The 2008 edition of the United States Government Policy and Supporting
Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is now available from the
U.S. Government Printing Office.

Alternately prepared after each Presidential election by the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Plum Book provides comprehensive information on thousands of
Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the
legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be
subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide. It provides a current
list of data, which includes the following major categories of
positions:

* Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates
established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;
* Senior Executive service "General" positions;
* Senior Foreign Service positions;
* Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the
President, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because
of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties;
* Other positions at the GS-14 and above level excepted from the
competitive service by law because of the confidential or
policy-determining nature of the position duties.

The Plum Book also provides information on SES appointments.
Additionally, appendices provide information on the positions listed and
the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid.

The digital version is available on GPO Access at:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/2008/index.html

It has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file. GPO has refined the
2008 Plum Book by adding bookmarks to it and optimizing it for the web.
The report is also available as a collection of smaller PDFs arranged in
a browse table based on the Plum Book's table of contents. You can
download entire chapters, or just information on individual commissions,
councils, corporations, departments, offices, etc.

2008-11-10T12:36:00.001-05:00

Michigan's Transportation Funding Task Force released its report on the state's transportation needs. The press release is available at:

http://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7-192--203172--,00.html

The report is available at:

http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9623_31969_49303---,00.html

2008-10-31T15:29:00.000-04:00

The latest Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Quarterly
Report to the United States Congress (October 30, 2008) has been
released and is available at:

http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/default.aspx

2008-10-17T18:38:00.001-04:00

The text of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (bailout bill) along with additional information is available at:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:H.R.1424:

2008-10-17T18:27:00.002-04:00

The report to the Alaska Legislative Council on Governor Palin's action in regards to the firing of Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner is available at:

http://download2.legis.state.ak.us/DOWNLOAD.pdf

or

http://www.juneauempire.com/documents/101208/troopergate_report.pdf

2008-09-30T17:07:00.001-04:00

The September 2008 version of the "Measuring Stability and Security in
Iraq" report is now available at:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080930iraq.pdf

2008-09-29T16:53:00.002-04:00

The Office of the Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department of Justice issued a report on An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006 today. The report is located at:

http://www.usdoj.gov/opr/us-att-firings-rpt092308.pdf

2008-07-30T17:32:00.002-04:00

The Office of the Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility of the U.S. Department of Justice have issued a report on: An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General. It is available at:

http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0807/final.pdf

2008-07-09T16:48:00.000-04:00

The National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by Secretaries of State
Baker and Christopher, has been released. This commission report
recommends that Congress repeal the 1973 War Powers Resolution and
"substitute a new statute that would provide for more meaningful
consultation between the President and Congress. In its final report,
the Commission has recommended that Congress pass a new statute, the War
Powers Consultation Act of 2009, establishing a clear process on
decisions to go to war."

The main website is
http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/

The final report can be found through the link above or directly at
http://millercenter.org/dev/ci/system/application/views/_newwebsite/poli
cy/commissions/warpowers/report.pdf

And the appendices to the report can be found at
http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/appendices

2008-06-26T17:07:00.001-04:00

The Supreme Court Decision in the case of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ET AL. v. HELLER (the handguns case) is available at:

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf

2008-06-26T17:03:00.002-04:00

On June 23 the Energy Information Administration released the 2007 Annual Energy Review. It is available at:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/contents.html

2008-06-09T09:42:00.000-04:00

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has released its Phase II
reports on administration misstatements on Prewar Iraq Intelligence and
inappropriate intelligence activities by a Pentagon Policy Office. The
report is available from the Senate Intelligence page:

http://intelligence.senate.gov/pubcurrent.html

2008-05-29T16:58:00.003-04:00

The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice has issued A REVIEW OF THE FBI'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE OBSERVATIONS OF DETAINEE INTERROGATIONS IN GUANATNAMO BAY, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRAQ. The report is available at:

http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0805/final.pdf

2008-05-29T15:34:00.002-04:00

The US Climate Change Science Program has released it's report on the SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON THE STATES. The report is available at:

http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/scientific-assessment/

2008-05-03T10:10:00.000-04:00

The State Department has released its latest "Country Report on
Terrorism." This report is titled "Patterns of Global Terrorism."
The report is available at

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2007/

2008-04-03T15:25:00.002-04:00

A study group formed by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress has released a report that recommends changes to the copyright laws. The report and an executive summary can be found at:

http://www.section108.gov/

A news release can be found at:

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-063.html

2008-03-06T18:34:00.002-05:00

The Department of the Army has released the results of the Army's fifth Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT) report: MHAT V. This assessment examined the morale and mental health of Soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the fall of 2007.

http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/news/mhat/mhat_v/mhat-v.cfm

A news release with summary information is available at:

http://www.army.mil/-newsreleases/2008/03/06/7788-army-announces-fifth-mental-health-advisory-team-mhat-assessment/

2008-03-03T17:12:00.001-05:00

The 2008 Department of Defense Report to Congress on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China for has been released and is available at:

http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China_Military_Report_08.pdf

Previous reports can be found at:

http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/china.html

2008-02-28T17:44:00.001-05:00

The 2007 edition of the COUNTY AND CITY DATABOOK has been released. It is available ate:

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/ccdb07.html

2008-02-13T18:17:00.001-05:00

The Economic Report of the President, 2008 is now available from the
U.S. Government Printing Office. It is issued by the Executive Office of the
President and the Council of Economic Advisers and transmitted to
Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the Budget of the United States Government.

The Economic Report of the President is available on GPO Access at:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/. Documents are available in ASCII text
and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), with many of the tables also
available for separate viewing and downloading as spreadsheets in xls and comma delimited formats.

2008-02-04T09:52:00.000-05:00

The President's Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009
is now available from the United States Government Printing Office. The
public can search and browse the President's Budget of the United
States Government, FY09 on GPO Access at:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/index.html

2008-01-10T18:01:00.000-05:00

The Public Interest Declassification Board has released its first report to the President providing recommendations for improving the Federal government’s declassification system. The report is available at:

http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb/improving-declassification.pdf

2007-12-03T17:48:00.000-05:00

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released the
unclassified conclusion of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on
Iran's nuclear program entitled Iran: Nuclear Intentions and
Capabilities.

The press release is available at

http://www.odni.gov/press_releases/20071203_statement.pdf

The unclassified key judgments can be found at

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

2007-11-15T12:50:00.000-05:00

The Joint Economic Committee Majority Staff has
just published a report on the Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They estimate it could exceed $3.5 trillion.

"November 13: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will join Joint Economic Committee
(JEC) Chairman Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and JEC Vice Chair Carolyn
Maloney (D-NY) today released a new report exposing the hidden costs of
the war in Iraq. The Joint Economic Committee report investigates the
costs of the war in Iraq that are not included in direct budgetary
appropriations, including long term veteran's health care, foregone
investment, oil market disruptions and interest payments on borrowed war
funding. The JEC estimates these costs could total in the trillions of
dollars."

Joint Economic Committee -- "War at Any Price?-the Total Economic Costs
of the War Beyond the Federal Budget" and it is available at
http://jec.senate.gov/Documents/Reports/11.13.07IraqEconomicCostsReport.pdf

The press release includes a brief summary

http://jec.senate.gov/Documents/Releases/11.13.07IraqReportRelease.pdf

Individual charts are available as follows:

* The American Family Will Bear Heavy Burden to Pay for Wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan
http://jec.senate.gov/charts/Iraq%20Economic%20Cost%20Report/Chart2.pdf

* With No Change in Course, Total Costs Incurred per Family
Reach Almost $50,000 by 2017
http://jec.senate.gov/charts/Iraq%20Economic%20Cost%20Report/chart1.pdf

* The Projected Interest Costs of Iraq War Alone are Higher than
the Cost of Children's Health Program and Health Research and Training
http://jec.senate.gov/charts/Iraq%20Economic%20Cost%20Report/chart3.pdf

* Taxpayer Spending on Iraq War vs. Federal Spending on Other
Priorities
http://jec.senate.gov/charts/Iraq%20Economic%20Cost%20Report/chart4.pdf

* Breaking Down the Costs of War in Iraq
http://jec.senate.gov/charts/Iraq%20Economic%20Cost%20Report/chart5.pdf

* Total Economic Costs Under Future Scenarios
http://jec.senate.gov/charts/Iraq%20Economic%20Cost%20Report/chart%20a-1.pdf

* State-by-State Heat Map: States Bear Billions in Iraq War Costs
http://jec.senate.gov/charts/Iraq%20Economic%20Cost%20Report/state%20by%
20state%20new.pdf

The response from the Joint Economic Committee Republicans can be found
at http://www.house.gov/jec/news/2007/Nov/JEC%20GOP%20Response.pdf

They say the report should be withdrawn -- that it is politically
motivated and filled with errors and poor methodology.

A second press release from them indicates that some errors were quietly
corrected on the web version.
http://www.house.gov/jec/news/2007/Nov/JEC%20GOP%20Response%2011-14.pdf

2007-11-08T12:36:00.000-05:00

The FBI has published the new edition of its report summarizing
terrorist activities in the US. It can be found at:

PDF -- http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terrorism2002_2005.pdf

HTML -- http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terrorism2002_2005.htm

2007-10-12T16:58:00.000-04:00

The Director of National Intelligence has released a 500 Day Plan as a continuation to its process for integration and collaboration amongst the members of the Intelligence Community.

The new plan -- United States Intelligence Community (IC) 500 Day Plan
for Integration and Collaboration is available at:

http://dni.gov/500-day-plan/500-day-plan.pdf

The previous plans are also available:

100 Day plan
http://dni.gov/100-day-plan/100-day-plan.pdf
Press Release
http://dni.gov/press_releases/20070411_release.pdf

100 Day Plan Follow-up
http://dni.gov/100-day-plan/100_FOLLOW_UP_REPORT.pdf
Press Release
http://dni.gov/press_releases/20070913_release.pdf

2007-10-12T16:54:00.000-04:00

The Veteran's Disability Benefits Commission has released their report
"Honoring the Call to Duty: Veterans' Disability Benefits in the 21st
Century." a web page for the report has been developed and is available at:

http://www.vetscommission.org/reports.asp

The PDF of the full report is available at:

http://www.vetscommission.org/pdf/eReport_prepub_9-27.pdf

The executive summary is available at:

http://www.vetscommission.org/pdf/ExecutiveSummary_eV_9-27.pdf

2007-10-09T15:18:00.000-04:00

The White House released its new National Strategy for
Homeland Security. It can be found at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/nshs/2007/index.html

A brief fact sheet is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071009-1.html

The 2002 report can be found at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/book/index.html

2007-10-02T12:38:00.000-04:00

An entire bibliography related to private contractors was releases today by Greta E. Marlatt of the Naval Postgraduate School.

Given the latest news and hearings, these might be of some interest.
Several House Oversight Committee reports were released in the last
couple of days related to private contractors.

"Blackwater USA: Private Military Contractor Activity in Iraq and
Afghanistan" House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing,
October 2, 2007

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1509

"Additional Information about Blackwater USA." House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform Memorandum from the Majority Staff -.
October 1, 2007

http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071001121609.pdf

"Private Military Contractors in Iraq: An Examination of Blackwater's
Actions in Fallujah." House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform. Majority Staff report. Sept 2007

http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20070927104643.pdf

"War Profiteering and Other Contractor Crimes Committed Overseas."
House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and
Homeland Security. June 19, 2007

http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=338

"Iraqi Reconstruction: Reliance on Private Military Contractors " House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing - Feb 7, 2007
[includes links to the video of the hearing, witness statements, and
more]

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1165

Various letters to and from the Committee, the State Dept and Blackwater

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1497

CPA Memorandum 17 - Registration Requirements for Private Security
Companies (PSC) with Annexes including Annex A-

Rules for the Use of Force by Contractors in Iraq and Annex B - Code of
Conduct for Private Security Companies Operating Iraq

http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040626_CPAMEMO_17_Registratio
n_Requirements_for_Private_Security_Companies_with_Annexes.pdf

"Abuses in Private Security and Reconstruction Contracting in Iraq:
Ensuring Accountability, Protecting Whistleblowers." Senate Democratic
Party Committee Hearing. September 21, 2007. [includes statements and
links to the video of the hearing]

http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-hearing.cfm?A=40

Selected other sources:

"The Private Military Firms: Historical Evolution and Industry
Analysis." NPS thesis. June 2007.

http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Jun%5FAlabarda%5FMBA.pdf

"Analysis of Security Contractors in Deployed Environments." NPS Thesis.
December 2006

http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/06Dec%5FHerron%5FMBA.pdf

"A Critical Analysis of the Coordination, Command and Control of
Contractors in Iraq." NPS Thesis. December 2006

http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/06Dec%5FButkus%5FMBA.pdf

"Outsourcing Small Wars: Expanding the Role of Private Military
Companies in U.S. Military Operations." NPS Thesis. September 2005.

http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/05Sep%5FJorgensen.pdf

"Rebuilding Iraq: Actions Needed to Improve Use of Private Security
Providers." GAO July 2005

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05737.pdf

"Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and
Other Issues" CRS report updated July 11, 2007

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32419.pdf

DCAF Backgrounder "Private Military Companies" April 2004

http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/security/security
_pdf/2006_DCAF.pdf

"The Private Military Industry and Iraq: What Have We Learned and Where
to Next?" DCAF Policy Paper. Nov 2004

http://www.dcaf.ch/_docs/pp04_private-military.pdf

"Phasing Out Private Security Contractors in Iraq" USAWC Strategic
Leadership Course paper. March 2006

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/ksil520.pdf

"Private Security Contractors on the Battlefield." USAWC Strategy
Research Project. March 2006

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/ksil320.pdf

"Operational Implications of Private Military Companies in the Global
War on Terror. Army Command and General Staff College, 2005

http://stinet.dtic.mil/dticrev/PDFs/ADA436294.pdf

"Public War, Private Fight? The United States and Private Military
Companies" Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper no. 12. Fort
Leavenworth Combat Studies Institute. 2005

http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/kidwell.pdf

2007-09-22T17:26:00.000-04:00

The United States Department of State has released the 2007 edition of its Report on International Religious Freedom. It is available at:

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/

2007-09-15T15:37:00.000-04:00

Yesterday the Director of National Intelligence [DNI] released a
follow-up report to the 100 Day plan to reform the U.S. Intelligence
Community. This report lists the accomplishments to date.

The follow-up report is available directly at:

http://www.dni.gov/100-day-plan/100_FOLLOW_UP_REPORT.pdf

The original 100 Day plan is available at:

http://www.dni.gov/100-day-plan/100-day-plan.pdf

or both are available from:

http://www.dni.gov/100-day-plan/100-day-plan.htm

2007-09-14T17:24:00.000-04:00

The White House released its September 14 Benchmark Assessment report on the situation in Iraq. It is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070914.pdf

2007-09-10T18:24:00.000-04:00

General David Petraeus report on the situation in Iraq is now available
on the House Foreign Affairs Committee website at:

http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/pet091007.pdf

2007-09-06T15:33:00.000-04:00

A Report of the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq released a report earlier this week. It is available at:

http://armed-services.senate.gov/statemnt/2007/September/Jones%2009-06-07.pdf

2007-08-23T19:19:00.000-04:00

The National Intelligence Council has released the newest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) update on the status of Iraq's Stability. The report is entitled: "Prospects for Iraq's Stability: Some Security Progress but Political Reconciliation Elusive." The majority of the report is classified but an unclassified summary is available.

The summary can be found at:

http://odni.gov/press_releases/20070823_release.pdf

2007-08-23T19:15:00.000-04:00

The State Dept has published its new "North American Plan for Avian &
Pandemic Influenza" The focus of this plan is on a trilateral plan outlining a collaborative approach to mitigate the effects of a pandemic between Canada, The United States and Mexico. The report is available at:

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/91311.pdf

A brief fact sheet is available at:

http://www.state.gov/g/avianflu/91282.htm

2007-08-21T16:46:00.000-04:00

The June 2005 report from the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency on CIA Accountability with Respect to the 9/11 attacks was declassified recently. It is available at:

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/Executive%20Summary_OIG%20Report.pdf

2007-08-16T14:29:00.000-04:00

The report from the New York Police Department on Radicalization in the West: the Homegrown Threat is available at:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/pdf/dcpi/NYPD_Report-Radicalization_in_the_West.pdf

2007-08-02T17:31:00.000-04:00

The Documents Department at the University of Minnesota has put together a page of informational sources on the I-35W bridge collapse. It is available at:

http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/

This is the home page for the department so this link might not be accurate for long.

2007-07-27T14:22:00.000-04:00

The President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors has issued its final report. The report, titled Serve, Support, Simplify, is available at:

http://www.pccww.gov/docs/Kit/Main_Book_CC%5BJULY26%5D.pdf

2007-07-18T15:56:00.000-04:00

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has issued the July 2007 National Intelligence Estimate subtitled "The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland." It is available at:

http://www.odni.gov/press_releases/20070717_release.pdf

2007-07-13T14:12:00.001-04:00

The White House has released the "Initial Benchmark Assessment
Report" on Iraq. The report as well as President Bush's press conference
are available as follows:

Report

PDF version

http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/iraq/2007/FinalBenchmarkReport.pdf

HTML version

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070712.html

President's press conference is available on video and audio at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070712-5.html