USGS calculates annual nitrogen loads to assess impacts from septic tank systems in Spanish Springs Valley, NV.

This very important 12-page report titled " Qualification of the Contribution of Nitrogen from Septic Tanks to Ground Water in Spanish Springs Valley, Nevada" has been released as and can be assessed on line in PDF as USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5206.

An interesting report from The Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives.


House Committee Print 109-CAn Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Lax Management, A Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives.

My next post will focus on a few local Nevada govdocs.

Poverty in the United States

Lots of good information at the U.S. Census Bureau Poverty Page.

Genealogical Resources in U.S. Federal Depository Libraries Guide



Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, has revised its Genealogical Resources in U.S. Federal Depository Libraries guide.
Enlarged and expanded to 47 pages, it includes active links for most
titles cited, which range from websites such as the Railroad Retirement
Board and Social Security Death Index to printed publications such as
Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation, Decorations-- United States
Army 1862-1926, and Register of the U.S. Department of Justice and the
Federal Courts to government periodicals such as Bureau of Ships Journal
and U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Bulletin. It includes many resources
that you might not have thought of otherwise, and is probably the most
comprehensive guide currently available to these resources.
It is divided into these chapters: Federal Web Sites; Military Casualty
Lists and Decorations, Awards, Honors; Military Registers, Annual
Reports, and Historical Lists; Registers, Directories, and Annual
Reviews and Reports; Primarily Historical Works; Military Academies and
Academic Units; Periodicals; and Miscellaneous.
It is currently available from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries
homepage

A few docs from the City of Sparks, NV

2005-2006 City Budget-In Brief

2005-2006 Strategic Plan Update

Capital Improvement Program (CIP) 2006-2011

Sparks Marina Canal Updates

Senate Intelligence Committee Reports - Iraq and WMD



The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has released a couple of new
unclassified reports on Iraq and their pre and post war assessments of
Iraq's WMD capabilities.
They can be found at http://intelligence.senate.gov/

Public use of computers for government info


GPO understands the desire to serve a library's primary users. However,
depository libraries must also serve the government information needs of the
general public. While time limits can be included in a depository's written
Internet access policy, they cannot be targeted at public users of
electronic government information. Depository libraries must provide access
to electronic Federal government information to all users equally,
regardless of whether they are the library's primary users.
This requirement is explained in the Depository Library Public Service
Guidelines for Government Information in Electronic Formats, available at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/mgt/pseguide.html
The policy states that "depository libraries should have a written policy regarding
public services for Government information in electronic formats. This
policy should contain provisions for no-fee access to computer workstations
with CD-ROMs, diskettes, and the Internet. These should be equal to or
exceed the services provided for other collections of the library."
However, there are options available to depository libraries that wish to
impose time limits on non-primary user groups. For example, one or more
computer workstations, that are not subject to the time limit, could be set
aside for users of depository materials. The time limit could also be waived
for users for government information.

Evergreen FDLP Hot Topics

Carlos Diaz, Govdocs Librarian at the Evergreen State College Library in Washington, builds and maintains a wonderful government information source called Hot Topics.

Check it out !!!

The first digital works resulting from the
University of Michigan/Google Digitization Partnership are now being
used to enhance the University Library's online catalog...
Included in the material will be the University's extensive federal
government document collection. A small sampling of documents
available today includes the diplomatic correspondence of Benjamin
Franklin and John Adams, and approximately 2,200 Congressional
hearings from the 1970s and 1980s."
Information on the U of M Library

Information on the U of M online catalog

Information on M Books