Leyburn Library of Washington and Lee University is a selective Depository for U.S. Government information.
Listed below are some of the new items available through our Web site and/or on our shelves. If you have questions or comments about this blog, please contact Dick Grefe.
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U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
Drill-down database "includes economic snapshots of selected industries and business facts and ratios about every industry." Derived from Economic Census data.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Available online.
WONDER (Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research) is an easy-to-use, menu-driven database of health and medical statistics. Subjects include mortality (deaths) and natality (births), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, behavioral risk factors, diabetes, and census data.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"This report is written in response to numerous requests for war casualty statistics and lists of war dead. It provides tables, compiled by sources at the Department of Defense (DOD), indicating the number of casualties among American military personnel serving in principal wars and combat actions," from the Revolutionary War through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
Available online.
This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other G-8 countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom. Twenty indicators are organized in five sections: (1) population and school enrollment; (2) academic performance; (3) context for learning; (4) expenditure for education; and (5) education returns: educational attainment and income.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Available online.
"Based on combined data from SAMHSA’s 2004-2005 National Surveys on Drug Use & Health, ... Males had higher rates than females for all measures of drinking in the past month: any alcohol use (57.5% vs. 45%), binge drinking (30.8% vs. 15.1%), and heavy alcohol use (10.5% vs. 3.3%).... Males were twice as likely as females to have met the criteria for alcohol dependence or abuse in the past year (10.5% vs. 5.1%)."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the Depoistory collection.
"Considers some of the arguments made for and against the draft before or since it was replaced by the all-volunteer force (AVF) in 1973. The study also reviews some performance trends of the AVF since its inception and discusses possible effects of returning to a draft."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Former Reagan Administration advisor Colin S. Gray writes that "Preemption and prevention are different concepts. To preempt is to attempt to strike first against an enemy who is in the process of preparing, or is actually launching, an attack against you. Preemption is not controversial. The decision for war has been taken out of your hands. Prevention, however, is a decision to wage war, or conduct a strike, so as to prevent a far more dangerous context maturing in the future... To strike preventively in self-defense is legal, though it will usually be controversial. Preventive war is simply war, distinguishable only by its timing, and possibly its motivation."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page
U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service.
Available online.
"Uses volunteer data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2004-2006. It ranks and includes profiles for 50 of the largest cities including the volunteer rate; the types of organizations through which residents serve; their main volunteering activities, the average hours per year and volunteer rates for age and gender demographic groups, and key trends and highlights..."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"With enactment of the FY2007 supplemental on May 25, 2007, Congress has
approved a total of about $610 billion for military operations, base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans’ health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and other counter terror operations; Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases; and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)." Also includes forecasts of spending.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.