New from the U.S. Government
Leyburn Library of Washington and Lee University is a selective Depository for U.S. Government publications.
Listed below are some of the new items available through our Web site and/or on our shelves.
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March 31, 2008
Digest of Education Statistics, 2007
U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Annually-published "compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Industries at a Glance
March 18, 2008
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976; European Security
U.S. Department of State.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the U.S. Government Depository collection.
Latest volume in this documentary series of publicly-accessible diplomatic papers. "While the general focus is on European security, the specific focus is on two overriding issues that faced the Nixon and Ford administrations: 1) whether to hold a conference on European security attended by the United States and its NATO allies, and the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies; and 2) whether the United States and its European allies would negotiate an agreement with the Soviet Union and its European allies on mutual and balanced force reductions (MBFR) in Europe, which would ensure security but reduce the costs of defending Europe."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 2007
U.S. Department of State.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the U.S. Government Depository collection.
Annual reports covering internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This most recent edition is particularly newsworthy for its "official U.S. Government" descriptions of China, several months before the beginning of the Olympics.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends
U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"The United States has long recognized the dangers inherent in the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons, and missiles. This report, which analyzes NBC weapons programs potential threat patterns around the globe, is updated as needed."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Women in Combat Compendium
U.S. Army War College.
Available online. Paper copy added to the collection.
"The rules created to deal with the fact that women want to serve in the armed forces have ranged from silly to serious, but the factual bases have changed and the plea of all the contributors is to review the entire issue with objectivity and attention to the facts as they exist. These facts are: Women comprise approximately 15 percent of the U.S. Army today..."
March 14, 2008
Campus Law Enforcement, 2004-05
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
The report compares law enforcement agencies serving public and private campuses (2,500 or more students) by number and type of employees, screening methods used for hiring officers, training and education requirements for officers, agency functions, types of equipment, computers and information systems, special programs, and written policy directives."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
County and City Data Book, 2007
U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Compiled since the 1940's, the 2007 edition of this occasional publication incorporates demographic and economic information about the United States from Census Bureau surveys, as well as information from other government and private organizations, covering states, counties, cities with populations of 25,000 or more, and places with 100,000 or more residents.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
March 13, 2008
Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom
U.S. Strategic Studies Institute.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the library collection.
"If possible, it would be useful to enhance the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) ability to detect and prevent nuclear diversions. This would not only reduce the current risk of nuclear proliferation, it would make the further expansion of nuclear power much less risky. The question is what is possible? To date, little has been attempted to answer this basic question."