University Libraries

By Scott West

Roesch Library — a Federal Depository Library since 1969 — added stacks upon gigabytes of government publications over the summer. Some highlights:

America’s Water Infrastructure Needs and Challenges

This Jan. 10, 2018, hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works focuses on a wide array of issues facing the United States when dealing with water. It mentions resources, development, flooding, water supply, harbors and water quality. Available print and online.

Barriers to Education Globally: Getting Girls in the Classroom

This is the transcript of the June 2016 hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Women’s Issues (Committee on Foreign Relations). Information is provided on international challenges to educating young women.

Cartels and the U.S. Heroin Epidemic: Combating Drug Violence and Public Health Crisis

This is the transcript of the May 2016 hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Women’s Issues (Committee on Foreign Relations). The focus here is on the relationship between Mexican-American drug cartels and the opioid crisis in the United States. Print and online access.

Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining a Cybersecurity Work Force

This is the September 2017 hearing before the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection (Committee on Homeland Security). The topics are the challenges confronting the federal government in hiring and retaining a capable cybersecurity workforce.  Print and online access.

Closing Guantanamo: The National Security, Fiscal, and Human Rights Implications

This is a fairly old hearing (July 2013) that was only recently published. It was held before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights (Committee on the Judiciary).  Discussed were the economic, legal and policy impacts of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Print and online access.

Death in the Imperial City: U.S. Marines in the Battle for Hue, 31 January to 2 March 1968

Part of the Marines in the Vietnam War Commemorative Series. U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard D. Camp Jr. (retired) describes the events between Jan. 31 and March 2, 1968, as Marines fought for control of the former capital of imperial Vietnam. Available in print and online.

Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing

This recently published April 2013 hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights & Human Rights (Committee on the Judiciary) involves the moral aspects of using drones in the war on terror. Print and online access.

Fentanyl: The Next Wave of the Opioid Crisis

This report — focused on the opioid painkiller many times more powerful than heroin — is from a March 2017 hearing before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Committee on Energy and Commerce). Print and online access.

International Cybersecurity Strategy: Deterring Foreign Threats and Building Global Cyber Norms

This report is from a May 2016 hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cyber Security Policy (Committee on Foreign Relations). The topics here are cybercrime, cyberterrorism, and cybersecurity. Print and online access.

Reducing the Saint-Mihiel Salient, September 1918

In this installment of the U.S. Marines in World War I Centennial Series, retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Walter G. Ford takes an in-depth look at the first large-scale American-led victory of World War I. Available in print and online.

Sea Rescues: Saving Refugees and Migrants on the Mediterranean

This is a Dec. 12, 2017, briefing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. It features participation by representatives from Italy, Greece and the European Union.

Syria: Which Way Forward?

This record of the February 2018 hearing before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa (Committee on Foreign Affairs) discusses the U.S. military role in the continued crisis in Syria.

Trafficked: Untangling the Bonds of Modern Slavery

This Oct. 13, 2017, briefing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe features input from Siddharth Kara, producer of the feature film Trafficked. Print and online access.

U.S. Policy Toward Tibet: Access, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights

This report is the December 2017 hearing before the House Subcommittee on Asia & the Pacific (Committee on Foreign Affairs).  The discussion here focuses on situation in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Specific focus is on religious freedom. Print and online access.

Women’s Role in Countering Terrorism

This February 2018 hearing before House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade (Committee on Foreign Affairs) centers on the role of women in terrorism as well as crimes specifically directed against women in terrorism. Print and online access.

These and many other government publications are available in the Roesch Library Collection. Follow the links to access online materials or contact the access services department to retrieve print materials. 

— Scott West is an information resources specialist in the University Libraries and an adjunct history professor.