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Hearing Aids: Gavel-to-Gavel Coverage from the GPO
By Scott N. West
Hearings before subcommittees ... hearings before committees ... joint hearings … field hearings … oversight hearings.
Congressional hearings — from both the House of Representatives and the Senate — provide a glimpse into the workings of the government. They are often highly partisan but sometimes not. These hearings respond to the most immediate events confronting the United States.
Recent hearings available in the University Libraries through the Government Publishing Office and the Federal Depository Library Program address a wide range of familiar and interesting topics. Here’s a sampling from a recent batch:
Achieving the Promise of a Diverse STEM Workforce
- Hearing before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, House of Representatives (May 9, 2019)
- Y 4.SCI 2:116-17
- Available in print and online.
The Administration’s War on a Merit Based Civil Service
- Hearing before the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives (May 21, 2019)
- Y 4.OV 2:116-26
- Available in print and online
Artificial Intelligence: Societal and Ethical Implications
- Hearing before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, House of Representatives (June 26, 2019)
- Y 4.SCI 2:116-32
- Available in print and online
Combating Sexual Harassment in Science
- Hearing before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, House of Representatives (June 12, 2019)
- Y 4.SCI 2:116-28
Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part 3): Addressing the Transnational Terrorist Threat
- Joint Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security and the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Committee on Oversight and Reform (September 20, 2019)
- Y 4.OV 2:116-63
- Available in print and online
Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes
- Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives (June 10, 2019)
- Y 4.J 89/1:116-24
- Available in print and online
Lessons from the Mueller Report, Part 2: Bipartisan Perspectives
- Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives (June 20, 2019)
- Y 4.J 89/1:116-28
- Available in print and online
Local Efforts to Counter the Terror Threat in New York City: a Retrospective and a Roadmap
- Field Hearing before the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives (May 6, 2019)
- Y 4.H 75:116-16
- Available in print and online
Status of the Boeing 737 Max
- Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives (May 15, 2019)
- Y 4.T 68/2:116-15
- Available in print and online
When Science Gets Trumped: Scientific Integrity at the Department of the Interior
- Oversight Hearing before the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives (July 25, 2019)
- Y 4.R 31/3:116-20
- Available in print and online
— Scott N. West is an information resources specialist in the University Libraries. Any resemblance of his job title’s abbreviation to that of an actual government agency is purely coincidental.