Documents of the Week: Office of the President

The following documents are on display in the Government Documents area:

• Introduction to the Army: Suggestions for pre-induction informational meetings (1944)
• Thirty years: the White House fellowships
• White House fellows
• for guys and galls who are looking for summer jobs
• National strategy for homeland security
• The White House: the house of the people
• The White House
• A thousand points of light: the seventh hundred
• America's climate change strategy
  
• National security strategy of the United States
• Campus unrest
  
• Full partnership of women in our democracy
• Leadership & public service
• Whom we shall welcome
  

recovery.gov

The House passed the stimulus package yesterday. In expectation of it being passed by the Senate, a website, recovery.gov, has been created. The purpose is to show us exactly "how and where your tax dollars are spent." from website

Federal History Journal

The Society for History in the Federal Government is announcing the first issue of their journal, Federal History. The peer-reviewed journal is available online and will be published annually.

WhoRunsGov.com by the Washington Post

WhoRunsGov.com blog by the Washington Post

"With a new presidential administration in town for the first time in eight years, there will be hundreds of new faces appearing on the subway, in congressional hearings, on K Street and of course in the White House. And many of us will be asking: Who Are They?

WhoRunsGov.com hopes to provide you with a quick and easy answer to that question. Simply put: it will be an ever-growing database of government power-brokers containing key information on new administration officials, lawmakers, senior Hill aides and ultimately interest group and think tank experts. We aim to be a single-stop shop for all those interested in the people and personalities who run the government." from 01/22/09 post

Documents of the Week: Executive Office of the President

Documents from the Executive Office of the President:

• Keeping your kids drug-free: A how-to guide for parents and caregivers
• The old executive office building, 1998
• Israel, 1988 (map)
• Israeli-Developed Areas in Jerusalem, 1984 (map)
• The president's health security plan
• Environmental quality: the eighth annual report of the council on environmental quality
• The agency and the hill: CIA's relationship with congress, 1946-2004
• The world factbook, 1985
• The world factbook, 2007
• Assessing the Soviet threat: The early cold war years
• The budget of the United States Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939
• Vital Voices, 1997-1999
  
• Buy American Act: A study of alternatives to the rule of origin, 1990

Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents

The Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents will replace the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. GPO Access has links for browsing and searching the compilations.

Note - the daily version will only be available online.

Open Government

On January 21, 2009, President Obama signed the Presidential Memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act, reversed changes made by President Bush with an executive order for the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and issued a Presidential Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government.

Search for Peanut Butter Product Recalls

Use this Search for Peanut Butter Product Recalls from the FDA.

Troubled Asset Relief Program

The Troubled Asset Relief Program: Report on Transactions Through December 31, 2008 is now available. The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was created back in October 2008 by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA).

Office of Legal Counsel releases reports, Final Bush press conference & Change.gov

The Office of Legal Counsel (Department of Justice) has released reports on the topics of Iraq, taliban, and use of military force.

This morning, President Bush held his final press conference. This transcript is from the New York Times via the White House.

If you haven't followed Obama's transition, be sure to add his Change.gov website to your daily reading. It includes a blog, information about the inauguration and a section titled The Agenda which covers a variety of topics.

Documents of the Week: Vice President of the United States

Our focus this week is on the Vice President of the United States.

• Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (Gore)
• Turning the Key: Unlocking Human Potential in the Family-Friendly Federal Workplace (Gore)
• The Best Kept Secrets in Government, Digest Version (Gore)
• The Best Kept Secrets in Government (Gore)
• Reinvention Roundtable (Gore)
• Businesslike Government: Lessons Learned from America's Best Companies (Gore)
• Space Support of U.S. National Security (Bush)
• Building Livable Communities (Gore)
• Public Report of the Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism (Bush)
• Creating a Government that Works Better & Costs Less (Gore)

For information on the current Vice President, see Richard Cheney.

The Bush Administration - a new report

Be sure to check out the new report about the Bush Administration. It is on the Bush Record section of the White House website

Highlights of Accomplishments and Results: the Administration of the President George W. Bush, 2001-2009.

The appendix might interest you as well, 100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration Record.

Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond

Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your holiday break.

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)has released a new report, Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond. The link for downloading the report is on the left.