Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month. The theme for this year is "Women taking the lead to save our planet."

Documents of the Week: Library of Congress

The Library of Congress, which is near and dear to the hearts of all librarians, is our focus for the next week.

• The Library of Congress, 1981
  
• Growing up on Capital Hill: A young Washingtonian's journal, 1850-1852
• History of the U.S. Army battle command training program, 1986-2003
• The Russian Orthodox Church of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands and its relation to Native American Traditions -- an attempt at a multicultural society, 1794-1912
• English defenders of American Freedoms, 1774-1778
• Gathering history: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana
• Yiddish American popular songs, 1895-1950
• Justifying Jefferson: the Political Writings of John James Beckley
• Leo Lionni at the Library of Congress
• Jefferson's legacy: A brief history of the Library of Congress
• African and Middle East collections
• Aeronautical and astronautical resources of the Library of Congress: a comprehensive guide
• Prints and photographs: an illustrated guide
• Hispanic and Portuguese collections: an illustrated guide
• The geography and map division: a guide to its collections and services
• Blind justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the vision of equality
• The musical mainstream, July-August 1982
• American Poetry at Mid-Century
• Folklife center news, winter 1998
  

HealthReform.gov

HealthReform.gov

"In December 2008, President-elect Obama invited Americans to host and participate in HealthCare Community Discussions to talk about how to reform health care in America.

Over 9,000 Americans in all 50 states and the District of Columbia signed up to host Health Care Community Discussions. Thousands more participated. Friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers, representing the views of both health care patients and providers, came together in homes and offices, coffee shops and fire houses, universities and community centers, all with a common purpose: to discuss reforming the health care system.

After each Health Care Community Discussion, hosts were asked to fill out a Participant Survey and submit a Group Report summarizing the group’s main concerns and suggestions.

The 3,276 group reports were systematically analyzed and the information generated by the Health Care Community Discussions captured in the report, Americans Speak on Health Reform: Report on Health Care Community Discussions.

The Report is being formally presented to President Obama and is the foundation for the March 5 White House Forum on Health Reform, a further public discussion of the need for health reform." from the About HealthReform.gov page

Read the minutes from the Alabama Health Care Community Discussion.

Open.Alabama.gov

A new website, Open.Alabama.gov, has been created for Alabamians to track how our state leaders distribute the money received from the federal stimulus package.

Geography of a Recession

The New York Times has an interactive map, the Geography of a Recession, which shows unemployment rates in the United States. Be sure to read the related article.

Latest & Greatest: Foreign Aid

Have you thought about foreign aid lately? You can, and probably should, search the USAID reports. The reports may be limited by subject (agricultural, economic or health to name a few) or by country. USAID is an independent federal government agency. For more information about USAID, see This Is USAID.

Government Documents has just added the online individual country health statistical reports to our catalog. To search, use the name of the country.

Let's explore USA.gov

USA.gov offers a variety of web 2.0 tools, such as videos, podcasts & RSS feeds. These are found on the Government 2.0 site. May I recommend videos from USA.gov? It opens with the USA.gov videos but you will see options from other channels on the left.