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Health Care Legislation
Those following the debates on health care legislation may be interested in House Report 111-330, to accompany H. Res. 903 RH. This is the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, and contains a summary of the amendment, the Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act.
Here are links to the major health acts being discussed currently in Congress:
HR3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act
HR3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act
S1679: Affordable Health Choices Act
S1796: America's Healthy Future Act
Federal Digital System (FDsys)
GPO has launched FDsys, GPO's new Federal Digital System, an innovative tool to enable people to search and access the documents of the U.S. government. FDsys is an one-stop site on which to find current, authentic, published information from all three branches of the U.S. government.
One of the highlights of FDsys is the new Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, which includes releases from the White House Press Office and remarks made by the President. FDsys also offers search capabilities to find documents released by Members of Congress and Congressional Committees, using only keyword and date information.
We invite you to take a look at FDsys, which will not only "provide transparency to our government, but forever change how we maintain and manage authentic government information." (Robert C. Tapela , Public Printer of the United States)
Find Your Legislators
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
- District 01 David Wu (D)
- District 02 Greg Walden (R)
- District 03 Earl Blumenauer (D)
- District 04 Peter A. DeFazio (D)
- District 05 Kurt Schrader (D)
Oregon Congressional Districts (map from the Oregon Blue Book)
State Senators & Representatives: Find Your Legislator at http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/home.htm
Citing Government Information
Government documents and web sites are cited very like any other sources, but there are a few special considerations to be aware of. The following will link to information on citing government information in a variety of formats:
Government Information at OSU
The Valley Library at OSU provides access to United States (Federal) and State of Oregon documents in all formats including print, electronic (internet and CD/DVD), and microform.
We have been a depository library for state and selected Federal agency documents since 1907. To insure that all Oregonians have access to as complete a collection of federal information as possible we entered into a selective housing agreement with the Oregon State Library in Salem in 2008. In it we agree to collect and retain 100% of the documents produced by the following agencies, to keep them available in perpetuity for the citizens of the State of Oregon.
- US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) (includes the US Forest Service)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Oceanographic Data Center
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Office
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- US Dept. of the Interior (includes the National Parks Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish & Wildlife, and US Geological Survey among others)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
While we have many, many items from other departments and agencies of the Federal government besides the ones listed above, other libraries have agreed to create full collections of those. For a summary of holdings in Oregon, and which library is responsible for which agency, see the Oregon Regional Federal Depository Collection Holdings List Summary.
In addition OSU is a 100% depository of State of Oregon documents.
Locators and Finding Aids
- OSU Libraries Catalog search by SuDoc or OrDoc number in the Numbers Search
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) (official GPO Access version)
- USA.gov the U.S. government's official web portal (previously Firstgov.gov)
- GPO Access disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- THOMAS is the Library of Congress' website that makes federal legislative information freely available to the public. Covers 1989 (101st Congress) onwards.
- FedWorld.gov is a gateway to government information, managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
- CyberCemetary http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ is a partnership between the University of North Texas Libraries and GPO to provide permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.
- U.S. Government Manual Official handbook of the Federal Government. Provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, boards, commissions, and committees.
- Browse Topics the government categorized
- Cross-Agency Portals at USA.gov. Gateways that bring together federal information and services from multiple agencies about a particular topic or for a particular customer group.
- Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909 Courtesy of Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA), a digitization of a standard reference work. Lists Agency and Congressional documents, including Serial Set.
- Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) serves the DoD community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available (full text available)
Depository Program
The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) was established in 1813 by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government's information. Anyone can visit Federal depository libraries and use the depository collections, which are filled with information on careers, business opportunities, consumer information, health and nutrition, legal and regulatory information, demographics, and numerous other subjects.
Last Update: 23 Aug 16:09
