USD Government Information

12/15/2011

In December 2005, GPO welcomed the first Tribal College Libraries to the FDLP. There are currently five Tribal College Libraries.

11/16/2011

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has publicly released the transcripts of President Richard Nixon's Watergate grand jury testimony.

In collaboration with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the collection has been released on FDsys at .

This collection has been made public as a result of the July 29, 2011 order by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Royce C. Lamberth that the June 1975 transcript of Nixon's testimony and the "Associated Materials" to that testimony be released to the public following the review of these documents for any information that must be redacted as required by law. It is rare for any grand jury testimony to be made public.

In May 1975, the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) decided that it was necessary to question former President Richard M. Nixon in connection with various investigations being conducted by the WSPF. Mr. Nixon was questioned over the period of two days, June 23 and June 24, 1975, and the testimony was taken as part of various investigations being conducted by the January 7, 1974, Grand Jury for the District of Columbia (the third Watergate Grand Jury).

"GPO has a 75 year relationship with NARA in providing the public with Government information and GPO is honored to work with NARA to host this historically important, never before seen collection on FDsys," said Public Printer Bill Boarman. "By providing access to these transcripts, GPO and NARA continue to increase transparency on the workings of the Federal Government."

This is the first time the public will have access to this historic collection.

10/04/2011

The creation of GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) began in October 2004. By 2012, there will be approximately eight million searchable documents available through FDsys.

09/12/2011

In September we celebrate the birthday of Adelaide Hasse (b. 09/13/1868), GPO's first librarian (1895-1897) who developed the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification system.

07/27/2011

Web site for Federal depository libraries and librarians.

12/14/2010

GPO PARTNERS WITH GOOGLE TO
OFFER FEDERAL E-BOOKS

12/13/2010

If you’ve used the Government Documents collection here at University Libraries, looked at an online document by clicking a link in the Library's catalog, viewed maps, or researched the history of a current bill or national issue you’ve probably used a government publication distributed by the G

10/28/2010

The 2010 General Election is November 2, 2010. The Sample Ballot for Clay County, South Dakota can be found here.

09/20/2010

South Dakota 2010 Ballot Questions Pro-Con Pamphlet.
http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/electvoterpdfs/2010/2010%20BQ%20Pamphlet&Cover.pdf

09/20/2010

General Information on South Dakota Elections 2010.
http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/electvoterpdfs/2010/2010General%20Information%20on%20SD%20Elections.pdf

09/08/2010

STAT-USA database is going away.
http://libguides.usd.edu/stat-usa

STAT-USA will cease to exist on September 30, 2010. This LibGuide provides links to data sources which were used by the Department of Commerce to provide information on the STAT-USA website.
STAT-USA pulled together information from many different sources, some of which are available from other government websites (e.g. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Federal Reserve), indicated by links in the STAT-USA LibGuide.

STAT-USA will cease to exist on September 30, 2010. This guide provides links to data sources which were used by the Department of Commerce to provide information on the STAT-USA website.

09/03/2010

Some new titles received in August 2010:

The War in Iraq: A legal Analysis, International Law Studies, Volume 86. D 208.207:86

War in the Persian Gulf, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm August 1990-March 1991. D 114.2:P 43/3