Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

Ahhh,  the similarities between librarians and lawyers — Boolean logic in Lexis searches.  This from the DOJ’s much-reported-on problem of hiring based on political consideration:
‘When Williams left the Department in April 2006, she sent an email
to Goodling containing an Internet search string and explained:
“This is the lexis nexis search string that I use for AG [...]

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Fifty years young – NASA.  Quite a web presence here to celebrate “inspiration, innovation, and discovery.”

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If you want a sense of Missouri demographics, you need to bookmark the MCDC site. The fine folks at the Missouri Census Data Center put out great data on a wide array of demographic topics — the latest considers the loss or gain of population for St. Louis City.

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With a budget in the neighborhood of half a trillion dollars the Pentagon spends a lot of time coming up with catchy phrases for their “operations.” The latest seems to be the Afghanistan “surge” — make that “Plus-Up.”
Planners Study Afghanistan Plus-Up

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The wags at the Swamp have found a scholar who says Senator McCain is not eligible to be President per Art. II, Sec. 1, Clause five of the Constitution — to wit:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a
Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this
Constitution, shall be eligible [...]

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J. Swoboda has put up a new display — “How a Bill Becomes a Law” and no, Schoolhouse Rock does not play when you view the display. However, there are fun GPO handouts available –check it out on the Lower Level of Pius XII Memorial Library at Saint Louis University.

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Conjugation. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on fires in nuke plants states “NRC’s Oversight of Fire Protection at U.S. Commercial Nuclear Reactor Units Could Be Strengthened.”
Shouldn’t that be should?
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has all the info needed on power plant safety.

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Call me cynical (is that what happens after 15 years as a journalist and 15 years as a documents librarian) but the latest article on Gitmo from the NYT has me shocked. NYT says “enhanced interrogation” techniques used in Gtimo were inspired by the Chinese Reds in the 50’s. Link is here.
“An interrogation class at [...]

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Count me in St. Louis…

Thanks to the work of J. Swoboda and a number of tireless graduate students EVERYONE will soon be able to access the St. Louis Census data at the tract geographic level. Published by the Bureau of the Census from 1930 until 1980 and previously only accessible using the old-fashioned analog paper [...]

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