Jack Tarver Library Intercession Hours

Jack Tarver Library will be open the following hours from January 5-January 12:

Monday, January 5
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday, January 6
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wednesday, January 7
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Thursday, January 8
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Friday, January 9
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, January 10
Closed

Sunday, January 11
Closed

Monday, January 12
7:45 a.m.-7 p.m.

Jack Tarver Library Closing

Jack Tarver Library will be closed from December 24, 2009 through January 4, 2009.

Public Access to the GAO Reports and GAO Comptroller General Decisions Databases

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide permanent public access to the GAO Reports and GAO Comptroller General Decisions databases that are available on the GAO Web site.

The GAO Reports database contains reports on audits, surveys, investigations, and evaluations of Federal programs conducted by GAO. The content in this database dates back to 1970 and earlier.

The Comptroller General Decisions database contains decisions and opinions issued by the Comptroller General in areas of Federal law such as appropriations, bid protests, and Federal agency rulemaking. It also contains historic material dating back to 1970.

GAO is actively working on digitizing its legacy collection so historic material will continue to be added to the two databases.

Hot Document in December

Black Americans in Congress 1870 - 2007

Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 (House Document No. 108-224) is the most comprehensive history available on the 121 African Americans who have served in Congress since 1870 to present. The book chronicles African Americans’ participation in the federal legislature and their struggle to attain full civil rights.

Contents include:

PART I: FORMER BLACK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

• Chapter I: “The Fifteenth Amendment in Flesh and Blood”: The Symbolic Generation of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–1887
• Chapter II: “The Negroes’ Temporary Farewell”: Jim Crow and the Exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887–1929
• Chapter III: Keeping the Faith: African Americans Return to Congress, 1929–1970
• Chapter IV: Permanent Interests: The Expansion, Organization, and Rising Influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971–2007
  

PART II: CURRENT BLACK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

APPENDICES

Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 is available online via GPO Access. A print copy of this featured document is available in the Government Documents collection at Tarver Library.