Research Guides: Government Documents Collections and Services at Morris Library: Katrina

Government Information Databases

Contact Jian Anna Xiong (axiong@lib.siu.edu, 618-453-7108) for help in locating more government information about Hurricane Katrina.

ProQuest Congressional
Indexes congressional hearings, prints, bills, historical publications, (1789-1969) and unpublished hearings (1823-1972). Full text of congressional bills and resolutions (from 1989), reports and documents, biographical and voting information for members of Congress, the Federal Register (from 1980), the Congressional Record (from 1985), and the National Journal (from 1977).

Science.gov
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GPO Advanced Search
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Government Reports and Testimony

American Housing Survey for the New Orleans Metropolitan Area: 2009
This U. S. Bureau of the Census survey focuses on New Orleans and the effects of Hurricane Katrina. It includes information about construction, reasons for moving, housing quality, fuels, insurance, etc.
FEMA: Louisiana Recovery Update: Katrina and Rita by the Numbers
A 2015 update.
FEMA: Mississippi Recovery Office (Hurricane Katrina)
Updated 2015.
OpenCRS: Hurricane Katrina
The Congressional Research Service is a group that prepares reports for members of Congress. OpenCRS has collected the publicly available reports. This is a list of reports available about Hurricane Katrina. You may want to use the search box at the site to narrow the search.
U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Hurricane Katrina After Action Review
A report evaluating the performance of the CDC regarding Hurricane Katrina.
U. S. Government Accountability Office: Hurricane Katrina
The U.S. GAO prepares reports for Congress on various topics. This is a list of reports about Hurricane Katrina in relevance order. Use the search box at the page to narrow your search.
U. S. House of Representatives Report: A Failure of Initiative
This is the "The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina." This is a link to an archived copy at the University of North Texas' CyberCemetery.
U. S. Senate Report: Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared
This is U.S. Government Printing Office's site for Senate Report 109-322.
White House: The federal response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons learned
February 2006.

Other Evaluations of the Government's Responses

The Breach: The Breach: Bearing Witness: Report of the Katrina National Justice Commission, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc.
This 2006 report, edited by Iva E Carruthers and Bernice Powell Jackson is available only borrowing it from another library using interlibrary loan. ISBN: 0976514524; ISBN-13: 9780976514527