DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2006
United States Government and Its Officials

Avian Flu

• Avian Influenza Resources
  • Extensive annotated bibliography covering description and research on the flu
  • Disaster planning, travel information, Michigan local planning
  • Created by the University of Michigan Health Sciences Libraries
• President's Prepareness Proposal
  • National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan
    • President's plan released on May 3, 2006
    • Outlines the roles of federal, state, and local governments, businesses, schools and colleges, and individuals should a pandemic occur
    • Emphasizes international cooperation and preparations for self-isolation
    • Another Copy
  • President Outlines Pandemic Influenza Preparations and Response
    • Speech given at the National Institutes of Health on November 1, 2005
    • The strategy includes an international partnership of surveillance, stockpiling of current flu vaccines and remedies, investing in technology to create new vaccines rapidly, and federal-state-local partnerships
• PandemicFlu.Gov
  • National strategy for identifying and responding to a possible flu pandemic
  • Key facts on the flu and vaccines
  • Monitoring outbreaks
  • Research activities

Cheney Hunting Accident

• Cheney Hunting Accident Report
  • Copy of report filed with Texas Parks and Wildlife
  • Describes mistaken shooting of Harry Whittington on February 11, 2006

Classified Documents

• Declassification in Reverse (National Security Archive)
  • Article by Matthew Aid on the military and intelligence community's effort to reclassify sensitive government documents already declassified
  • Some have been published in Foreign Relations of the United States; others show inaccurate estimates by the Central Intelligence Agency
  • Briefing book includes a history of the declassification and reclassification programs, public locations of newly-reclassified documents, and the texts of several newly-reclassified documents

Gerald Ford

• Gerald R. Ford Memorial
  • Funeral plans, tributes, memorial guestbook
• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
  • Library located in Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • National Security Decisions and Memoranda in full text
    • Most of the National Security Council minutes held during the period
    • Selected documents on the Vietnam War, 1972-76
  • Museum located in Grand Rapids, Michigan
    • Permanent and online exhibits
• University of Michigan Tribute
  • President Ford's timeline at the University of Michigan
  • Video and audio archives
  • Quotations
  • Condolences of University officials
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, 1929-2000 (UMich)
  • Presidential speeches, executive orders, nominations and press releases for Herbert Hoover (1929-32) and Harry Truman (1945-1952) through Bill Clinton (1993-2000)
  • Official retrospective digitization project sponsored by the U.S. Government Printing Office
  • Initial page searches all volumes via Boolean logic
  • Other Searches includes Boolean and proximity searches for the author, title or citation
  • Browse by President and then use the title page or index to identify the pages you want to see
  • Pages available in image, pdf and text format
  • Although on-screen viewing is limited to page-by-page, you can add a volume to your bookbag and then download or email it to yourself
• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (UMich)
  • Programs, students, faculty, related organizations, giving opportunities
• National Portrait Gallery
  • Official portrait
• Presidents of the United States (Internet Public Library)
  • Biography, cabinet officials, and links to analyses of the Ford Presidency
• Gerald R. Ford
  • Official White House biography
• Newspaper Tributes - December 27, 2006
  • MLIVE Special Edition
    • Articles with local color appearing in several Michigan newspapers, including the Grand Rapids Press and Ann Arbor News
  • MSNBC
  • CNN

Income Tax

• Canadian Tax Forms
  • Site includes forms and instructions for individuals, business and non-profits
  • Recommendations for tax advice
  • 2005 forms were not available on Dec. 23, 2005
• Detroit Tax Forms
  • Tax forms for 2005
• Federal Tax Forms (IRS)
  • Tax forms, instructions, and publications in PDF (Adobe Acrobat), PCL, PostScript, and SGML format
  • Although the tax forms print well, the tax booklets may be too long to effectively print
  • 2005 forms available as of 12/23/05
  • Ann Arbor Public Library has copies
• Michigan 2005 Tax Forms (Treasury Department)
  • All forms available in Adobe Acrobat
  • Provides link for free Acrobat software and tax assistance information
  • 2005 forms available as of 12/31/04
  • Michigan is not distributing tax forms to academic libraries in 2005 as a budget-saving measure
  • Ann Arbor Public Library has paper copies
• State Tax Forms (LSU)
  • Clear listing of links to tax forms from various states

Port Security

• Canada-United States Port Security Project ((Center for Infrastructure Expertise)
  • Links to government and non-government reports and journal articles on maritime port security
  • Includes White House policy statements, proposed legislation, GAO and DHS reports
  • Links to commercial sources
• Dubai Ports World
  • Commercial web site of UAE port managing company
  • Web site provides an overview of its operations and ports it is operating
• UNCTAD Monographs on Port Management
  • Series of short studies on maritime port management around the world

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
University of Michigan Library
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