DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1997
United States Government and Its Officials
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Balanced Budget Deal |
Clinton's 2d Administration
Congressional Directories - 105th |
Cost-of-Living Adjustment |
FBI Crime Lab
Federal Budget |
Government Secrecy |
Inauguration |
Income Tax Forms
IRS Restructure |
Mars Pathfinder |
Mir Space Station
North Dakota Floods |
Roswell UFO |
Social Security Web Site
State of the Union Address |
Volunteerism Summit
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Last updated on December 16,
1997
Cable News Network
- Senate
Investigation
- Reports include Defense Department and Senate investigations,
Aberdeen, and Marine hazing
- Defense
Department Panel
- Establishment of military morals panel in light of the Kelly Flinn
discharge and Joseph Ralston nomination to chair Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Links to military women web sites and search instructions for related
stories
Defense
Department Investigation
- Statement of zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment
- News releases from the Defense Department, Army and Air Force
- Surveys of the problem, case studies on a solution, announcement of
an investigatory panel
Gender-Integrated
Training (Defense Dept Report)
- Report recommends separate barracks for men and women in the military
and the possibility of separate platoon training
- Released on December 16, 1997
- Web site includes press release, full text of report on recruitment
and training issues, and panel membership
Military
Manpower
- Statistics on military and civilian personnel
- Includes number of women
Uniform Code of
Military Justice
- Text appears in Title 10, Section 801 ff. of the United States
Code
- Title 10,
Section 934 addresses adultery
Public Law 105-33
(H.R.2015)
Conference Provisions - July
29
- All
Politics Coverage
- Summary of July 29th provisions on child care, capital
gains, real estate, and estate taxes
- Comments of major players
- House Budget
Committee
- Detailed summary in ASCII format
- Senate
Budget Committee
- Detailed executive summary in Adobe Acrobat format
- Follow the link: 1997 Balanced Budget Act Reconciliation
Conference Agreement Summary
All Politics
Coverage of Initial Agreeement
- Analysis of May 2nd budget agreement between President and
Congressional Republicans
- Statements of all parties
House Budget
Committee Summary
- Extensive summary of the budget deal recommended by the committee on
May 16, 1997
House Republican
Conference
- Briefing on the budget deal on May 6, 1997
- Adobe Acrobat and Word Perfect versions of the budget agreement,
Republican statements, and fact sheets
Text
of Law
- Text of H.R. 2015 as signed by President in August 1997
See also
Cabinet
Appointees, 1997-2000 (AllPolitics)
- List of cabinet and related posts
- Biographies of new appointees and related stories
- Front runners for those positions not yet announced
Inauguration
- Official 53rd
Presidential Inaugural
- Inaugural history, biographies, and schedule
- Inaugural Channel provides news, graphics, audio and video files
- Celebrating
Democracy
- Inaugural coverage from the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and
National Archives
- Historical information, live coverage, the inauguration as celebrated
in the humanities
- Joint Congressional Committee on
Inaugural Ceremonies
- Members of committee, inaugural plans
- Inaugural addresses of previous Presidents
Plum
Book
- Positions which the President may appoint
- Listing includes title, incumbent and salary scale
- Official title: United States Government Policy
and Supporting Positions
Contacting
Congress (Juan Cabanela)
- Provides a web interface to Member
phone, fax, district office, and
e-mail address
- Committee and
Subcommittee Assignments provide the phone, fax, district
office, e-mail address, and biography of individual members
Congressional
Directories, 105th Congress (UMich)
- Consolidated House and Senate member lists
- Arranged by state and district
- Address, phone, fax, e-mail and web site for incumbents
- E-mail and web sites for Representatives and Senators
Roll Call
- State delegations of 105th Congress and biographies of freshmen
Description
- Boskin report submitted to Senate Finance Committee in December 1996
- Recommends revision of the consumer price index
Washington
Post
- Summary of report, BLS reaction,
testimony
Printed Version
- Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of
Living
- Government Printing Office Distribution Information: Item No.
0769; SuDocs No. L 2.2:T 65/12-996
Web
Version
- Full text in pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format is 225K
- Should be accessible to UMich affiliates due to STAT-USA site
license; unknown whether available to those without general STAT-USA
Access
Bureau of Labor
Statistics
- BLS reaction to the Advisory Commission's report
- Experimental CPI statistics based on Commission report as well as
traditional measures
FBI Press
Release
- Press release with the findings of the 18-month investigation
- Chart on status of improvements (Adobe Acrobat)
- History of the crime laboratory
Full Text of
Report (TnCrim)
- Full text lists table of contents with hyper-links to
chapters
- Searchable by keyword
Federal Budget
FY98
- Full text of the Budget and its Appendix, Budget Analyses, Historical
Tables, Systems and Concepts, Principles, and Citizen's Guide
- Keyword searching available for one or more publications
- No browsing capability
House Budget
Committee
- Majority party analysis of budget
See also Balanced Budget Deal
Federal
Tax Forms (IRS)
- Tax forms, instructions, and publications in PDF (Adobe Acrobat),
PCL, PostScript, and SGML format
- See "eyeglasses" at the bottom of the screen for keyword searching
- Although the tax forms print well, the tax booklets may be too long to
effectively print
- Many reproducible tax forms also available at the Documents
Center
Income Tax
Information on the Internet
- Links to federal and state tax
forms
- Extensive links to professional articles on
taxation issues
- Taxation treaties, new laws, policies
Internal
Revenue Code
- Searchable by keyword or detailed table of contents
Michigan 1996 Tax
Forms
- Printable tax forms using Adobe Acrobat
- Joint project of the Michigan Electronic Library and Treasury
Department
State Tax Forms
(LSU)
- Clear listing of links to tax forms from various states
State Tax
Forms
- Links to state tax forms and information by state
Clinton
Proposal
- President Clinton's proposal on IRS restructuring
- Press release dated October 10, 1997
Senate Finance Committee
Hearings
- Hearings held September 23-25, 1997
- Submitted testimony of witnesses
- Press statements of Senate William Roth
- University of Michigan Users (only) should consult Congressional Compass
under Congressional Publications/Search Testimony for additional
material
National
Commission on Restructuring the IRS
- Text of final report in HTML and Adobe Acrobat format issued in June 1997
- Includes mailbox for comments
Mars
Pathfinder
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory's official web site
- Photos from Mars landing on July 4, 1997
- Instructions for building a model of the pathfinder
NASA
Today
- NASA news on mission, press kit, previous scientific studies
- Includes recommendations for non-government web sites carrying
photos and video coverage
CNN
Coverage
- Numerous news articles on the June 25th collision
- Videoclip and graphic
MIR Space Station
- Official NASA web site on the mission of MIR
- Expected to contain news of the collision/damage on June 25, 1997
NASA
Headlines
- Daily reports on the collision of the module with MIR and attempts to
resolve the problems
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
- As of April 23, 1997, most news on the North Dakota floods was found
under "What's New"
- Includes flood situation reports, President's remarks
- Web site also includes maps and assistance information
Local News Coverage (Recommended by
NBNEWS
Description
- Incident involves spotting of unidentified flying object in Roswell,
New Mexico in July 1947
- Alien bodies reported
Roswell Report
- Executive summary of 1994 Air Force report with extensive information
on the incident
Roswell Report: Case
Closed
- Executive summary of report released in June 1997
Controversy over web access to individual
employment data
CyNet
News
- Article by Janet Kornblum on April 9, 1997
Social Security
Administration
- Web site down beginning April 9, 1997 to remove employment
information
- Reinstituted at a later date
Full text of President's address to
Congress, February 4, 1997
Also available in audio format
AllPolitics
Coverage
- News articles on the summit and a list of related web sites
- Interactive poll on volunteerism
Idealist
- List of 10,000 non-profit volunteer organizations
- Arranged by continent/country/state
President's
Summit on America's Future
- Official summit web site
- Detailed agenda and news reports
- Suggestions on volunteerism
- Annotated list of organizations making a commitment to volunteerism
and a summary of their plans, arranged by subject
- The Digital Neighborhood permits users to register for
e-mail updates on their community's plans
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