WMU Libraries - Government Information

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS released its 2006 report on the global AIDS epidemic in conjunction with the 2006 High-Level Meeting on Aids scheduled to take place May 31 through June 2. The report is available at:


http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/2006GlobalReport/default.asp

An May 22, 2006 the national Hurricane Center of the National Weather Service released its 2006 National Hurricane Outlook. The press release is available at:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2634.htm

The full report is available at:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml

The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress has issued a report on the legal authorities for government access to phone calls. The report is available from the Federation of American Scientists at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33424.pdf

U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. The report covering 2005 is available at:

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/c17689.htm

The Secretary General of the United nations has issued a report titled: Uniting Against Terrorism:
Recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy. It is available at:

http://www.un.org/unitingagainstterrorism/contents.htm

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the 2004 Regional Economic
Information System (REIS) data for 2004 (aka Local Area Personal Income)
on April 25th. The data are available at:

http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/

The Anna Nicole Smith case was decided today by the Supreme court. You can find the decision in Marshall v. Marshall at:

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/05pdf/04-1544.pdf