Climate Change

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) This panel, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), assesses "the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation." The panel's websites features reports (including the 2007 report declaring "warming of the climate system is unequivocal"), details about working groups, press releases, and related material. Some documents available in multiple languages.
URL: http://www.ipcc.ch

State Government Finances

From the Census Department - Now Available:

2005 State Government Finances
Detailed data for each state on revenue (such as taxes and federal aid), expenditures (such as police, fire and education) and cash and security holdings.
Internet address: http://www.census.gov/govs/www/state.html

State of the States 2007

Here is the link for Stateline's most recent State of the States Report.
It is a 52 page pdf document, with many statistics and charts.
Source: Stateline.org

http://archive.stateline.org/flash-data/Stateline's_State_of_the_States_2007.pdf

Federal 2008 Budget

Just Released: Fiscal Year 2008 Budget (FY08) of the United StatesTransmitted to Congress on February 5, 2007. Covers the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2007.
+ Description of Documents Released Today and About the United States Budget.
+ Browse All Budget Documents (PDF)Budget Documents Appendix Supporting Documents Related Documents Spreadsheets
+ Keyword Search Documents**Searches Only Analytical Perspectives, Historical Tables, Appendix
+ Download All Entire Budget (8.8 MB, Zip File)
+ Search Previous Documents (Back to 1997)
Source: Office of Management and Budget (via GPO Access)

The SSO Library has copies of the FY 2008 budgets of various agencies. These can be checked out by SSO tenants.

National Consumer Protection Week - February 4-10

National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) NCPW highlights consumer protection and education efforts around the country. This site provides links to "information from federal, state, and local government agencies, and national consumer advocacy organizations" on the topics of consumers, business information, and international organizations. Also includes links to previous NCPW websites back to 1999. In English and Spanish. From consumer.gov, the "source for consumer information from the federal government."
URL: http://www.consumer.gov/ncpw/

EM-DAT : the International Disaster Database

Here's a Web site that offers a database providing information on natural and man-made disasters:

http://www.em-dat.net/


The EM-DAT Emergency Disasters Database, maintained by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), provides access to useful information concerning both natural and manmade disasters. Data extend throughout most of the 20th century and include but are not limited to disasters such as famine, wind storms, extreme temperature, industrial accidents, drought, and earthquakes. In addition to viewing the date and frequency of particular disaster types by country or region, the EM-DAT Database also generates the number of people affected, injured or killed and the estimated financial damage.
Included in the database:+ Country Profiles+ Disaster Profiles+ Disaster Lists
An advanced search interface also provides many search options.
Source: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Presidents Web Site

Here is a web resource for information on U.S. Presidents:

American President: An Online Reference Resource Collection of material about U.S. presidents, including "essays about each President and their lives before, during, and after their presidential terms. It additionally provides information about the First Lady and cabinet officials of each administration." From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/