CURRENT TOPICS

The information & links on these pages are some of the resources available through the UF Libraries and the Government Documents Department. For more information and resources, please consult with the Goverment Documents staff, on the first floor of the Marston Science Library.

Current Topic: Hurricane Season

• The National Hurricane Center: Storm information & tracking, preparedness guides, historical information & data, and more
• Glossary of NHC Terms: Definitions of commonly-used terms
• FEMA: general information on hurricanes, planning guides, information on mitigating damage
• FEMA for Kids: Information on hurricanes prepared for children
• Ready America- Hurricanes: Preparedness guides and planning information
• Hurricane Hunters Association: Information, photographs and more on the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters of the Air Force Reserve
• Florida Division of Emergency Management: Preparedness guides for families, businesses, the differntly-abled, and more
• Florida Highway Patrol: State-specific hurricane information- advisories, traffic and evacuation alerts, emergency shelter information, links to other resources
• Hurricane Preparedness (In Spanish)
• Hurricane Tips-Children and Stress; prepared by the state of Florida
• Alachua County Department of Emergency Management: Local information, links, and contact information
• Gainesville Regional Utilities Storrm Central: local information and contacts

Current Topic: Labor Unions

• Office of Labor Management: via the Department of Labor- yearly union reports, financial information, and other data and reports
• Employment Law Guide: Unions- via the Department of Labor
• Rebuilding Economic Security: Empowering Workers to Restore the Middle Class: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 03/10/2009
• Work Stoppages/Strike Reports: Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Annual Reports of the Federeal Mediation & Concilliation Service
• Labor Statistics: via the Monthly Labor Review
• State of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 11: State Finances, Collective Bargaining for Public Employees, compensation and Fringe Benefits of Public Employees, the State Civil Service System; full text of the Wisconsin bill
• Florida Public Employment Collective Bargaining Law: issued by the State of Florida

Current Topic: Nuclear Energy

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fact Sheets; basic information issuned by the U.S. Government. News releases relating to situation in Japan may be found at THIS LINK
• Nuclear Power Plant Security & Vulnerabilities; report issued 08/23/2010 by the Congressional Research Service
• International Status and Prospects of Nuclear Power; Report issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Comparing Nuclear Accident Risks With those from Other Energy Sources; report issued by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
• Tsunami Hazard Assessment at Nuclear Power Plant Sites in the United States of America; Report issued 03/2009 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Country Analysis Briefs: Japan; Report from the Department of Energy, updated 09/2010
• Nuclear Energy Research & Development Act of 2010; Full text of the report to Congress
• Nuclear Power's Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs & Risks; Report issued by the Strategic Studies Institute, 12/2010
• Frequently Asked Questions About License Applications for New Nuclear Power
  Reactors; Report issued by the Nuclear regulatory Agency, 11/2009
• Consequences of the Nuclear Power Plant Accident at Chernobyl; Article issued by Public Health Services

Current Topic: Sustainability- U.F. and Beyond

• University of Florida Office of Sustainability: Information on U.F. sustainability efforts, Reports & publications, suggested readings and more
• Sustainable Living: Information and solutions presented by UF/IFAS
• Florida Sustainable Initiatives: information & programs from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Sustainabilty: Information, reports planning and resources from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• 2008 Sustainability Report: Issued by the National Renewable Engergy Laboratory
• Building a Sustainable Future: A Report on the EPA's Brownfields Sustainability Pilots: Issued October 2009
• Energy Reduction & Environmental Sustainability in Surface Transportation: hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 01/27/2009
• Everyone's Business: Working Towards Sustainability through Environmental Stewardship and Cooperation; via the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology,
• Banking on Sustainability: Financing Environmental and Social Opportunities in Emerging Markets; Issued by the International Finance Corporation
• European Union: Sustainable Development: Policies, inititiatives, reviews, working papers and more from the European Union
• Sustainability Research Strategy: Issued by the Environmental Protection Agency
• Sustainability: online scholarly open access journal of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings

Archived topics can be found at THIS LINK