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Dickinson Legal Research Resources : DSL LegalLinks

21 Things To Do When Assuming Responsibility for a Federal Depository Library (University of North Texas)
http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/21things: Sequential steps for librarians assuming responsibility for a Federal Depository Library. Provides useful links to the GPO website, such as guidelines, help center, FDLP Desktop and other program management tools.
9-11 Commission
http://www.9-11commission.gov/: The 9-11 Commission, officially known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, was created to prepare a complete account of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and to make recommendations to prevent future such attacks.
1040 Central
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=118506,00.html: 1040 central is an Internal Revenue Service web site offering information on individual tax returns. It provides highlights of tax law changes from the previous year, latest tax news, tax tips, questions and answers, forms and publications, and information about electronic filing.
AAAdir: Directory of Banks, Credit Unions and Financial Information on the Internet
http://aaadir.com/: Directory of banks around the world, with financial information available by topic, and useful financial software links.
ABA: Antitrust Law
http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/home.html: American Bar Association’s collection of publications, committee pages, comments, reports, links, and listsrvs on antitrust. Also includes a page for law students on careers in antitrust.
ABA: Family Law
http://www.abanet.org/family/home.html: American Bar Association information on family law, including general public resources, publications, reports, and a link to the ABA Pro Bono Child Custody Project.
ABA: Family Law in the Fifty States
http://www.abanet.org/family/familylaw/tables.html: Seven tables summarizing the family law of the fifty states by areas such as alimony, custody, child support, divorce, property, adoption, etc.
ABA: Juvenile Justice Center
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus: American Bar Association information on juvenile justice, including the National Juvenile Defender Center and the juvenile death penalty.
ABI World
http://www.abiworld.org/: The American Bankruptcy Institute was created in 1982 to provide information to Congress and public. Their website includes a weekly newsletter, various publications, such as the ABI Journal and ABI Law Review, a career center, news updates, a legislative news section, and bankruptcy statistics.
Aboriginal Law and Legislation
http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/ablawleg.htm: Contains international aboriginal law, such as constitutions, legislation, and court decisions, specifically for the countries of Canada, United State, New Zealand, and Australia.
Access America E-gov E-zine http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/accessamerica/index.html: This archived web site provides information on Access America, former Vice President Gore's e-government initiative, as well as Gore's full report.
Access Board: Guidelines and Standards
http://www.access-board.gov/gs.htm: Final guidelines and standards are available for ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS).
Access to Archival Database (AAD)
http://www.archives.gov/aad/: This site, offered by the National Archives and Records Administration, provides a searchable database of historic electronic records created by more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics.
ADA Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm: U.S. Department of Justice's official web site for the Americans with Disabilities Act. Includes ADA regulations, technical assistance documents, settlement agreements and other related government resources.
Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html: This medical encyclopedia contains thousands of articles and medical illustrations on diseases, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.
Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/: As part of the Department of Health and Human Services, ACF promotes the economic and social well-being of children and families.
Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov/: The Administration on Aging, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, was established as a result of the Older Americans Act of 1965. It is the "federal focal point and advocate agency for older persons and their concerns." The web site offers information about the agency itself, its services, programs and press releases, background and analysis of the Older Americans Act, and extensive links to related sources.
Administrative Decisions and Other Actions
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html: This web site, a product of the University of Virginia Library, contains links to Federal administrative decisions and other actions arranged in alphabetical order by agency.
Administrative Notes
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/adnotes/index.html: Provides access to Administrative Notes, Library Program Service’s monthly newsletter about FDLP issues. From the website, one may access the full text of the newsletter, browse the table of contents, and conduct a keyword search via a link to the University of Michigan website. Both archived and current newsletters are accessible in HTML or PDF format.
Administrative Notes Technical Supplement
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/techsup/index.html: Provides access to Administrative Notes Technical Supplement (ANTS), Library Program Service’s monthly newsletter updating various FDLP related publications, directories, depository listings, and related information. From the website, one may access the full text of the newsletter, browse the ANTS Cumulative Table of Contents, and conduct a keyword search. Newsletters are accessible in PDF format.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/adminoff.html: Established in 1939, the Administrative Office is the administrative arm of the federal Judiciary devoted to serving the courts in fulfilling the federal judicial system's critical mission, which is providing justice to the citizens of this country. The agency provides service to the federal courts in three essential areas: administrative support, program management, and policy development.
The Adoption Institute: Policy & Regulation
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/policy/polreg.html: The Adoption Institute is a national organization dedicated to improving the adoption process. This page contains information on state laws on access to identifying information, putative father registries, open records, state registries, and confidentiality statutes.
ADRWorld.com
http://www.adrworld.com: Website with ADR-related news, state and federal legislation, regulations, policy documents, and full-text court opinions.
Advance Earned Income Credit Payment Tables 2004
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n1036.pdf: These payment tables are effective for wages paid in 2004.
AFL-CIO Homepage
http://www.aflcio.org/: The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is a collection of 61 national and international labor unions. The page includes information on jobs, wages, the economy, politics, etc.
African American Mosaic
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html: The Mosaic site presents a "Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture". Topics covered include colonization, abolition, and migration.
African Development Foundation
http://www.adf.gov: The African Development Foundation is a unique organization that promotes broad-based, sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. Established by Congress as a federal agency and a public corporation, ADF maintains a local office, staffed with African professionals, in each of the countries in which it operates.
After the Day of Infamy
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afcphhtml/: Over 200 recorded "Man-on-the-Street" interviews following the attack on Pearl Harbor are documented on this Library of Congress web site.
The 'Agency Approach' to locating Government Information on the Internet (GODORT)
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfcem/agency.htm: Created by a committee of the American Library Association, this tutorial intends to make one’s search for government information on the Internet more manageable, less frustrating, and more effective. Sample hypothetical questions explain the “agency approach” while providing links to a variety of government websites.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahcpr.gov/: Provides research on the use, costs, and access to health care in an effort to improve the quality of health care services in the United States.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html: The agency is the principle federal public health agency charged with the responsibility of evaluating human health effects from the exposure to hazardous substances. Access to journal articles, maps of hazardous waste sites, and other information.
Agency Index
http://www.washlaw.edu/doclaw/executive5m.html: This web site, sponsored by the Washburn University School of Law, offers an extensive index for federal government agencies.
AgingStats.gov
http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/main_site/default.aspx: AgingStats.gov is the web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Key member agencies include the National Institute on Aging, Administration on Aging, Social Security Administration, Census Bureau, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Forum provides these agencies with a setting to discuss data issues and concerns that may improve the quality and usefulness of data on the aging population.
Agricultural OnLine Access (AGRICOLA)
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/: AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century.
Agriculture Decisions
http://www.usda.gov/da/oaljdecisions: The Office of Administrative Law Judges from the Department of Agriculture offers a database of Agriculture Decisions, searchable by year, word, or phrase.
AirData
http://www.epa.gov/air/data/index.html: Access to air pollution data for the United States.
Air Force Link
http://www.af.mil: Website of the U.S. Air Force. Provides up-to-date articles about information in the news, fact sheets, Air Force history, and a vast amount of other Air Force related information. Links to other governmental and military websites are also provided.
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/aulimp/index.html: The Air University Library's Index to Military Periodicals, hosted by the Defense Technical Information Center, is a subject index to significant articles, news items, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals. The Index contains citations since 1988 and is updated continuously. A list of individual journal home pages is included.
Alabama
http://www.state.al.us/
ALA Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT)
http://www.ala.org/ala/godort/godort.cfm: As a unit of the American Library Association, the website provides a forum for discussion of problems and concerns relating to access to government documents.
Alaska
http://www.state.ak.us/
Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov: The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, known as ETOH, covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The database is updated monthly and includes abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works, from the late 1960's to today.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
http://www.ttb.gov/: One provision of the Homeland Security Act divided the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms into two new agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), which has moved to the Department of Justice, and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau which remains in the Department of the Treasury. The Bureau will be responsible for administering the alcohol and tobacco laws and implementing regulations previously administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
AllLaw.com State Resources: Pennsylvania
http://www.alllaw.com/state_resources/pennsylvania/: Law related directory of Pennsylvania government and legal websites.
AltaVista
http://altavista.com/: Also offers online translation service.
Al Qaeda after the Iraq Conflict
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/21191.pdf: A report from the Congressional Research Service about the current state of Al Qaeda after the start of the Iraq conflict.
America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/: Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures. Highlights include films of the United States Postal Service, cattle breeding, fire fighters, logging, amusement parks, parades, boxing, football, and other sporting events.
America's Job Bank
http://www.jobbankinfo.org/: America's Job Bank is the largest online job market offering numerous services for both prospective employees and employers. Job seekers can post their resume online and search for job openings by name or keyword. Employers can post job listings, create customized job orders, and search resumes automatically.
America's Law Links: Comprehensive Resources Linking the Legal Community
http://www.lawlinks.com/: Aim is to provide a place for all people interested in the law to congregate and obtain information. Users can conduct research, generate referrals, purchase legal products, collaborate, and recruit. Separate centers for attorneys or consumers.
American Arbitration Association
http://www.adr.org/index2.1.jsp: A comprehensive site for up-to-the-minute information about mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
American Association of Law Libraries
http://www.aallnet.org/: Professional association of law librarians and professionals from law schools, law firms, corporate legal departments, courts, and government agencies.
American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org/: The largest voluntary professional society in the world, the ABA offers law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, and programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work.
American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.abmc.gov/home.php: The Commission was established to honor the accomplishments of the American Armed Forces through the establishment and maintenance of military burial grounds and other memorial monuments.
American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/: National organization defending civil liberties. Website contains news, multimedia, legislative updates, Supreme Court cases, etc.
American Civil Liberties Union Pennsylvania
http://www.aclupa.org/: PA chapter of the ACLU. Website contains news, legislative updates, an online library, and other publications.
American Civil Liberties Union: Religious Liberty
http://www.aclu.org/ReligiousLiberty/ReligiousLibertyMain.cfm: National organization defending civil liberties. Website contains news, legislative updates, press releases, action items, etc. on religious liberty.
American Factfinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en: American FactFinder is a Census Bureau data access and dissemination system that provides useful facts and information about communities, economies, and societies. The system searches statistical information for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
American Housing Survey (AHS)
http://www.huduser.org/datasets/ahs.html: Formerly the Annual Housing Survey, this survey gives data on apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant homes, family composition, income, housing and neighborhood quality, etc. National data are collected every other year.
American Immigration Center
http://www.us-immigration.com/: Immigration products, news updates, "Do-It-Yourself-Immigration/Citizenship", information on visas, immigration professional and immigrant resources.
American Indian Heritage Foundation
http://www.indians.org: The American Indian Heritage Foundation site provides extensive links and other useful information.
American Law Sources On-Line
http://www.lawsource.com/also: Their stated purpose is to "provide a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for United States, Canada and Mexico." Focus is on US, Canadian, and Mexican federal and state legal resources. Some of these resources are also in French and Spanish.
American Memory - Historical Collections for the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html: This Library of Congress web site is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
American Psychological Association’s Citing Electronic Information
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html: Information regarding citing electronic media.
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
http://www.aslme.org/: Able to search the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the American Journal of Law & Medicine and find up to date information on recent developments in the areas of law, medicine, and ethics.
American Stock Exchange
http://www.amex.com/: Amex conducts trading through an advanced centralized specialist system. All quotes on page are delayed at least 15 minutes.
An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html: This collection from the Library of Congress is a repository of Americana containing more than 28,000 items dating from the seventeenth century. Among other materials, the collection contains posters, playbills, songsheets, proclamations, petitions, propaganda, ballots, menus, and business cards.
American Women
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/: A gateway to the Library of Congress resources in the field of American women's history.
Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences
http://www.aadap.org/Default.shtml
Not available as of 11/9/2005: AADP up-to-date news on affirmative action, immigration, race and related topics.
Americans with Disabilities Act: Hot Links & Document Center
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm: Full-text version of Americans with Disabilities Act, along with Supreme Court cases, building, housing, and recreation accessibility guidelines, ADA Technical Assistance manuals, and information on ADA enforcement.
AmeriStat
http://www.prb.org/: This site, created by the Population Reference Bureau in partnership with the University of Michigan's Social Science Data Analysis Network, is a one-stop source for U.S. population data related to a variety of subject areas. The topics include: children, education, income/poverty, labor/employment, mortality, race/ethnicity and more.
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/: Worldwide human rights organization. Page includes human rights information by country and region, resources, news, and online document library.
Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com/: Collection of family history searchable by last name and country of origin. (Most services require a fee and registration)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/index.html: The Animal and Plant Health inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities.
Anthrax Information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/index.asp
A variety of anthrax information from the CDC.

Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm
The Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases of the CDC provides general and technical information on anthrax.
Antitrust Law and Economics Review
http://www.metrolink.net/~cmueller/: "America’s Only Anti-Monopoly Journal" contains articles from 1967 to 1990, the Dirty Dozen antitrust cases, research information, and recommended readings.
Antitrust Policy
http://www.antitrust.org/
Not available as of 11/9/2005: Created by a professor at Vanderbilt School of Management, this page has up-to-the-minute antitrust headlines, antitrust case summaries, enforcement guidelines, speeches, and economic bibliographies.
AnyBirthday.com
http://anybirthday.com/
Not available as of 11/9/2005: This database of well over 135 million records can be searched by name or birthdate.
The Arc
http://www.thearc.org: The Nation's largest volunteer organization solely devoted to improving the lives of all children and adults with mental retardation.
Architect of the Capitol
http://www.aoc.gov/: The Architect of the Capitol is responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the Capitol, the congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress buildings, the Supreme Court building, the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Capitol Power Plant, and other facilities.
Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness
http://www.fema.gov/areyouready: A comprehensive guide of survival techniques and other information on how to survive both natural and man-made disasters. The guide, created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is available in PDF and MS Word formats.
Arizona
http://www.az.gov/webapp/portal/
Arkansas
http://www.state.ar.us/
Army Nurse Corps Historical Collection
http://history.amedd.army.mil/ANCWebsite/anchhome.html: This collection from the Office of Medical History offers a wealth of information regarding the U.S. Army Nurse Corps history.
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/Home.htm: The American Society of International Law was created in 1906 and incorporated by an act of Congress in 1950, and has been granted Consultative Status to the UN. Its website focuses on internet sources but also includes CD-ROMs, library catalogs, and on-line subscription/commercial services.
Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com/: Ability to search by asking full question.
Ask-A-Geologist
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/: This free service, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, allows users to email earth science question to a USGC earth scientist. The majority of these questions are answered within a few days. More information on the service can be found on the website.
Asser Institute: International Commercial Arbitration
http://www.asser.nl/ica/index.htm: Contains information on the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Bar Association (IBA), Multilateral Arbitration Conventions, UNCITRAL, and more. Also includes a searchable database of commercial arbitration sites.
Association for Conflict Resolution
http://www.acrnet.org: A professional organization for those involved in conflict resolution. Site contains some current news on conflict resolution and means to find mediators and practitioners.
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
http://www.afda.org: Association of criminal defense attorneys who practice in the federal courts.
Astro-Venture
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/: This NASA site is designed to teach kids about the geology, biology, and atmospheric science of planet Earth. Kids can complete different "missions" leading to the design of their own habitable planet.
AT&T AnyWho Info
http://anywho.com/: Yellow pages, white pages, and reverse lookup.
Attorney Finder
http://www.attyfind.com/: Search for attorneys by geographic location and area of practice.
Australasian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/: AustLII is a joint partnership of the University of Technology Sydney and University of New South Wales. The information that can be searched for on the page includes cases, legislation, news, Australian law, Australian legal publishers, journals, and AustLII projects.
Australian Human Rights Information Centre
http://www.austlii.edu.au/ahric: Multiple AHRC publications and other related links and resources.
Australian Institute of Criminology
http://www.aic.gov.au: Government institute that studies crime and criminal justice in Australia. Page includes reports, statistics, papers, and research on a number of criminal topics.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: The American Constitution
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm: Yale Law School’s documentary record of the American Constitution.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/statech.htm: Yale Law School’s documentary record of full-text colonial charters, grants, and related documents arranged chronologically from pre-18th century to present.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: State Constitutions
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/stateco: Yale Law School’s documentary record of full-text constitutions from 12 states.
Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/: Publications from the U.S. Department of State that contain information on all countries that the U.S. has relations with, including facts on the country's land, people, government, and economy.
Bad Bug Book
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html: This handbook, based on information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health, provides basic facts regarding food borne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.
Bankruptcy Basics
http://www.uscourts.gov/library/bankbasic.pdf: The Bankruptcy Judges Division’s Public Information Series pamphlet (June 2000, revised 2nd ed.) provides basic information to debtors, creditors, court personnel, the media, and the general public on different aspects of the federal bankruptcy laws.
Bankruptcy Statistics
http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/bankruptcystats.htm: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts compiles statistics on bankruptcy filings for each quarter ending December, March, June and September. Quarterly and 12-month statistics are available approximately 2 months after the close of a quarter.
Bartleby
http://www.bartleby.com/: Full-text classics, nonfiction, verses and reference resources online.
Basics of Space Flight
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/: This NASA training module is offered to help people better understand the basics of space flight.
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org: Offers full-text mental health and developmental disability law resources grouped by topics such as aging, children, fair housing, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and mental health care.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html: Ben's Guide serves as the educational component of GPO Access, GPO's service to provide the official online version of legislative and regulatory information. This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers.
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/: Online lectures and discussions from Harvard Law School courses relating to the internet, and proceedings from conferences and panels sponsored by the Center.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp: This site provides brief biographical data on members of Congress from 1774 to the present. Users can search by name, position, state, party or Congress. The site also provides biographies on past and present Presidents and Vice Presidents.
Bioterrorism Act of 2002
http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html: In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Congress passed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act). The Act was created to improve the ability of the U.S. to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.
Black Book Online
http://www.crimetime.com/online.htm: Resources and tips on public records searching, including a bankruptcy index, reverse directories, real estate data, criminal records, and corporate records.
The Bluebook
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/: Online version of The Bluebook with more up-to-date revisions.
Board of Veterans' Appeals
http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/: Part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the BVA reviews benefit claims determinations made by local VA offices and issues decisions on appeals. Information on understanding the appeals process and a searchable database on BVA decisions are available.
Board of Veterans' Appeals Decision Search
http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/bva.html: This Department of Veterans Affairs web site allows an online search of BVA decisions, and provides additional links to understanding the VA appeals process.
BRB Publications
http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp: Access to nearly 400 state, county, city and federal government URL's where you can access public record information for free.
Broadband (Highspeed) Internet Service
http://www.fcc.gov/broadband: The FCC's strategic goal for Broadband is to establish regulatory policies that promote competition, innovation, and investment in broadband services and facilities while monitoring progress toward the deployment of broadband services in the United States and abroad. The technology includes integrated access to voice, high-speed data, video-on-demand, and interactive delivery services.
Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative
http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/html-doc/econinit.htm: Information on the assessment, cleanup, and reuse of brownfields.
Budget of the United States Government
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/: This GPO Access web site provides links through the Office of Management and Budget to the official budget and other related statistics.
Building and Fire Research Information Service (BFRLRIS)
http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/bfrlris: An on-line bibliographic database, accessible at no cost, which contains a vast collection of information on nearly any fire research related subject.
Building Blocks for Youth
http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/: The Building Block for Youth project seeks to reduce “overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system.” The site includes state statistics, news, and research.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
http://www.atf.treas.gov: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) is a law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice. The Bureau, formerly known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, was initially established by the Department of Treasury. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 transferred certain functions and authorities of the Bureau to the Department of Justice and established it under its current name. The Bureau's unique responsibilities include protecting the public and reducing violent crime. ATF enforces the Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol and tobacco diversion, firearms, explosives, and arson.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Annual and Accountability Reports
http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/index.htm#General: Access to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) publications for free. Included among the publications are progress and accountability reports, newsletters, incident reports, bulletins and circulars.
Bureau of Customs and Order Protection
http://www.customs.gov/: Formerly the Customs Department under the Department of Treasury, the CBP is now part of the Department of Homeland Security. As the single unified border agency of the United States, the CBP mission is vitally important to the protection of America and the American people. The web site includes information on exporting, importing, travel, and enforcement.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov/: BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation's economy. To do this, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public.
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/drl_reports.html: U.S. Department of State reports released prior to January 20, 2001.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html: "The BIA website as well as the BIA mail servers have been made temporarily unavailable due to the Cobell Litigation," as of 8/5/03.
America.gov
http://www.america.gov/: The Bureau of International Information Programs' website, America.gov, provides products and services for the foreign affairs community.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice, and is the United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/: The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.
Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, administers 261 million surface acres of America's public lands, located primarily in 12 Western States. The Bureau sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
http://www.bts.gov/: As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the BTS is responsible for the collection, analysis, and reporting of transportation data. The web site provides information on data, programs, laws and regulations, and more.
Business.gov
http://www.business.gov/: This is an online resource guide to provide legal and regulatory information of interest to small businesses. It includes federal, state, and local information that affects small business.
Business 2.0: Best Business Links on the Web
http://www.business2.com/b2/webguide/1,17811,121,00.html: List of business links by subject area, such as travel, careers, globalization, management, etc.
Business & Economics Numeric Data
http://lib.mansfield.edu/econ.cfm: This Mansfield University web site provides URL links to a variety of selected business and economic sites.
Business Ethics
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/business.html: List of business ethics links compiled by the School of Communication at California State University, Fullerton.
Business & Human Rights Resource Center
http://www.business-humanrights.org/: Website of an independent group, in partnership with Amnesty International, with online library that can be searched by country, company, issue, law, policy, etc.
Business Research Guide
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtml: Rutgers University Libraries research guide to business and management topics.
Business Review Letters
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/busreview/letters.htm: The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice provides the text of current Business Review Letters and a digest of letters from 1968-2001.
California
http://www.state.ca.us/
Candidate Conservation Program
http://endangered.fws.gov/candidates/index.html: Candidate species are plants and animals for which the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has sufficient information on to propose them as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but for which a listing is precluded by other higher priority listings. The Candidate Conservation Program provides a means for conserving these species.
Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov/: Career Voyages is the result of collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on occupations in demand and what skills and education are needed to attain those jobs.
Carfax Vehicle History Reports
http://www.carfax.com/: Searches nationwide databases for information on used cars.
CARL Uncover
http://www.ingenta.com/: Searchable database of over 11 million citations from 20,000 journals. (Requires registration with PSUid)
CataLaw: Bankruptcy & Credit Law
http://www.catalaw.com/topics/Bankruptcy.shtml: Links to other bankruptcy and credit sites arranged by country and relevance.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
http://catalog.gpo.gov/F: The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the online version of the Government Printing Office's Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications provides an index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies. When available, links are provided to the full-text of these publications. Coverage begins with January 1994.
CBRN Countermeasures Programs
http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/sect5.html: Now a resource of the Department of Homeland Security, this program originally was part of the Department of Energy. The CBRN Countermeasures Programs direct exercises and drills of the federal, state, and local chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response teams. Follow this link to an article that further elaborates the purpose and responsibilities of the CBRN Countermeasures Programs.
CDC Wonder
http://wonder.cdc.gov/: CDC WONDER -- Wide-ranging OnLine Data for Epidemiologic Research -- provides access to a wide array of public health information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Cell Phone Facts
http://www.fda.gov/cellphones/: This site from the Food and Drug Administration offers consumer information on wireless phones.
CENDI
http://www.dtic.mil/cendi/index.html: CENDI is an interagency group of senior Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Managers from 11 U.S. federal agencies. CENDI's goal is to improve the productivity of federal science and technology programs through a cooperative effort using every agency's greatest capabilities.
Census 2000 Supplementary Survey
http://www.census.gov/c2ss/www/: The American Community Survey is a new nationwide survey designed by the U.S. Census Bureau to replace the lengthy form already in place for information collection. The site provides data tables, rankings, quality measures, definitions, and guides on using and interpreting the data.
Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/: As part of the Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
Census Bureau: Economic Surveys
http://www.census.gov/main/www/sur_econ.html: Links to various economic surveys.
Census Bureau Publications
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html: Publications of the Census Bureau are arranged in broad categories such as: agriculture, business, census of population & housing, economic census, manufacturing, population, and general and reference materials. Materials include census briefs and special reports, technical papers, surveys, and other information.
Census Bureau Sales Catalog
http://www.census.gov/mp/www/cat/how_to_order/006320.html: Census Bureau products, in CD, DVD, print-on-demand paper, and map formats, are available for sale through this web site. Categories include housing, people, business, geography, and more.
Census Bureau: Statistics of U.S. Businesses
http://www.census.gov/csd/susb/susb.htm: SUSB provides company and establishment level statistics for U.S. Businesses.
Centennial of Flight
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/hof/index.htm: Celebrates 100 years of achievements in aviation, beginning with the Wright Brothers' first flight on Dec. 17, 1903.
Center for Bioethics at Columbia University
http://www.bioethicscolumbia.org/: Links to academic and medical institutes, projects and initiatives, current issues in medical research, resources by topic, and news archives.
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/: The CDRH is responsible for ensuring the safety of medical devices and reducing the impact of radiation-emitting products. Includes a listing of all CDRH Databases.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
http://www.fda.gov/cder/index.html: The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) promotes and protects the health of Americans by assuring that all prescription and over-the-counter drugs are safe and effective. The site offers consumer and drug information, drug approval listings, MedWatch, and more.
Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS)
http://www.chas.uchicago.edu/: The Center, located at the University of Chicago, offers health and demographic statistics as well as an annotated index of local and national health-policy related data.
Center for Human Rights & Conflict Resolution
http://www.chrcr.org/: Literary resources for conflict resolution that deals with human rights issues.
Center for Military History
http://www.history.army.mil/: The Center of Military History (CMH) traces its origins back to historians under the Secretary of War, when official data collection pertaining to the Civil War began in 1974. CMH is responsible for the appropriate use of history throughout the U.S. Army. Highlighted features of the site include artwork and images, force structure and unit history, and the history of “history” use in the Army.
Center for Mobility, CMR Salary Calculator
http://www.homefair.com/calc/salcalc.html: Calculator to compare the cost of living in one U.S. city to any other U.S. city. International calculator comparing countries is also available.
Center for Sex Offender Management
http://www.csom.org/: Developed by the Department of Justice, the Center for Sex Offender Management assists state and local jurisdictions in sex offender management. Page provides resources, publications, and related links.
Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice
http://www.cjcj.org: The CJCJ information on model programs that show alternatives to incarceration, policies for both juvenile justice and criminal justice, press releases and publications.
Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice: Juvenile Justice Information Center
http://www.cjcj.org/jjic/index.php: Part of the Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice, the JJIC provides information on youth crime and criminal justice, specifically for the counties of California.
Center on Human Policy (CHP)
http://soeweb.syr.edu/thechp: The CHP is a Syracuse University based policy, research, and advocacy organization involved in the national movement to insure the rights of people with disabilities. The "Links to Other Resources" Section includes research data and information resources on Community Living and Inclusion, Disability Research, Policy and Practices, Disability Rights, Self-Advocacy and Identity, and National and International Disability Organizations.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. It is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Anthrax
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm: The Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides general and technical information on anthrax.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
(formerly Health Care Financing Administration)
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/: As of July 1, 2001, the Health Care Financing Administration became The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS, a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and maintains oversight of the survey and certification of nursing home and continuing care providers. Using this site the researcher can find information on Medicare, Medicaid, statistical reports, press releases, fact sheets, speeches, Congressional testimony, consumer and professional publications, laws and regulations as well as other resources.
Central Intelligence Agency
https://www.cia.gov/: The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act by President Truman. The CIA is an independent agency whose mission is to support the President, the National Security Council, and all officials who make and execute the U.S. national security policy by providing accurate, comprehensive, and timely foreign intelligence on national security topics, and by conducting counterintelligence activities, special activities, and other functions related to foreign intelligence and national security, as directed by the President.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/: This Library of Congress online collection offers the records of the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress (1774-1875), including the Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-1789), the Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-1789), the Journals of the House of Representatives (1789-1875) and the Senate (1789-1875), the debates of Congress as published in the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Congressional Record, and selected documents and reports from the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.
CEO Express
http://www.ceoexpress.com: Business portal with sections on daily news, business research, and office tools & travel.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
http://www.arbitrators.org/index.asp: The Institute is a membership organization for arbitrators. Their site includes many helpful pages on arbitration clauses, ADR definitions & benefits, consumer information, rules, applications, complaint procedures, etc.
The Charters of Freedom
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters.html: This National Archives and Records Administration exhibit examines the nation's foremost historical documents and gives an in-depth look into the making and impact of the Charters of Freedom.
ChemSafety.gov
http://www.chemsafety.gov/: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is an independent, scientific investigatory agency whose mission is to prevent major chemical accidents at fixed facilities. The website offers a database of chemical incident reports.
Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ichihtml/hayhome.html: After Chicago police killed several striking workers in May of 1886, anarchist and socialist labor leaders organized a meeting of workingmen near Chicago's Haymarket Square. The leaders denounced the police attack and urged workers to fight for improved labor conditions. Near the end of this meeting, the police arrived and a melee ensued in which several police officers and civilians were killed or wounded. This event became known as the Haymarket Affair and remains a momentous and controversial event in Chicago's history.
Children’s Advocacy Institute
http://www.caichildlaw.org/: A project run by the University of San Diego School of Law, the Children’s Advocacy Institute offers information on litigation involving children’s rights. The page includes information on advocacy, California children’s budget, and other groups involved with the CAI.
Child Rights Information Network
http://www.crin.org: The Child Rights Information Network distributes information from the Convention on the Rights of Child to non-governmental organizations, the UN, etc. The website contains news, publications, reports, and listserv.
Child Stats
http://www.childstats.gov/: This web site, sponsored by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Publications include America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, the annual Federal monitoring report on the status of the nation's children, and Counting Couples.
Chronic Disease Prevention Databases
http://www.cdc.gov/cdp/: Databases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that provide information on chronic disease prevention and health promotion. There are various types of bibliographic citations and abstracts available, with full text provided for selected publications.
Chronology on the History of Slavery
http://www.innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html: Timeline of slavery and some of the history of racism from 1619 to present.
CIA: Heroin Movement Worldwide
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/additional-publications/heroin-movement-worldwide/idex.html: A site from the Central Intelligence Agency providing information on heroin statistics, consumption, and conveyance worldwide.
CIA Maps
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/refmaps.html: Country maps, atlases, and general intelligence publications available to the public are located on this CIA web site.
CIA Publications
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/index.html: This CIA web site provides access to the Agency's major publications, as well as a link to the complete listing of published titles.
CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/: The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of U.S. government officials, providing national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies.
CIESIN: Center for International Earth Science Information Network
http://www.ciesin.org/: The CIESIN is a center within the Earth Institute of Columbia University. Accessible from their page is data and information sorted by subject, news and events, education and training, and quick links.
CivilWar@Smithsonian
http://civilwar.si.edu/: The site from the National Portrait Gallery is dedicated to examining the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's extensive collections.
Civil War Sites Advisory Commission: Battle Summaries
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/tvii.htm: The Civil War Sites Advisory Commission was established by public law on November 28, 1990, because of national concern over the increasing loss of Civil War sites. This site provides summaries of Civil War battles, listed either by state or by campaign.
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
http://www.claremont.org/: The Claremont Institute was founded in 1979 and works in all fifty states, with a special emphasis on California. This page contains Claremont Institute projects, writings and news.
Climate Information and Services
http://www.climateservices.gov/: Provides information and data from various Federal Departments on climate programs, climate research, and climate prediction. Also includes links to international/global weather sites and information on weather-related degree programs.
Climate Prediction Center
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/: The CPC assesses and forecasts the impacts of short-term climate variability, emphasizing enhanced risks of weather-related extreme events, for use in mitigating losses and maximizing economic gains. The findings are issued as assessments, advisories, special outlook discussions, and bulletins, such as the Climate Diagnostics Bulletin.
ClinicalTrials.gov
http://clinicaltrials.gov/: ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. The site currently contains approximately 9,100 clinical studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, other federal agencies, and private industry. Studies listed in the database are conducted primarily in the United States and Canada, but include locations in about 90 countries.
The William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/: The Clinton Presidential Library's mission is to preserve the Presidential records, personal and donated papers, and memorabilia of the Clinton Administration.
CNN
http://www.cnn.com
Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html: The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis. GPO Access covers 1996 through the current year.
College Drinking Prevention
http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/default.aspx: Resource materials available for students, parents, educators, community leaders, and the media focused on the issues of college drinking. The resources include reports from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, statistics, research, and college alcohol policies.
Colleges Security Statistics
http://www.ope.ed.gov/security/: The OPE Campus Security Statistics web site is sponsored by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education. It was authorized by Congress with the 1998 amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to help potential college students and their parents research criminal offenses on college campuses.
Colorado
http://www.colorado.gov/
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
http://www.bartleby.com/65/: Online encyclopedia containing 51,000 entries and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.
Columbia University Lehman Social Sciences Library: International Conflict Resolution
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/icr.html: Guide to library materials and internet resources on international conflict resolution, disarmament, arms control, and peacekeeping.
Columbia University’s Online Guide to Legal Citation
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html: Research guide to legal citations.
ComBase
http://wyndmoor.arserrc.gov/combase/: The Common Database of Predictive Microbiology Information, or ComBase, provides data on the growth and survival of food borne pathogens under various conditions. Searches may be performed by temperature, Ph, water activity, organism, or environment.
Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://fas.org/spp/starwars/program/deutch/11910book.pdf: Report of the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to combat the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This link provides the full, in-depth article that establishes the need for such commission, relative findings, and recommendations made to the federal government.
Commerce Business Daily
http://cbdnet.gpo.gov/: Commerce Business Daily lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information.
Commercial Law League of America
http://www.clla.org/: Creditors’ rights organization page which includes information on legislative activity relating to bankruptcy and reports on the National Bankruptcy Review Commission.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english: The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization formed by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The CEC addresses regional environmental concerns, helps prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and promotes the effective enforcement of environmental law. The page includes various publications (divided by topic), laws, treaties and agreements, the North American Law and Policy Series, and other links.
Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/seniorscommission/pages/general/contact.html: The Seniors Commission is responsible for reporting on the housing needs of seniors and offering policy and legislative recommendations for enhancing services and increasing available housing for this segment of society. This is an archived site. The Commission has completed its work and is no longer accepting comments or contributing new information to the site.
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Research Collection
www.library.unt.edu/gpo/csafca/app_comm_uscourts_gov.html: Government Information Connection provides permanent online access to this Commission's site, which ceased operation in March 1999. All documents published by the Commission are contained in the Research Collection.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftchome.htm: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was created by Congress in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States. The agency protects market participants against manipulation, abusive trade practices and fraud.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Opinions & Orders
http://www.cftc.gov/lawandregulation/opinionsandorders/archive/index.htm: This web site provides links to opinions and orders from 1997 to the present.
Common Core of Data
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/: A program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that provides annual statistics concerning all public K-12 schools and school districts nationwide.
Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania
http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/site/default.asp: The Office of Commonwealth Libraries, within the Pennsylvania Department of Education, operates a major research library and leads the development of the state’s public, school, academic and special libraries to meet the information, education and enrichment needs of its residents. Links to the State Library and others, plus PILOT (the Keystone Library Network Catalog), databases, and research tools are provided.
Communicating the Future: Best Practices for Communication of Science & Technology to the Public
http://nist.gov/public_affairs/bestpractices/practices.html: Proceedings from the national conference held March 6-8, 2002, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are available at this web site.
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
http://www.ffiec.gov/cra/: The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate.
Comprehensive Assessment of Public Information Dissemination Vol.II
http://www.nclis.gov/govt/assess/assess.html: A comprehensive assessment of public information dissemination laws, programs, and practices undertaken by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) at the request of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Included in the assessment are direct links to the various articles, search engines, reports, and other sources of information dissemination. A particularly helpful feature is a listing of and subsequent link to about 18 different search engines evaluated during the study.
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/index.html: The CIAC uses cyber security expertise to prevent, detect, and recover from cyber incidents for the Department of Energy and other national stakeholders.
Computer Security Resource Center
http://csrc.nist.gov: Computer Security Resource Center, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, works to improve information systems security by researching, developing, and managing IT-related areas for the federal community. This web site provides links to various information dealing with computer security issues.
Conflict Management Center
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parc/cmc.htm: The Center at Syracuse University offers training in mediation, negotiation, facilitation, group consultation and further information on conflict management.
Congress
http://origin.www.access.gpo.gov/congress/: GPO Access offers official, searchable databases to Congressional publications, House and Senate materials, and more.
Congress.org
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/: Congress.org allows users to: identify and contact elected leaders in Congress, the White House, and state legislatures; post letters online in Letters to Leaders and read what other Americans are saying to elected officials; and, find and contact local and national media by ZIP code or by state with Media Guide.
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/: CBO aims to provide the Congress with the objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process.
Congressional Hearings on Space Shuttle Accidents
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/challenger/: Following the Space Shuttle Columbia break-up on its return flight in February of 2003, congressional hearings were held to discuss the accident. Several publications were assembled for the hearings and are now available on this web site. Included are hearings and reports on the Apollo 13 accident and the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
Congressional Pictorial Directory
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/index.html: This GPO Access database provides the Pictorial Directory from the 105th Congress to present. Published biennially by the Joint Committee on Printing of the U.S. Congress, it provides a black and white photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate. It also includes information about a Member of Congress' length of service, political party affiliations, and Congressional district. Also contains pictures of the President, Vice President, and House and Senate officers and officials.
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/: Congressional Research Service, part of the Library of Congress, prepares in-depth analytical reports on a wide variety of topics for the members of the U.S. Congress. CRS does not provide public access to the reports on its website and does not distribute these reports to the public. However, some reports are available online:
Congressional Research Service Reports
http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/: The National Library for the Environment offers links by topic to CRS Reports.
Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov/
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html: Webpage devoted to the separation of church and state with information on relevant current events, study guides, history, constitutions, and politics.
The Constitution of the United States of America
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html: The Constitution of the United States is the oldest Federal constitution in existence and was framed by a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original states in Philadelphia in May 1787. The Constitution is the landmark legal document of the United States. Through GPO Access, online access is available to the Analysis and Interpretation of the Constitution and other publications on the historical document.
Consumer Action Website
http://www.consumeraction.gov: This web site is the official online edition of the Consumer Action Handbook.
Consumer Financial Rights
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/rights/index.html: This web site from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation provides information on federal and state laws and regulations aimed at protecting consumer financial rights.
Consumer Price Index
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) provides monthly data on price changes paid by consumers for goods and services.
Consumer Prices Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/data/sa.htm#OPLC: Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, Import/Export Index data are listed on this web site.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/: CPSC is an Independent Federal Regulatory Agency. CPSC works to save lives and keep families safe by reducing the risk of injuries and deaths associated with consumer products.
Consumer Product Safety Commission OCG Advisory Opinions
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/advisory/advisory.html: Opinions of the Office of the General Counsel are indexed alphabetically by subject.
Consumer Sentinel
http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel: The Consumer Sentinel is an innovative, international law enforcement fraud-fighting program. On the public version of this web site, one can report fraud complaints, find facts about fraud trends, learn how international law enforcers work together with private sector companies and consumer organizations to combat fraud, and more.
Consumer.gov
http://www.consumer.gov/: Consumer.gov is a "one-stop" site for a broad range of federal information resources on categories such as food, health, product safety, money, and transportation.
Contents Pages from Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/tallons/content_search.html: Published by the Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas Law School, this database is updated daily and searches more than 750 law reviews and other scholarly publications.
Contrails
http://www.gl.iit.edu/wadc: The Wright Air Development Center was a research center that explored flight, including space flight during the 1950's and 60's. This collection, through the Illinois Institute of Technology, consists of rare, declassified technical reports that chronicle their work and reference resources that reflect the rich history of WADC.
CORDIS (Community Research & Development)
http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html: Information on EU-funded research, multiple databases and web services, and interactive services.
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html: GPO Access presents authentic online versions of various democratic core documents, which include both current and historical publications.
Cornell Death Penalty Project
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/death/: The Project sponsors two law clinics for Cornell students to assist death penalty cases. The site includes publications, cases, and legal research on the death penalty.
Cornell Law School - Online Legal Resources
http://library2.lawschool.cornell.edu/esources/default.aspx: This Cornell Law School web site provides access to federal law sources on the Internet.
Cornell Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/: An award winning pioneer in the electronic dissemination of legal materials. Provides useful background commentary and full text of U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal and N.Y. court decisions, the UCC, the U.S. Code, and selected state and federal laws. Also noted for its extensive links to law related sources worldwide.
Cornell Legal Information Institute Topics
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/: Short overviews of each topic with links to primary information and secondary resources.
Cornell University Institute on Conflict Resolution
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/icr: Cornell site that includes information on their conflict resolution department, full-text research studies, and links to other sites and bibliographies.
The Corporate Library
http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/: The Corporate Library is an independent research company that provides free company research, such as CEO contracts, governance policies, and shareholder proposals, and free government research, for example, state and international regulations, the Patterson Report, and a library catalog.
Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.nationalservice.org/: The Corporation for National and Community Service engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to help strengthen communities, and includes three programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America.
Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling (CREM)
http://cfpub.epa.gov/crem/index.cfm: CREM is a council of senior managers from the Environmental Protection Agency, which seeks to promote consistency and consensus among environmental model developers and users.
Council of Economic Advisors
http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/: The CEA was established by the Employment Act of 1946 to provide the President with objective economic analysis and advice on the development and implementation of a wide range of domestic and international economic policy issues. The Council includes three members who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Publications by the CEA include Economic Report of the President and Economic Indicators.
Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE)
http://www.ccbe.org/en/ccbe/ccbe_en.htm: The CCBE is the official representative and liaison of the bars and law societies of the European Union and the European Economic Area. Available on the page are publications, statutes, statistics, and speeches of the council.
Council of State Governments
http://www.csg.org/: Multi-state association that identifies new and creative approaches to state problems.
Council on Environmental Quality
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/: The Council coordinates federal environmental efforts and works with other agencies and White House offices in the development of environmental policies.
Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html: This report is from the National Commission on Terrorism, which was established by Section 591 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1999. The Commission was responsible for reviewing the laws, regulations, directives, policies and practices for preventing and punishing international terrorism directed against the United States, assessing their effectiveness, and recommending changes.
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html: The Country Studies/Area Handbook Series is designed to provide U.S. government officials and American citizens with information on foreign countries. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, foreign policy, and national security.
County and City Data Book
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html: The Census Bureau provides selected files of this publication to access online from the current Census. Various figures and tables are in PDF format for viewing.
Court Links
http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/: The Court Links map of the U.S. Courts web site accesses the various Circuit Courts and also provides links to the state bankruptcy courts.
Court Rules
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Court_rules: These documents undertake to pull together the broad array of primary law sources held by the LII servers and other Internet law sites around specific topics or problem areas. The pages also aim to provide some context for research in those primary materials by indicating the relative importance of Federal and state law, statutes, regulations and other sources on a particular topic.
Court Rules, Forms, & Dockets
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/: Index of court rules (federal or by state).
Court TV
http://www.courttv.com
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
http://www.cpradr.org: The Center for Public Resources page includes procedures and clauses, a section on international arbitration, information on ADR in industry and practice, etc.
Crimes Against Children Research Center
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/index.html: The CCRC is a project of the University of New Hampshire that studies the victimization, reported and unreported, of children ages birth to 17 years. The site includes a fact sheet, publications, media archives, and related links.
Criminology Information Service & Library
http://www.criminology.utoronto.ca/library/: The Criminology Information Services & Library of the University of Toronto provides links to crime and criminology portals, journals, and other resources.
CROSS (Customs Rulings Online Search System)
http://rulings.customs.gov/: CROSS is a searchable database of U.S. Customs Service Rulings from 1989 to the present.
Current Industrial Reports (CIR)
http://www.census.gov/cir/www/: The Current Industrial Report (CIR) program provides monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on industrial activity.
CustomerService.gov
http://www.customerservice.gov/: Begun in 1993, the American Customer Satisfaction Initiative has worked to improve the relationship between the Federal Government and the American people through the preparation of strategic plans, performance measures and annual performance plans.
Cyber Crimes
http://www.cybercrimes.net/: Based on a CyberCrimes Seminar, this site explores issues surrounding crimes involving the use of one or more computers.
Cybercemetery
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/: The University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office formed a partnership to provide permanent public access to Web sites and publications of the now defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.
Cybercrime.gov
http://www.cybercrime.gov/: Cybercrime.gov is maintained by the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division. The site provides cases, policies, reports, and other documents related to cybercrime and intellectual property.
Database on the CISG and International Commercial Law
http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/: Database hosted by Pace Law School on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, with text of the CISG, cases, and information on the application of the CISG.
DataFerrett
http://dataferrett.census.gov: DataFerrett is a data mining and extraction tool that helps users locate and retrieve data from across the Internet. DataFerrett can be installed for free as an application on your desktop or used with a java applet with an internet browser.
Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations
http://origin.www.gpo.gov/davisbacon/: The Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations contained on this web site are wage determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts. The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor determines prevailing wage rates to be paid on federally funded or assisted construction projects.
The Declaration of Independence
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html: The National Archives and Records Administration site provides the complete text, images, and analytical information of this foremost American historical document.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
http://www.darpa.mil/: DARPA is the central research and development organization for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
http://www.dnfsb.gov/: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an independent federal agency established by Congress in 1988. The Board's mandate under the Atomic Energy Act is to provide safety oversight of the nuclear weapons complex operated by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Delaware
http://delaware.gov/
Delaware Corporate Law Clearinghouse
http://corporate-law.widener.edu/: Opinions and other documents related to business law actions in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Denison Memorial Library: Medical Reference for Non-medical Librarians
http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm: Index for non-medical persons to helpful medical sites.
Denney Case History
http://www.museum-security.org/denney: A treatment of legal issues resulting from the fraudulent removal of a $5M art loan to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1990 and the subsequent questionable donation to the City of Toulouse in 1993.
Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/: The Department of Agriculture (USDA) was created by act of May 15, 1862. Its mission is to enhance the quality of life for the American people by supporting the production of agriculture, including areas of food supply, economic opportunities, and community and rural development.
Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.gov/: The Department of Commerce and Labor was created by the Act of February 14, 1903, and divided into separate departments in 1913. The Department of Commerce serves, promotes, and encourages the Nation's international trade, economic growth, and technological advancement.
Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/: The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the United States. The department's headquarters is at the Pentagon. The mission of DefenseLINK is to support the overall mission of the Department of Defense by providing official, timely and accurate information about defense policies, organizations, functions and operations. Also, DefenseLINK is the single, unified starting point for finding military information on-line.
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml: The U.S. Department of Education was established on May 4, 1980 by Congress in the Department of Education Organization Act. The Department establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most Federal assistance to education. Its mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.
Department of Education's Office of Hearings and Appeals
http://www.ed-oha.org/index.html: OHA provides an independent forum for the fair, impartial, equitable, and timely resolution of disputes involving the Department of Education and recipients of Federal Education Funds. This web site publishes decisions issued by OHA and by the Secretary of Education. Decisions posted on OHA's web site are searchable.
Department of Energy
http://www.doe.gov/: The Department of Energy (DOE) was established by the Department of Energy Organization Act, effective October 1, 1977. The act consolidated the major Federal energy functions into one Cabinet-level Department. The Department of Energy's mission is to foster a secure and reliable energy system that is environmentally and economically sustainable; to be a responsible steward of the Nation's nuclear weapons; to clean up the Department's facilities; to lead in the physical sciences and advance the biological, environmental, and computational sciences; and to provide premier scientific instruments for the Nation's research enterprise.
Department of Energy: Environment
http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=ENVIRONMENT: Environmental page of the Department of Energy with links to other useful U.S. government sites and other new and events.
Department of Energy: Environmental Compliance Violations Database
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/oepa/data/envdatabases.html: Links to other government websites concerning the environment and compliance violations.
Department of Energy Historical Films Videoclips
http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/testfilms.aspx: This site provides video clips of Department of Energy Historical Films on nuclear weapons test. The films have been declassified and made available to the public for the first time. The full-length films may be ordered from the Coordination and Information Center for $10 per VHS video.
Department of Health and Human Service
http://www.dhhs.gov/: The Cabinet-level Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was created under President Eisenhower, officially coming into existence April 11, 1953. In 1979, the Department of Education Organization Act was signed into law, providing for a separate Department of Education. HEW became the Department of Health and Human Services, officially arriving on May 4, 1980. It is the principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, including programs focused on income security, financial assistance, mental and substance abuse, domestic violence, and aging.
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was established on January 24, 2003, by transforming and realigning 22 previously disparate domestic agencies into one department to protect the nation against threats to the homeland. Component agencies will analyze threats and intelligence, guard the country's borders and airports, protect its critical infrastructure, and coordinate the response of the nation for future emergencies.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/: The Cabinet-level U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was established in 1965, and is the principal federal agency responsible for programs concerned with the Nation's housing needs, fair housing opportunities, and improvement and development of the Nation's communities.
Department of the Interior
http://www.doi.gov/: The Department of the Interior was created by act of March 3, 1849, which transferred to it the General Land Office, the Office of Indian Affairs, the Pension Office, and the Patent Office, and reorganized in 1950. Its mission is to manage the Nation's public lands and minerals, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and western water resources and uphold Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and our commitments to island communities. It is responsible for migratory wildlife conservation; historic preservation; endangered species; surface-mined lands protection and restoration; mapping; geological, hydrological, and biological science; and financial and technical assistance for the insular areas.
Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/: The Department of Justice was established by act of June 22, 1870, with the Attorney General as its head. As the largest law firm in the Nation, the Department of Justice serves as counsel for its citizens. It represents them in enforcing the law in the public interest. Through its thousands of lawyers, investigators, and agents, the Department plays the key role in protection against criminals and subversion, in ensuring healthy competition of business in our free enterprise system, in safeguarding the consumer, and in enforcing drug, immigration, and naturalization laws.
Department of Justice - Antitrust Division
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/index.html: DOJ page that includes case filings, press releases, public documents (including speeches, testimony, guidelines, appellate briefs), and up-to-date news.
Department of Justice - Environment and Natural Resources Division
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/: This division has primary responsibility for litigation on behalf of the United States regarding prevention and cleanup of pollution, environmental challenges to federal programs, stewardship of public lands and natural resources, acquisition of property for public needs, wildlife protection, and Indian rights and claims.
Department of Justice - Fraud Section
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/: The U.S. Department of Justice's Fraud Section is responsible for investigating and prosecuting certain cases involving consumer fraud, identity theft and internet fraud.
Department of Justice - Tax Division
http://www.usdoj.gov/tax: The mission of the Tax Division is to handle or supervise civil and criminal matters that arise under the internal revenue laws. Tax Division attorneys work closely with the IRS and United States Attorneys to develop tax administration policies; handle civil trial and appellate litigation in federal and state courts; pursue federal grand jury investigations; and handle criminal prosecutions and appeals.
Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/: The Department of Labor was created by act of March 4, 1913. The Department fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
Department of State
http://www.state.gov/: The Department of State was established by act of July 27, 1789, as the Department of Foreign Affairs and was renamed Department of State by act of September 15, 1789. The Department advises the President in the formulation and execution of foreign policy and promotes the long-range security and well-being of the United States. It also determines and analyzes the facts relating to American overseas interests, makes recommendations on policy and future action, and takes the necessary steps to carry out established policy. In so doing, the Department engages in continuous consultations with the American public, the Congress, other U.S. departments and agencies, and foreign governments; negotiates treaties and agreements with foreign nations; speaks for the United States in the United Nations and other international organizations in which the United States participates; and represents the United States at international conferences.
Department of State - Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/: The Bureau manages bilateral and multilateral science and technology agreements and works to ensure effective international management of natural resources.
Department of State: Regulations
http://www.state.gov/m/a/ips/c22793.htm: Search Department regulations, Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook.
Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/: The U.S. Department of Transportation, created by act of October 15, 1966, establishes the nation's overall transportation policy. Under its umbrella there are 11 administrations whose jurisdictions include highway planning, development, and construction; motor carrier safety; urban mass transit; railroads; aviation; and the safety of waterways, ports, highways, and oil and gas pipelines. Decisions made by the Department in conjunction with the appropriate state and local officials strongly affect other programs such as land planning, energy conservation, scarce resource utilization, and technological change.
Department of Transportation Inspector General
http://www.oig.dot.gov/: The Office of Inspector General works within the Department of Transportation to promote effectiveness and head off, or stop, waste, fraud and abuse in departmental programs, which is done through audits and investigations. OIG also consults with the Congress about programs in progress and proposed new laws and regulations. The web site includes information on audits, testimonies/statements, investigations, semiannual reports,
and more.
Department of Transportation Online FOIA Form
http://www.oig.dot.gov/FOIA: The Office of Inspector General provides this FOIA request form for information about the Department of Transportation.
Department of the Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov/: The Treasury Department was created by act of September 2, 1789, and as part of its responsibility performs four basic functions: formulating and recommending economic, financial, tax, and fiscal policies; serving as financial agent for the U.S. Government; enforcing the law; and manufacturing coins and currency.
Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov/: The Department of Veterans Affairs was established as an executive department by the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. It is comprised of three organizations that administer veterans programs: the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs operates programs to benefit veterans and members of their families. Benefits include compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service; pensions; education and rehabilitation; home loan guaranty; burial; and a medical care program incorporating nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers.
Detention Operations Manual
http://www.ice.gov/pi/dro/opsmanual/index.htm: The Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) Manual establishes uniform policies and procedures for the safe, secure and humane treatment of foreign nationals in USCIS custody. Published by the department of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Diabetes Dictionary
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/dictionary/index.htm: A dictionary from the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) defines words used in association with diabetes.
Diabetes Public Health Resource
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/: A public health resource providing information on diabetes.
Digest of Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest: The Digest's primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Digital-Librarian.com/Goverment
http://www.digital-librarian.com/government.html: "Not available at this time. 12/11/03."
DisabilityInfo.gov
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=500: As one of President George W. Bush's Initiatives, which direct federal agencies to work together to build a one-stop interagency web portal, DisailityInfo.gov is a comprehensive online resource specifically designed to provide people with disabilities with the information they need to know quickly. The portal provides access to disability-related information and programs available across the government on numerous subjects, including civil rights, education, employment, housing, health, income support, technology, transportation, and community life. To obtain subject information, click on the tab at the top of the page.
Disaster Finder
http://disasterfinder.gsfc.nasa.gov/: Disaster Finder is a service developed and maintained by the NASA Earth Sciences Directorate. The web site offers a subject index to disaster related resources.
Disaster Help
http://www.disasterhelp.gov/: The Disaster Management e-Government Initiative is responsible for providing information and services relating to the four pillars of all-hazards disaster management: preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The goal of the Initiative is to develop enhanced Disaster Management on an interagency and intergovernmental basis.
Disease Maps
http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/: National and state maps that report on the 2003 West Nile Season. The data available includes bird, human, mosquito, sentinel flock, and veterinary.
Divorce Source: State Laws
http://www.divorcesource.com/info/divorcelaws/states.shtml: The Divorce Source is a portal of information on all aspects of divorce. This page contains individual state divorce laws.
Docket of U.S. Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/docket.html: The automated docket system is the Court's case tracking system. It contains information about cases, both pending and decided. Search for cases by using a Supreme Court docket number, a lower court docket number, or a case name.
Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/: The Documents Center of the University of Michigan is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
DOE Environmental Policy and Guidance
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/oepa/: Provides regulatory information effecting the Department of Energy including policies and strategies aimed at protecting the public and the environment.
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com/: Combines the searching power of Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN Search, and Ask Jeeves into one search engine.
Domestic Emergency Support Teams
http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/sect4.html: Now part of the Department of Homeland Security, the Domestic Emergency Support Teams is overseen by the Emergency Preparedness and Response directorate. Follow the link for an elaboration on the purpose and responsibilities of this agency within the Department of Homeland Security.
Domestic Policy Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/dpc/: The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the White House and offers policy advice to the President. The Council oversees major domestic policy areas such as education, health, welfare, justice, federalism, transportation, environment, labor, and veterans' affairs.
Dow Jones
http://www.dowjones.com/: Website of Dow Jones & Company, publishers of The Wall Street Journal and other papers. Includes Dow Jones annual reports, job opportunities, web links, and publishing, both electronic and in print.
Drug information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html: Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Duquesne University Law School: Pennsylvania Constitution
http://www.paconstitution.duq.edu: Site with information about the text, history, and meaning of the PA Constitution.
The Dust Bowl
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=300#LESSON2: Thousands of settlers came to the Southern Plains and subsequently plowed millions of acres of grassland. When a severe drought hit the Midwestern and Southern Plains in the summer of 1931, dust storms began to plague the area. The catastrophic eight-year drought that followed led observers to rename the region "The Dust Bowl." This site provides complete lesson plans on the Dust Bowl for grades 3-5.
eFile
http://www.irs.gov/efile/: Information from the IRS on the fast-growing alternative to paper returns.
e-Government
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/: Official site of the President's expanding electronic initiative.
E-Scholar
http://www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp: E-Scholar provides students, parents, and career professionals information on different educational opportunities offered by Federal Government.
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
http://www.earthjustice.org: Earthjustice is a non-profit law firm that represents public interest clients on behalf of the environment. Their page includes policy, legislation, cases, etc. in eight areas: forests, air, water, health & communities, international, oceans, public lands, and wildlife.
Earthquake Search
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/: This database provides information on earthquakes from 2100 B.C. to the present. It contains earthquakes with known magnitude values between 0.1 and 9.9.
ECOLEX
http://www.ecolex.org/ecolex/index.php: Environmental portal divided into four areas: treaties, national legislation, court decisions, and literature.
EconData.net
http://www.econdata.net: Site with subject links to socioeconomic data and other sites for searching for regional economic data.
EcoNet
http://www.igc.org/home/econet/index.html: Hosted by the Institute for Global Communications, this page contains archives of headlines and other suggested sites.
Economic Indicators
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html: This GPO Access web site provides a database of the publication Economic Indicators from 1995 forward.
Economic Policy & Trade Practices
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/eptp/: Reports prepared by the Department of State, which provided a single, comparative analysis of the economic policies and trade practices of countries with which the United States had significant economic or trade relationships. Although Congress abolished these reports in 2002, the reports from 1993-2001 are still available.
Economic Report of the President
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/: GPO Access offers official links and a searchable database to the Economic Report of the President back to 1995-96.
Economic Research Service (ERS)
http://www.ers.usda.gov/: ERS is the main source of economic information and research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This site provides data related to agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural development.
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html: This web site provides access to federal agencies' statistics and economic indicators. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. Topics include employment, income, international, money, output, prices, production, and transportation.
Economics and Statistics Administration
https://www.esa.doc.gov/: The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA), part of U.S. Department of Commerce, provides information and statistics on economic and social changes.
econsumer.gov - Multinational Governmental Site to Combat Internet Fraud http://www.econsumer.gov/: econsumer.gov is a joint effort though multiple countries to gather and share cross-border e-commerce complaints. The public site provides general information about consumer protection in all countries that belong to the ICPEN (International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network), contact information for consumer protection authorities in those countries, and an online complaint form.
EcoTox Database
http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/: This database provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life. Peer-review literature is the primary source of the data which includes information on the species, chemical, test method, and results presented by the author. There are also data files prepared by various U.S. and international government agencies.
ED Pubs
http://edpubs.ed.gov/: An on-line ordering system for U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided free of charge to the general public.
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System)
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml: All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free, and EDGAR now contains real-time public company filings.
EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/: EDSITEment is a partnership forged in Spring 1997 among the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MarcoPolo Foundation and the National Trust for the Humanities. EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.
Education Resource Organizations Directory
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/: The Directory is intended to help identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.
Education Statistics
http://www.nces.ed.gov/quicktables: This National Center for Education Statistics web site provides a searchable database of statistical tables and figures.
Education Statistics at a Glance
http://nces.ed.gov/annuals/: Provides statistical data from different NCES resources including The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, and Youth Indicators.
Education Week on the Web
http://www.edweek.com: Homepage of Education Week, a magazine that covers local, state, and national issues from preschool through high school and some special reports. The page also has a “State Info” page with vital statistics of the state, key players, legislative updates, and past articles about that state.
egov - The Official Web Site of the President's E-Government Initiatives
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/index.html: The egov web site provides information about how the federal government uses improved Internet-based technology to make it easy for citizens and businesses to interact with the government, save taxpayer dollars, and streamline citizen-to-government communications.
eGovLinks
http://www.egovlinks.com/: The egovLinks web site serves as a directory to online topics of interest in the federal government.
ehp Online
http://www.ehponline.org/: Formerly Environmental Health Information Service (EHIS), ehp Online offers access to Environmental Health Perspectives and other publications of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Depository libraries must use their external password in order to access the portions of this service that are fee-based; please ask the Gov. Docs. Librarian for the password. This service is restricted to one user at a time.
elaws - Employment Laws Assistance for Workers & Small Businesses
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/: This site offers interactive tools that provide information about Federal employment laws.
Elder Law Resource Center, Dickinson School of Law
http://www.dsl.psu.edu/clinic/elderresource.cfm: Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University maintains an online Elder Law Resource Center. At the heart of this on-line resource is the Bibliography, which provides direct links to elder law resources available on the Internet.
Electronic Embassy
http://www.embassy.org/: Webpage of information for the Washington, D.C. foreign embassy community. Included on the page are business directories for diplomats, those traveling abroad, foreign visitors, and students. Under resources are contact lists, a virtual library and gallery, and diplomatic quotations.
Electronic Information System for International Law
http://www.eisil.org/: Database of web links related to international environmental law, sorted by subject.
Electronic Research Collections
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/index.html: The Electronic Research Collection (ERC) is a partnership between the Department of State and the Federal Depository Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). ERC is responsible for electronically archived information products produced by State Department from 1990 to 1997, and providing help and feedback to the public about other information sources of U.S. foreign policies and programs.
Elizabethtown College Internet Guides: Virtual Library International Affairs Resources
http://www.etown.edu/vl/peace.html: Academic site that consists of search engines, directories, and links to further information on peace, conflict resolution, and international security.
Embassy and Consulate Websites
http://www.usembassy.gov/: This U.S. Department of State site provides links to U.S. Embassy and Consulate websites. The links can be searched by region or key officer listing.
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa: Formerly the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, the Employee Benefits Security Administration protects the integrity of pensions, health plans, and other employee benefits for more than 150 million people. The agency mission is to: Assist workers in getting the information they need to protect their benefit rights; assist plan officials to understand the requirements of the relevant statutes in order to meet their legal responsibilities; develop policies and laws that encourage the growth of employment-based benefits; and deter and correct violations of the relevant statutes.
Employment Law Guide
http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/index.htm: This Guide describes the statutes and regulations administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) that affect businesses and workers.
Employment Standards Administration
http://www.dol.gov/esa/welcome.html: As the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, ESA is responsible for enforcing and administering laws concerning wages and working conditions.
Energy Citations Database (1948 - Present)
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/: The Energy Citations Database, designed and developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, provides bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from 1948 to the present. Citations include report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.
Energy Cost Calculators
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/procurement/eep_eccalculators.html: Energy cost calculators are available for various commercial equipment, residential appliances, and other technologies.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/: This website offers educational and financial information for individual customers, and for states, on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/: Official energy statistics from the U.S. Government. Access to data is searchable by format (geography, fuel, sector, price) or subject (process, environment, forecasts, analyses).
Energy Information Administration: Country Analysis Briefs
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html: The Country Analysis Briefs from the Energy Information Administration provide details on the use and importance of energy resources for various countries and regions.
Environmental Appeals Board - published decisions since 1992
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/statutes?OpenPage: Provides full-text access to all decisions published since 1992 by the Environmental Appeals Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The decisions are categorized by acts under which each appeal was pursued.
Environmental Law in the Public Interest
http://www.earthjustice.org/: Earthjustice is a nonprofit law firm representing the environment on behalf of public interest clients. The page contains cases, policy and legislation, a newsroom, and additional pages divided by areas of the environment.
Environmental Measurements Laboratory
http://www.eml.st.dhs.gov/: The Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML), a government-owned, government-operated laboratory, is part of the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A descendant of the Manhattan Project, EML was established in 1947. The Laboratory advances and applies the science and technology required for preventing, protecting against, and responding to radiological and nuclear events in the service of Homeland and National Security.
Environmental Organization Web Directory
http://www.webdirectory.com/: The Earth's biggest environment search engine.
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/index.html: A well-organized website which features access to thousands of documents. Search by keyword or select from an alphabetical list of topics. EPA Dockets contains Federal Register notices, support documents, and public comments for regulations the agency publishes.
Environmental Protection Agency: Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC)
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/docket.html: The ECDIC is a central facility that provides public access to regulatory, case settlement, and other policy related information supporting the Agency's enforcement and compliance activities. As the central archive facility for all documents related to enforcement and compliance activities, ECDIC provides access to both internet accessible documentation and older hard copy documents that have been archived. Rulemaking documents may be searched in the EPA E-Dockets system. This system is a publicly available repository of federal register notices, support documents, and public comments for regulations the Agency publishes and various non-regulatory activities.
Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Information Management System
http://www.epa.gov/eims: An environmental information management system (EIMS) developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD). Stores, manages, and delivers information about both current and past projects. Also provides a repository for scientific documentation. The site has three levels of access depending on the type of EIMS user.
Environmental Protection Agency: Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
http://www.epa.gov/owow/: Includes information about wetlands, protecting wetlands, and guides to protecting these natural resources. Memorandums and guidance documents are available for a variety of wetland topics.
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Service (ENTRI)
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/index.jsp: ENTRI is a part of the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) of NASA. SEDAC’s purpose to study human interactions with the environment. ENTRI is a treaty locator and country explorer.
Environment Australia Online
http://www.deh.gov.au/: This webpage of the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage includes information on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999, links to the Australian Greenhouse Office, the National Pollutant Inventory, and other environmental theme sites.
Enviro$en$e
http://es.epa.gov/: Provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and databases.
Enviro-Science e-Print Service
http://www.epa.gov/eims/: The e-Print Service is no longer available. However, the listed site provides access to the EPA's EIMS database.
EPA Climate Change
http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html: This site, provided as a public service by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, presents information on the issue of climate change and global warming.
EPA Envirofacts Data Warehouse
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html: This website provides access to select environmental data.
EPA Newsroom
http://www.epa.gov/newsroom/: Access to press releases, speeches, testimony, and headlines from news around the nation.
EPA Online Library Service (OLS)
http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/ols.htm: The Online Library Service consists of several databases that can be used to locate books, reports, and audiovisual materials on a variety of topics.
EPA Publications Source
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/publications.htm: This gateway site provides access to technical and public information from the Environmental Protection Agency. Source links include the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS), publications on the EPA site, and the Information Products Bulletin.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
http://www.eeoc.gov/: The EEOC was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and began operating on July 2, 1965. Its mission is to promote equality of opportunity in the workplace and enforce federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Employer Information Report
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/e1instruct.html: Information on the EEO-1 report and sample PDF form can be accessed from this web site.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Federal Sector Appellate Decisions
http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/decisions.html: Employment discrimination complaints in the federal government are handled by the agency that is involved. If an individual does not agree with the agency's decision, an appeal may be filed with the EEOC. Decisions of such appeals from July, 2000 through April 30, 2003 are available here.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Laws Enforced
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/laws.html: Links to the text of laws and regulations enforced by the EEOC.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Laws, Regulations, and Policy Guidance
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/index.html: This Commission's web site contains links to laws, regulations, and federal sector information.
ERIC Reports - Basic Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eric/index.html: GPO Access provides reports on federally funded education research topics from the U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), beginning with those received in October 2002. A larger selection of ERIC reports is available from the ERIC program (see below). Files are available in Adobe PDF only.
ERIC Reports - Full Access
http://www.eric.ed.gov/: The Department of Education provides access to education literature and resources through this ERIC web site. Full-text reports are available only to the Penn State University community.
eStrategy
http://www.estrategy.gov/flashmain.cfm?action=main: The Office of Electronic Government and Technology, as part of the General Services Administration, provides information and guidelines on Information Technology as a tool for electronic government, which can enhance access to and delivery of information and services to citizens, business partners, employees, agencies, and government entities.
ETDEWEB
http://www.etde.org/etdeweb/logon.jsp: This searchable web site, offered through the Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE), provides energy information in categories such as business and industry, government organizations, and more.
Ethical, Legal & Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program
http://www.genome.gov/10001618: The National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Program was established in 1990 as an integral part of the Human Genome Project (HGP) to foster basic and applied research, and support education and outreach. The ELSI program funds and manages studies related to the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research, and supports workshops, research consortia and policy conferences related to these topics. The ELSI program at NHGRI is the largest supporter nationwide of ELSI research.
EUROPA
http://www.europa.eu.int/index-en.htm: Portal site of the European Union.
EUROPA: Treaties
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/search/search_treaties.html: Portal to European Union treaties in full-text .html or .pdf form. Additionally, the portal has the ability to search by keyword and a link to a EU glossary.
European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
http://www.eblida.org/: The EBLIDA focuses its information and documents on European information society issues, including copyright & licensing, culture & education and EU enlargement.
European Environmental Law
http://www.eel.nl/: Site includes full text cases, legislation and other materials, such as articles and dossiers related to European environmental law.
European Industrial Relations Observatory
http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie: News source for European industrial relations with website containing articles, studies, annual reviews, and full-text version of EuroObserver, a bi-monthly bulletin.
European Legislative Virtual Library
http://elvil.sub.su.se/data1/home/home.html: Academic portal to European law and politics with three sections: a virtual library to search parliamentary databases, a learning center with virtual cases, lectures, and seminars, and a civic center, in which to discuss topics through email lists and news services.
European Parliament
http://www.europarl.eu.int/: Website of the European Parliament with press releases, activities, and references.
European Union Law Service (Eur-Lex)
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html: Portal to European Union law with journals, treaties, cases, legislation, and other documents.
European Union in the U.S.
http://www.eurunion.org/: A to Z site index, basics of the UN, law and policy overviews, and UN-US partnership.
European Union Research Guide
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/gov_eugde.html: Research guide to locating information from the University of California, Berkeley’s EU publications (since 1952).
Excite
http://www.excite.com/
Executive Office of Immigration Review
http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/: As an office of the Department of Justice, EOIR adjudicates cases involving detained aliens, criminal aliens, and aliens seeking asylum.
Executive Office of the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/: The Executive Office of the President consists of administrative and policy-based offices and councils which act in advisory roles to the President. Currently in 2004 there are the following: Council of Economic Advisers; Council on Environmental Quality; Domestic Policy Council; National Economic Council; National Security Council; Office of Administration; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; Office of Management and Budget; Office of National AIDS Policy; Office of National Drug Control Policy; Office of Science & Technology Policy; Office of the United States Trade Representative; President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board; President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board; USA Freedom Corps; and the White House Military Office. See the descriptions of individual offices listed on
this page.
Exercise: A Guide from the National Institute on Aging
http://www.niapublications.org/exercisebook/intro.htm: A guide from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, which provides information for older people about exercising and staying fit.
ExpertLaw: Bankruptcy Page
http://www.expertlaw.com/library/bankruptcy.html: Information on Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy, how to file for bankruptcy in a U.S. court, tips for interviewing a client about bankruptcy, and online ability to locate expert witnesses.
The Expert Pages
http://www.expertpages.com/: Locate an expert witness or consultant by legal area.
Expert Witness Internet Resources
http://www.nocall.org/experts.htm: List of links to other expert witness sites.
Export Information
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/export/: This section provides an overview of exporting issues related to the Bureau of Customs & Border Protection, formerly the U.S. Customs Service. You will find links with information on the automated export system (aes)harbor maintenance fees, rulings and regulations, publications and forms, and more.
Export.gov
http://www.export.gov/: Export.gov is the portal to all export-related assistance and market information offered by the federal government.
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
http://www.exim.gov/: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is the official export credit agency of the United States. Ex-Im Bank's mission is to assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets.

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Fair Credit Billing Act
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcb/fcb.pdf: Complete text of the amendment to the Truth In Lending Act in PDF format.
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/031224fcra.pdf: Complete text of the FCRA.
Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf: Complete text of the amendment to the Consumer Credit Protection Act.
Farm Credit Administration
http://www.fca.gov/: The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or agency) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. Government. It is responsible for the regulation and examination of the banks, associations, and related entities that collectively comprise what is known as the Farm Credit System (System), including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). Initially created by an Executive order of the President in 1933, the agency now derives its powers and authorities from the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended (Act). FCA's mission is to promote a safe and sound, competitive Farm Credit System.
Farm Service Agency Online
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/default.asp: The Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ensures the well-being of American agriculture and the environment through its many services and programs, which include farm loans, disaster assistance, price supports, conservation and environmental programs, and more.
Farm Service Agency Online: Conservation Reserve Program
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=crp: The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary program available to agricultural producers to help them safeguard environmentally sensitive land.
FBI's Freedom of Information Act Reading Room
http://foia.fbi.gov/: This web site explains information about the FOIA, and provides electronic access to frequently requested FBI documents.
FBI's Most Wanted
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant.htm: Provides links to the FBI's top ten fugitives, most wanted terrorists, crime alerts, missing persons and other related information.
FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm: Provides information of the FBI's most wanted terrorists. All the individuals listed have been indicted by sitting Federal Grand Juries in various jurisdictions in the United States.
FDA Information for Consumers
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/default.htm: Food and Drug Administration consumer information is provided in an A-Z index.
FedBizOpps.gov (Federal Business Opportunities)
http://www.fedbizopps.gov: FedBizOpps.gov is an online source for government procurement opportunities.
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB)
http://www.fasab.gov/: FASAB is responsible for promulgating federal accounting standards. This web site offers information about FASAB and also provides access to all publications issued by the Board.
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) http://www.acqnet.gov/far/: This is the official site for Federal Acquisition Regulation online. The FAR was established to codify uniform policies for acquisition of supplies and services by executive agencies, including the Department of Defense, General Services, Administration, and NASA. Current and archived FAR information is available through links and a search database.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
http://www.faa.gov/: The FAA, created by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, is responsible for regulating civil aviation through the development of safety regulations, air traffic control systems, and programs to control aircraft noise and other environmental effects of civil aviation.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice. It is primarily charged with gathering and reporting facts, locating witnesses, and compiling evidence in cases involving Federal jurisdiction. It also provides law enforcement leadership and assistance to State and international law enforcement agencies.
Federal Citizen Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/: Formerly the Federal Consumer Information Center, this web site provides the answer to questions about the Federal government and everyday consumer issues.
Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.
Federal Computer Incident Response Center
http://www.cirt.doc.gov/: The Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC) is the federal civilian government's trusted focal point for computer security incident reporting, providing assistance with incident prevention and response. Effective March 1, 2003, the FedCIRC officially became part of the Department of Homeland Security's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) Directorate.
Federal Court Locator
http://www.law.vill.edu/library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp: The Federal Court Locator is a service provided by the Villanova Internet Legal Research Compass. It is intended to give net citizens a means to access information related to the federal judiciary, including slip opinions. This information can be viewed on-line or it can be downloaded.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
http://www.fdic.gov/: An independent agency created by Congress in 1933, the FDIC supervises banks, insures deposits up to $100,000 and helps maintain a stable and sound banking system.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Enforcement Decisions & Orders
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/enforcement/index.html: This searchable database contains the full text of the formal enforcement actions against financial institutions that are regulated by the FDIC or against their affiliated parties.
Federal Depository Library Program Desktop
http://www.fdlp.gov/: The searchable FDLP Desktop is a revised and expanded version of the former FDLP Administration site. The desktop features processing tools, publications, a library directory, and information on depository management.
Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/: In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections. The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.
Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinions
http://www.fec.gov/law/enforcement/ao_search.shtml: FEC's Advisory Opinion Search database contains all opinions issued by the Commission from 1977 to the present.
Federal Election Commission: History of the Voting System Standards Program
http://www.fec.gov/pages/vsshst.htm: The FEC's history of the VSS program is outlined at this web site.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/: The Federal Emergency Management Agency - a former independent agency that became part of the new Department of Homeland Security in March 2003 - is tasked with responding to, planning for, recovering from and mitigating against disasters.
Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/: The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program works to reduce the cost and environmental impact of the Federal government through energy efficiency, water conservation, and improvement of Federal utility management decisions.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
http://www.ffiec.gov/: The Council is in charge of prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions.
Federal Geographic Data Committee
http://www.fgdc.gov/index.html: This interagency committee is responsible for promoting the use and sharing of geographic data.
Federal Grand Jury Information
http://www.udayton.edu/~grandjur: Website that covers both state and federal grand juries, which includes information on both, and additionally, news on grand juries and a multimedia overview of an Ohio County grand jury.
Federal Highway Administration
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/index.html: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is charged with the broad responsibility of ensuring that America’s roads and highways continue to be the safest and most technologically up-to-date. Although State, local, and tribal governments own most of the Nation’s highways, FHWA provides financial and technical support to them for constructing, improving, and preserving America’s highway system. Information is included about programs, laws and regulations, and more.
Federal Housing Finance Board
http://www.fhfb.gov/: The Finance Board is an independent regulatory agency of the executive branch of the U.S. Government. It regulates 12 FHL Banks and their 7,929 member-owners, which constitute the FHL Bank System, and helps finance the country's urban and rural housing and community development needs. This partnership supports community-based financial institutions and facilitates their access to credit.
Federal IT Accessibility Initiative
http://www.section508.gov/: Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. Using this web site, Federal employees and the public can access resources for understanding and implementing the requirements of Section 508.
Federal Judges Biographical Database
http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj: This site contains the service record and biographical information of all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789.
Federal Judicial Center
http://www.fjc.gov/: The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for the federal courts. Congress created the FJC in 1967 to promote improvements in judicial administration in the courts of the United States. This site contains the results of Center research on federal court operations and procedures and court history, as well as selected educational materials produced for judges and court employees.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
http://fjsrc.urban.org/index.cfm: The FJSRC maintains data on suspects and defendants at all levels of the federal criminal justice system. There is also a data dictionary, charts and tables, and access to the Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, and annual report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
http://www.flra.gov/: The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an independent agency responsible for administering the labor-management relations program for 1.9 million Federal employees world-wide. Its mission is to promote stable and constructive labor-management relations that contribute to an efficient and effective government.
Federal Labor Relations Authority Decisions, Policies and Guidance
http://www.flra.gov/page2.html: This FLRA web site provides links to decisions and summaries of authority cases, OCG policies and guidance, and Federal Service Impasse Panel final actions.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
http://www.fletc.gov/: Formerly an agency under the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is now part of the Department of Homeland Security. The FLETC serves as an interagency law enforcement training organization for more than 75 Federal agencies with personnel located throughout the United States and its territories. The Center also provides services to state, local, and international law enforcement agencies, and on a space available basis, other Federal agencies with related law enforcement missions.
Federal Maritime Commission
http://www.fmc.gov/: The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) was established in 1961 as an independent government agency, responsible for the regulation of shipping in the foreign trades of the United States. The Commission's five members are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Federal Maritime Commission's Docket Activity Library
http://www.fmc.gov/reading/DocketActivityLibrary.asp: The FMC provides links to docket decisions and rules.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/: The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was created in 1947 as an independent agency of the U. S. government. The agency is given the mission of preventing or minimizing the impact of labor-management disputes on the free flow of commerce by providing mediation, conciliation and voluntary arbitration.
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
http://www.fmshrc.gov/: The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is an independent adjudicative agency that provides administrative trial and appellate review of legal disputes arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 (Mine Act).
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Index
http://www.fmshrc.gov/index.html: The Commission's index contains links to rules, recent and published decisions, and DOL/MSHR regulations.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/: Established as part of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) works to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. The FMCSA meets its safety mandate by developing and enforcing safety regulations and by educating carriers, commercial drivers, and the public.
Federal Open Market Committee
http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm: The FOMC is responsible for reviewing economic and financial conditions, determining the appropriate stance of monetary policy, and assessing the risks to the economic outlook. The Committee's policy decisions are undertaken to foster the long-run objectives of price stability and sustainable economic growth.
Federal Protective Services
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/index.htm: The FPS provided law enforcement and security services to tenants and daily visitors to federally owned and leased facilities through the nation. All functions of the former Federal Protective Services under the Department of Homeland Security are now part of the reorganized Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Federal R & D Project Summaries
http://www.osti.gov/fedrnd/: This site provides information on the descriptions, awards, and summaries of federally funded research of various government agencies.
Federal Railroad Administration
http://www.fra.dot.gov/: The Federal Railroad Administration promulgates and enforces rail safety regulations, administers railroad assistance programs, and conducts research in order to improve railroad safety.
Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html: Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. GPO Access provides coverage from 1994-current.
Federal Reserve Board: Publications and Educational Resources
http://www.federalreserve.gov/publications.htm: Publications and educational resources from the Federal Reserve Board are provided at this web site, and include research information, annual reports, reports to Congress, supervision manuals, brochures, and more.
Federal Reserve System
http://www.federalreserve.gov/: The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, was founded by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/: This site, the result of a working group of federal agencies formed in 1997, provides links to learning resources from more than 35 federal organizations and agencies. Resources include teaching ideas, photos, maps, learning activities and more on a wide variety of topics. The Gateway to Educational Materials offers a way to search multiple participating websites.
Federal Resources Organized by Topic
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/topics/index.html: Provides links to the Federal Bulletin Board, Browse Topics, Sales Product Catalog, and links to fedeal agency Internet sites.
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
http://www.frtib.gov/: The FRTIB was established as an independent agency of the Executive Branch by the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986. It was established to administer the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), which provides Federal employees the opportunity to save for additional retirement security.
Federal Rules - Civil, Evidence, Appellate Procedure
http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html: This web site of the U.S. Courts provides information about the federal rules in effect for the various court procedures.
Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/: The Federal Trade Commission enforces a variety of federal antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Federal Trade Commission Formal Actions
http://www.ftc.gov/os/index.shtml: FTC's Formal Actions web site contains links to advisory opinions, compliance materials, rules and guides, regulatory reform, and much more.
Federal Transit Administration
http://www.fta.dot.gov/: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) oversees thousands of federal grants to state and local transit providers. These grants provide financial assistance to develop new transit systems and improve, maintain, and operate existing systems.
Federal Web Locator
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/madd/docs/fedloc.html: Collection of links to federal government web sites. Lists over 550 separate government information sites.
Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/: The Federation of American Scientists is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501c3 organization founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists. FAS' strategies include advocacy, briefings with policy makers and the press, public education and outreach, collaboration with civil rights, human rights, and arms control groups, and grassroots organizing.
FedForms.gov - Your First Step to Federal Forms
http://www.fedforms.gov/: FedForms.gov provides "one-stop-shopping" for the Federal forms most used by the public. FedForms contains many, but not all, of the forms issued by Federal agencies.
Fedlaw: Legal & Regulatory Links
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/intro2.htm: The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) was established in 1996, after the passage of the Congressional Review Act, to provide Congress with independent analyses of agency regulations. These FedLaw links provide access to federal statutes and regulations by subject category.
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/: Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies. Search by subject or agency.
FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov/: The FedWorld.gov web site is a gateway to government information. This site is managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) as part of its information management mandate.
Fermilab
http://www.fnal.gov/: The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, named in honor of 1938 Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi, promotes understanding and research in high energy physics and related disciplines.
Finding Lawyers on the Internet
http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/dirlawyers.html: This extensive listing of electronic and print resources includes information on locating international lawyers and bar associations.
FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/: Emerging as the favorite gateway to legal resources. Well organized, comprehensive arrangement of law sites, including primary and secondary sources. Site for LawCrawler, a Google-powered legal search engine.
FindLaw: Journals
http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/index.html: Findlaw list of relevant academic law reviews and journals.
FindLaw: Resources
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/index.html: Resources, guide pages, web guides, etc. by topic.
FindLaw: West Legal Directory
http://lawyers.findlaw.com/: Search for lawyers and law firms by name, state, or practice area.
Fire and Park Resources
http://www.nps.gov/seki/fire/fire_res.htm: Researchers at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks have investigated the role of fire in park ecosystems for many years and have produced many papers on fire and fire management. Some of this research information is available as on-line papers from this Web site. Additional references may be found in the Fire Bibliography.
First Amendment Center's Religious Liberty Page
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/rel_liberty/index.aspx: Run by the First Amendment Center, at Vanderbilt University, this page is dedicated to the First Amendment with a page for each section of it. It includes information on the history of religious liberty, religious liberty in public life, the Establishment Clause, the Free Exercise Clause, and religious liberty in public schools.
First Person Narratives of the American South
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/fpnashome.html: This compilation of printed texts from the libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documents the culture of the nineteenth-century American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.
Flat Tax Home Page
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/taxes/tax7.html: The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) provides substantial analysis and information on the flat tax.
Fedworld
http://supcourt.ntis.gov/: Full text of Supreme Court decisions from 1937 to 1975.
National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/home.htm: The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/: The National Geophysical Data Center is part of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The website is divided into three main areas: data & information, educational resources, and news & features. Data can be found by searching by discipline, keyword or phrase, or by using one of the Online Data Access Systems.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
http://www.nima.mil/: With the signing of the FY2004 Defense Authorization Act, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) officially became the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This agency provides timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security.
National Geologic Map Database
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov: The National Geologic Map Database is a collaborative effort primarily involving the USGS and the Association of American State Geologists. This site provides maps and related data on geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.
The National Guard
http://www.ngb.army.mil/default.aspx: The official web site of the National Guard, the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States. Find current information on Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), guard news, fact sheets, pictures, transcripts of speeches, and much more. Access to the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard sites are available from this link.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
http://www.guideline.gov/: The clearinghouse, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/: The NHLBI performs basic research, clinical trials, observational studies, and educational projects on diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was established under the Highway Safety Act of 1970 to create and enforce safety programs under the Motor Vehicle Safety Code.
National Hispanic Heritage Month
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/hispanic/: The National Register of Historic Places is pleased to help foster the general public's awareness, understanding, and appreciation for Hispanic culture during National Hispanic Heritage Month.
National Human Genome Research Institute
http://www.genome.gov/: Originally, the National Human Genome Research Institute's goal was completing the sequencing of the human genome. With the completion of that in April of 2003, the Institute is now dedicated to studying and understanding the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease.
National Image Library
http://images.fws.gov: The National Image Library contains public domain photographs of wildlife, plants, National Wildlife Refuges and wildlife work. All images are available for download and each comes with technical and bibliographic information.
National Incident Management Team
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/index.shtm: As part of the Department of Homeland Security, this team provides expert personnel and specialized equipment to a number of federal emergency response entities that deal with nuclear emergencies, nuclear accidents, and nuclear terrorism.
National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP)
http://www.niap-ccevs.org/: NIAP is a collaboration between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA) designed to fulfill the requirements of the Computer Security Act of 1987. NIAP works to meet the security testing needs of both information technology (IT) consumers and producers through research, development, and evaluation of IT products and systems.
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
http://www.nifl.gov/: NIFL provides a focal-point for public and private activities that support the development of high-quality regional, state, and national literacy services.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html: NIOSH, a federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Service's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is responsible for conducting research related to the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
http://www.niams.nih.gov/default.asp: NIAMS is responsible for supporting research on the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, for training scientists to carry out this research, and for disseminating information on such research.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Medicine, supports and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm: The NIDDKD, part of the National Institute of Health, conducts and supports clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields as well as many basic science disciplines. Health information on diabetes, kidney, and other diseases, as well as statistics, clinical research, and funding issues are provided.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, works to reduce human illness and disease resulting from environmental causes through biomedical research programs, prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies.
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov: The NIMH is part of the federal government's National Institutes of Health and is responsible for researching and educating on mental health issues in order to promote better understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/: The Institute's mission is to reduce the burden of neurological disorders and stroke through biomedical research on causes, prevention, and treatment of disorders of the brain and nervous system. The site includes an alphabetical index of disorders and research topics with links to information on each listing.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.nist.gov/: The National Institute of Standards and Technology develops measurements, standards, and technology to promote productivity and enhance the quality of life.
National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov/: As one of the components of the National Institutes of Health, the NIA provides aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), created in 1970, supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. The NIAAA provides national leadership to the alcohol research community and funds approximately 90 percent of all alcohol research conducted in the United States. Links to publications, databases, and other resources are provided through this site.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/: NIDA was established in 1974 and became part of the National Institutes of Health in 1992. The Institute supports research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction in order to better understand their affects on the brain and behavior.
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/: The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the nation. It is an agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov/: The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. The Board conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation and investigates and remedies unfair labor practices by employers and unions.
National Labor Relations Board Decisions
http://www.nlrb.gov/research/decisions/board_decisions/index.aspx: This web site provides searchable databases of the NLRB decisions.
National Library of Education
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/nat_ed_library.asp: The National Library of Education is the world's largest federally funded library devoted solely to education and is the federal government's main resource center for education information.
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences. Access to MEDLINEplus, PubMed, the NLM catalog, publications, research programs, and more are offered here.
National Marine Fisheries Service
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/: The Service rebuilds and maintains sustainable fisheries, promotes the recovery of protected species, and protects and maintains coastal marine habitats.
National Mediation Board
http://www.nmb.gov/: The National Mediation Board (NMB), established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926, is an independent agency that performs a central role in facilitating harmonious labor-management relations within two of the nation's key transportation modes--the railroads and airlines.
National NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act)
http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra: The National NAGPRA program assists the Secretary of the Interior with some of the Secretary's responsibilities under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and focuses on NAGPRA implementation outside of the National Park System. National NAGPRA is a program of the National Park Service's National Center for Cultural Resources.
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov/: As part of the Department of Commerce, NOAA’s mission is to describe and predict changes in the Earth's environment, and conserve and manage wisely the Nation's coastal and marine resources to ensure sustainable economic opportunities.
National Ocean Service
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/: This service develops the national foundation for coastal and ocean science, management, navigation, and restoration.
National Park Guide
http://www.nps.gov/parks.html: This site provides historical and basic travel information about all of the national parks (as part of the National Park Service), including contact links, events, and park resources. The web site also offers a search of the parks by recreational interests, activities, and park type.
National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov: The National Park Service was established as part of the Department of the Interior on August 25, 1916. It is dedicated to conserving unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of all generations. There are 385 units in the National Park System, including national parks and monuments; scenic parkways, preserves, trails, riverways, seashores, lakeshores, and recreation areas; and historic sites associated with important movements, events, and personalities of the American past.
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
http://www.amtrak.com: The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) was created by the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, and was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia to provide a balanced national transportation system by developing, operating, and improving U.S. intercity rail passenger service.
National Register of Historic Places
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/: Created by the National Historic Preservation Act, the Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our cultural resources.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory for renewable energy research, development and deployment, and a leading laboratory for energy efficiency.
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/: The National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency of the U.S. Government established by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, promotes the progress of science and engineering through the support of research and education programs.
National Security Agency
http://www.nsa.gov/: The NSA directs and performs highly specialized activities to protect U.S. information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information.
National Security Archive
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/: The National Security Archive, a non-governmental and non-profit institute, was founded by a group of journalists and scholars. The Archive, located at George Washington University, operates as a research institute on international affairs and as a library collecting and publishing declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Collections can be searched by keyword or by subject area.
National Security Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/: The National Security Council is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies.
National Service Center for Environmental Publications
http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/: Over 7,000 titles available in hardcopy.
National/State Sex Offender Registry
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/registry.htm: The Registry, a national database developed and implemented by the FBI's Crimes Against Children Unit, tracks the whereabouts and movements of certain convicted sex offenders under Title 42 of the United States Code Section 14072. The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) enables the NSOR to retain the offender's current registered address and dates of registration, conviction, and residence.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
http://attra.ncat.org/: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is a national sustainable agriculture information service managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology. It provides information and other technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, educators, and others involved in sustainable agriculture in the United States.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
http://www.ntis.gov/: The NTIS, part of the Department of Commerce, is a central source for U.S. government scientific, technical, and business information. The website provides free access to the NTIS sales catalog of products published since 1990. You can search by title, date, topic, or featured collection such as the environmental collection. The site provides ordering information and links to full text of those publications stored on government websites.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/: As an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIA works to improve the quality of telecommunications products and services through the development of innovative technologies.
National Transportation Library
http://ntl.bts.gov/: The National Transportation Library provides timely access to information relating to transportation policy, research, operations, and technology transfer activities.
National Transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov/: The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation -- railroad, highway, marine and pipeline -- and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.
National Transportation Safety Board Legal Matters
http://www.ntsb.gov/alj/legal.htm: Tne NTSB's Legal Matters web site includes access to the Office of Administrative Law Judges and Office of General Counsel web sites, opinions and orders, regulations,
and more.
National Tribal Justice Resource Center
http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org: The Resource Center assists tribes to strengthen their methods of self-government and improve the climate within tribal lands for economic prosperity by offering tools to enhance tribal justice systems. By offering a broad scope of technical assistance services, the Resource Center provides very real and practical benefits to every American Indian and Alaska Native justice system in the United States.
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/: As part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Water-Quality Assessment Program is responsible for collecting and analyzing data and information from water sources across the Nation. The goal of the program is to develop consistent and comparable information on streams, ground water, and aquatic ecosystems in order to support sound management and policy decisions.
National Wetlands Inventory
http://www.nwi.fws.gov/: Produces information on the characteristics, extent, and status of the Nation’s wetlands and deep water habitats.
Native American Documents Project
http://www.csusm.edu/projects/nadp/nadp.htm: California State University website with published reports (1871, 1872, 1875, 1876), allotment data, Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation documents, and information on California Tribes.
Native American Legal Resources on the Internet
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/: Links to Native American resources in areas such as language, nations, organizations, health, education, etc.
Native American Rights Fund
http://www.narf.org: Includes past issues of NARF Legal Review, case updates, press releases, and a collection of laws and treaties.
Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org: Comprehensive site that can be searched by subject, geographic regions, nations/peoples, or languages. Maintains a 'New' sites listing, a law and legal issues site, list of organizations, literature, newsletters and journals, bibliographies, information sites, and personal home pages.
Natural Disaster Reference Database
http://ndrd.gsfc.nasa.gov/: The Natural Disaster Reference Database (NDRD) is a bibliographic database on research that relates to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation. Although the database is no longer updated, it remains on-line as a resource for disaster research.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/: This service was established to assist private land owners in conserving water, soil, and other natural resources. The site features links to publications and special reports.
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Program Summaries
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/: This web page provides summaries of all programs offered through NCRS, as well as additional information links.
Natural Resource Conservation Service: Watersheds
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/watershed/index.html: The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act authorizes the NRCS to cooperate with States and local agencies to carry out works of improvement for soil conservation and other purposes including flood prevention; conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water; and conservation and proper utilization of land.
Natural Resource Conservation Service: Wetlands
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/: The Wetlands Reserve Program is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. The NRCS goal is to achieve the greatest wetland functions and values, along with optimum wildlife habitat, on every acre enrolled in the program.
Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.nps.edu/: The NPS offers more than 40 programs, which focus on the study and research that is relevant to the Navy's interests, as well as to the interests of other arms of the Department of Defense.
Navy Newstand
http://www.news.navy.mil/: This site serves as U.S. Navy's official internal news Web site.
NCES Electronic Catalog
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/: Perform customize searches for any NCES publications and data products. The publications are available for download.
NCES School Database
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/: Search the database for schools, colleges and libraries in the United States and its territories.
NCES Kids' Zone
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/: Educational information and activities for students.
NCI Cancer Bulletin
http://www.nci.nih.gov/ncicancerbulletin: Issues of this publication are available from the National Cancer Institute's web site.
NCI Research Resources
http://resresources.nci.nih.gov/: This National Cancer Institute site is a directory of research tools and services for cancer researchers. Resources are listed by scientific category and NCI division. A site search is also available.
Nebraska
http://www.state.ne.us/
Ned Site
http://www.nedsite.nl/search/people.htm: Worldwide links to people search sites and hundreds of other search engines.
Network Solutions
http://www.networksolutions.com/: Look up a domain name in WHOIS to see under what name and address a domain name is registered.
Nevada
http://www.nv.gov/
New Freedom Initiative
http://www.dol.gov/odep/newfreedom/: The New Freedom Initiative is a comprehensive set of proposals designed to ensure that Americans with disabilities have the opportunity to participate productively in the workforce and to otherwise participate in their communities.
New Hampshire
http://www.state.nh.us/
New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/
New Jersey Court Rules
http://www.njlawnet.com/njcourtrules/: Full-text of NJ court rules.
New Jersey Law Network
http://www.njlawnet.com/: NJ law sources, NJ lawyer directory, career center, links to NJ government, etc.
New Jersey State Courts
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/: Site to all NJ courts, from local to supreme.
New Jersey State Legislature
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/: Information on NJ legislature, including committees, rules, members, districts, laws and constitutions, publications, and a bill search.
New Mexico
http://www.state.nm.us/
New York
http://www.state.ny.us/
New York Academy of Medicine: Medicine and Health Information Server
http://www.nyam.org/: The Academy is an independent non-profit institution that attempts to enhance the health of the public, particularly disadvantaged urban populations. Their library is available to the public online, as are press releases, research publications, annual reports, and the Journal of Urban Health.
New York State Courts on the Web
http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/index.shtml: Information on all levels of NY courts.
New York Stock Exchange
http://www.nyse.com/: The NYSE is the world's largest market and on an average day, trades more than 1.3 billion shares.
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
NIHSeniorHealth.gov
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/: This site, specifically aimed at older adults, was developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, both part of the National Institutes of Health. It features authoritative and up-to-date health information on aging, and presents materials in senior-friendly features.
No Child Left Behind
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml: The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush in January of 2002. This site provides an overview of the new program and its primary objectives.
Normandy
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm: An online brochure from the U.S. Army that details the significance of the Normandy Invasion during World World II.
North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english: The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization formed by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The CEC addresses regional environmental concerns, helps prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and promotes the effective enforcement of environmental law. The page includes various publications (divided by topic), laws, treaties and agreements, the North American Law and Policy Series, and other links.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html: The North American Ind