U.S. Government Resources: Administrative Decisions & Opinions

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Election Commission Advisory Opinions
http://herndon3.sdrdc.com/ao/

FEC's Advisory Opinion Search database contains all opinions issued by the Commission from 1977 to the present.

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 Maritime Commission's Docket Activity Library
http://www.fmc.gov/reading/DocketActivityLibrary.asp

The FMC provides links to docket decisions and rules.

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 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.

Merit Systems Protection Board On-Line Decisions Database
http://www.mspb.gov/mspbdecisionspage.html

The Merit Systems Protection Board's final opinions and orders and other significant decisions are on-line and may be searched. Initial decisions issued by the Board's Administrative Judges and short form decisions denying petitions for review are not published by the Board or available on-line.

National Credit Union Administration Index
http://www.ncua.gov/RegulationsOpinionsLaws/index.htm

The NCUA Reference Information Index contains links to Board appeal decisions, rules and regulations, interpretive rulings, regulatory alerts, and much more.

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 Transportation Safety Board Legal Matters
http://www.ntsb.gov/alj/legal.htm

The 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.

Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission Decisions
http://www.oshrc.gov/

OSHRC provides a searchable database for final Administrative Law Judges and Commission decisions.

Office of Government Ethics Informal Advisory Letters, Memoranda, and Formal Opinions
http://www.usoge.gov/pages/advisory_opinions/advisory_opins.html

The web site contains the OGE's issuances of informal advisory letters and memoranda and formal opinions on how to interpret and comply with conflict of interest, post-employment, standards of conduct, and financial disclosure requirements in the executive branch.

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety - Rules
http://hazmat.dot.gov/regs/rules.htm

Rules, regulations and interpretations dealing with hazardous materials safety are provided at this web site.

Office of Personnel Management Compensation and Leave Decisions
http://www.opm.gov/payclaims/index.asp

This searchable site contains decisions issued from 1996 to the present.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Legal Information & FOIA
http://www.pbgc.gov/media/key-resources-for-the-press/content/page13687.html

This site provides access to the laws and regulations, opinion letters, rulemaking procedures, and more governing the PBGC.

Railroad Retirement Board Legal Opinions
http://www.rrb.gov/blaw/digestcards.asp

Legal opinions are available through the RRB's Electronic Reading Room.

Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce.shtml

The Division of Enforcement investigates possible violations of securities laws, recommends Commission action when appropriate, either in a federal court or before an administrative law judge, and negotiates settlements. Administrative proceedings, initial decisions and orders, commission opinions, and more are available here.

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
http://rules.senate.gov/

The Committee to which is directed all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, and other matters relating to Congressional and Senate rules and regulations, corrupt practices, federal elections, the GPO, payments of money out of the Senate fund, and other administrative topics.

Senate Select Committee on Ethics
http://ethics.senate.gov/

The Senate Select Committee on Ethics investigates potential ethical violations of Senate members. This website provides access to the members of the Select Committee on Ethics, the Senate’s ethics manual, downloadable forms, and links to related websites.

Small Business Administration OHA Decisions
http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/oha/OHADecisions/OHA_DECISIONS.html

The Office of Hearings and Appeals formally adjudicates disputes arising in numerous jurisdictional areas. Decisions available here serve as OHA precedent in interpreting laws and regulations.

Social Security Administration Rulings
http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/rulings/rulings.html

This SSA web site provides information about social security rulings and acquiescence rulings on Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, Supplemental Security Income, and Black Lung benefits.

U.S. International Trade Commission Dockets
http://info.usitc.gov/sec/dockets.nsf

This web site provides information about recent petitions and complaints filed with the USITC.

U.S. Postal Service Administrative Decisions
http://www.usps.com/judicial/

USPS administrative decisions are available from 1957 to present.