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| Internal Web Sites |
| Contact Mary Bryant, RiskWorld staff, e-mail bryant@tec-com.com. |
| Federal Digital System (FDsys) |
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The U.S. Government Printing Office has unveiled its next generation of
government information online with its Federal Digital System (FDsys).
As of December 20, 2010, FDsys became GPO's official Web site for
government information. In 1993, Congress passed the U.S. Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act (Public Law 103-40), which expanded GPO's mission to provide electronic access to federal electronic information. In June 1994, GPO launched GPO Access, which has been America's source to information from all three branches of the Federal Government. In late 2011, GPO Access will officially retire. (Posted August 2011.) |
| http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ |
| A full range of the U.S. government's official statistical information, collected and published by more than 70 Federal agencies, is available to the public at the FedStats website. The Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities enable FedStat visitors to track economic and population trends, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more, without having to know in advance which agency produces the statistics. (Posted April 2001.) |
| http://www.fedstats.gov/ |
| FedWorld Information Network |
| The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) introduced FedWorld in November 1992, with the goal of providing a one-stop location for the public to locate, order and have delivered to them, U.S. Government information. Today, the FedWorld Information Network consists of an integrated network offering the public broad access to Web sites hosted by FedWorld, databases, file transfer protocol, bulletin boards (dialup/telnet site), and fee-based subscriptions to information collections and datafiles. (Posted June 1996; updated April 2001.) |
| http://www.fedworld.gov/ |
| Independent Federal Agencies and Government Corporations |
| Independent establishments are created by Congress to address concerns that go beyond the scope of ordinary legislation. These agencies are responsible for keeping the government and economy running smoothly. USA.gov provides this list. (Posted June 1996; updated August 2011.) |
| Recalls.gov |
| This federal website launched in November 2003 provides access to all recall announcements from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The site also contains important safety tips and forms to use in reporting a problem with a consumer product, cosmetic, motor vehicle, boat, food product, medicine, or environmental product. For more information, read news releases from November 25 and December 24. (Información en Español - http://www.recalls.gov/spanish.html) |
| http://www.recalls.gov/ |
| This site has a number of directories, including: high-tech companies, technical societies, technology conferences, government and academic web sites focusing on technology, press releases, and other information. (Posted November 1995.) |
| http://www.techexpo.com/home_pg.html |
| The White House |
| The website of the White House, the official residence of the United States president, provides information regarding the executive branch of U.S. government, including biographies of the president, vice president, and their spouses and a news section with news releases, press briefings, and a selection of the latest federal economic statistics and federal social statistics, as reported by federal agencies. The site also provides links to information sources on all branches and agencies of the federal government, applications for presidential appointments, White House history, and tourist information. (Posted June 1996; updated April 2001.) |
| http://www.whitehouse.gov/ |
| United Nations (Posted June 1996.) |
| USA.gov (formerly FirstGov.gov) |
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"Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it's here on
USA.gov."
The government's official web portal makes it easy for the public to get
U.S. government information and services on the web. USA.gov also serves
as the catalyst for a growing electronic government. Formerly launched as FirstGov.gov in September 2000, the portal got its start when the Federal Search Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by Internet entrepreneur Eric Brewer, donated a powerful search engine to government. FirstGov.gov officially changed its name to USA.gov in January 2007. (Posted September 2000; updated April 2001 and August 2011.) |
| http://www.usa.gov/ |
| U.S. Department of the Interior (Posted June 1996.) |
| U.S. Department of Health (Posted June 1996.) |
| U.S. Government Accountability Office Reports |
| An independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), formerly the General Accounting Office, is often called the "congressional watchdog." GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. GAO's primary products are reports, often called "blue books," and testimony before Congress. This link provides access to browse those publications by date. (Posted June 1996; updated August 2011.) |
| http://www.gao.gov/browse/date/week/ |
| U.S. House Of Representatives (Posted June 1996.) |
| U.S. Small Business Administration |
| The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist, and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise, and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of the United States. The SBA helps Americans start, build, and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. (Posted June 1996; updated April 2001, August 2011.) |
| http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ |
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