Federal Government on the Web:
- FirstGov - Guide to federal government, including links to grants
- www.firstgov.com
- THOMAS - Legislative information
- thomas.loc.gov
- U. S. House of Representatives
- www.house.gov
- U. S. Senate
- www.senate.gov
- Executive Branch - Links to departments, agencies, cabinet, etc.
- www.whitehouse.gov/government/
- Budget Tutorials
- www.house.gov/budget/budgettutorial.htm
- Federal Regulations
- www.access.gpo.go
Other U. S. Government Agencies and Organizations:
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- www.ocio.usda.gov
- Department of Commerce - Includes NOAA and National Weather Service
- www.osec.doc.gov
- Department of Defense (DOD)
www.dod.gov
Includes links to:
- Department of Education (ED)
- www.ed.gov/
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- www.energy.gov
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- www.hhs.gov
- Department of Homeland Secuity (DHS)
- http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/
- Dept. of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD)
- www.hud.gov/
- Department of Interior
- www.doi.gov/
- Department of Labor
- www.dol.gov/
- Department of State
- www.state.gov/
- Department of Transportation
- www.dot.gov/
- Department of Treasury
- www.ustreas.gov/
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- www.va.gov/
- Copyright Office
- www.loc.gov/copyright/
- Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
- www.epa.gov
- Government Printing Office
(GPO)
- www.gpo.gov
- Government Accounting Office
(GAO)
- www.gao.gov
- National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
- www.nasa.gov
- National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
- www.nih.hhs.gov
- National Oceanographic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- www.noaa.gov
- National Science Foundation
(NSF)
- www.nsf.gov
- The National Academies
www.nationalacademies.org
Links to:
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Institute of Medicine (IOM)
- National Research Council (NRC)
- Committee on Science, Engineering
and Public Policy (COSEPUP)
- www.nationalacademies.org/cosepup/
- Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)
- www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
- Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP)
- www.ostp.gov
- Patent and Trademark Office
- www.uspto.gov
Key Federal Research-Related Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines:
Bayh-Dole Act
www.cogr.edu
Federal law governing rights
in and commercialization of inventions developed under federal
funding. A useful overview is available at this web address.
Circular A-21
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a021/a021.html
Establishes principles for
determining costs applicable to grants, contracts, and other
agreements with educational institutions.
Circular A-110
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a110/a110.html
OMB's standards for
obtaining consistency and uniformity among federal agencies
in administration of grants to and agreements with institutions
of higher education, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations.
Federal Acquisitions Regulations
(FARS)
www.arnet.gov/far/
Freedom of Information Action (FOIA)
www.usdoj.gov/olp/foi-act.htm
Generally, provides that
any person has a right enforceable in court, to obtain access
to federal agency records, except to the extent that such records
are protected from disclosure by one of nine exemptions or by
one of three special law enforcement record exclusions.
Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA)
http://ott.od.nih.gov/NewPages/RTguide_final.html
Agreements governing transfer
of tangible materials, usually biological, from one institution
to another.
Scientific Organizations:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- www.aaas.org
- Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP)
www.mdsg.umces.edu/CSSP/home.html/
Links to scientific societies. - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
www.faseb.org
Links to biological societies. - Society for Research Administrators International
- www.srainternational.org/neweb/default.cfm
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