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:
AFR
Air Force Office of Research
ARO Army Research
Office
ONR Office of Naval
Research
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency
www.darpa.mil
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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