GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

FEDERAL AGENCY LINKS

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)

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: