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[National Library of Education]
This site offers information on the executive branch of government, the White House and the first family, tours and publications. Also, audio welcome messages from the President and Vice President. Provides access to White House press releases, including texts of briefings, executive orders, proclamations and remarks; also, speeches and major policy documents.
Links to the offices of President Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Jr. and Mrs. Gore.
Explains the duties of the ONDCP and provides information on the director.
This site offers contact and descriptive information on the President's Council on Physical Fitness. Also, information on presidential fitness partners and participating organizations.
This site offers a form to send e-mail to the President or Vice President.
Information about the office, a newsletter and a listing of recent events.
This site provides links to Programs and Resources Against Violence (PAVNET), youth-at-risk programs, national networks for child care, family resiliency, and science and technology literacy, as well as resources and statistics for child, youth, and family programs. A program of the USDA and 4-H.
The forest service provides text files on reinvention, Forest Service Video Library, Grand Mesa National Forest Travel Plan Revision, news releases, the International Union of Forestry Research Organization's newsletter, Federal Register notice of range reform hearings, proposed rules, information on timber sales, Rocky Mountain ecosystems and the Western Forest Health Initiative Report.
Information on National Agricultural Library events and resources, including links to publications, and information on the new Farm Bill. Includes a staff telephone list. Also, links to the NAL's 10 information centers: Agricultural Trade and Marketing; Alternative Farming Systems; Animal Welfare; Aquaculture; Biotechnology; Food and Nutrition; Plant Genome Data; Rural Information and Rural Health Service; Technology Transfer, and Water Quality.
Links to databases on natural resource assets, such as soil, water, air, plants and animals, including humans. Also, links to the National Cartography and Geographic Information System Center, National Plant Data Collection Center, National Resources Inventory, National Soil Survey Center and the Plants Information Share Fast Track. Information on NRCS programs, including conservation partnership and volunteer programs. Also, technical references, news releases and organizational information.
Divided into four sections: Commercial Remote Sensing; Space Transportation Policy; Launch Trade Agreements; and Emerging Markets. Office mission is to foster growth of the U.S. commercial space industry.
This site offers a full text of the Privacy Act and Title 13 of the U.S. code. Also, links to POPClock Projection, information on future population, CB bulletin board, data services, press releases and the CB art gallery. Includes mailing list subscriptions to obtain tip sheets; monthly product announcements and newsletters; demographic, economic and geographic programs; and the Decennial Census, including bureau definitions. Also, international information related to population data collection. The CB directory of information and services includes links to the following:
Census Bureau (retrieve helpful software)
ftp://ftp.census.gov/pub
Economic
www.census.gov/ftp/pub/econ/www
Financial Data (for state and local governments and schools)
www.census.gov:80/ftp/pub/govs/www/
Income and Poverty
www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/incpov.html
State Census Information Center
www.census.gov/ftp/pub/sdc/www/
Statistical Abstract
www.census.gov/stat_abstract/
Statistical Briefs
www.census.gov/ftp/pub/apsd/www/statbrief
The Department of Commerce offers information on how to obtain consumer bulletins and reports, tip sheets, and business education guides.
Links to press releases and NOAA offices, including the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service; the National Marine Fisheries Service; the National Ocean Service; the National Weather Service; Coastal Ocean Program; Office of Global Programs and HPCC; and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Also, satellite images of hurricanes and other items.
Site includes warnings and forecasts for severe weather as well as general forecasts for the entire nation.
DefenseLINK, the hub of DOD information, contains current press releases from the secretary of defense, joint chiefs of staff, and maintains a searchable database of previous releases. Also, department fact sheets, including worldwide U.S. troop strength; birth outcome studies; the Persian Gulf Veterans' Coordinating Board; and information on Bosnia operations, including official photos.
Information on BMDO programs: theater missile defense; national missile defense; and advanced technology development.
The U.S. Army offers directions on how to send mail to any service member stationed in Bosnia, and to their families in Germany. Also, how to send mail to an unspecified service member or family.
Air Force general information; fact sheets; organizational structure and staff, and job opportunities; press releases, speeches, news briefings, news features and Airman; fact sheets on weapons, activities and commands; biographies of Air Force leaders; photo archive of weapons, operations and personnel; links to Internet servers maintained by Air Force bases, commands and laboratories. Also, historical information and Air Force band musical selections (audio).
Information on applied research, artificial intelligence, base closures, aviation, electronic data exchange, the environment, military science, mounted warfare, software development, special operations, tanks and technology transfer. Also, information on the Army chief of staff and other personnel; the Army mission; intelligence; and recruiting. Information on Army facilities worldwide and a section on military history.
Information about the Marine Corps and its history and traditions. Also, links to the Marine Corps anonymous ftp site and other USMC sites, and public event listings.
Gateway to Navy online resources: Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Center in Pensacola, FL. Navy News Service, Navy Postgraduate School, Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Centers and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Search NavNews, the Navy newsletter, and retrieve the latest issue, and links to other Navy publications. Also, information on facility closings.
This site offers information on tours of the observatory; Sky Facts, a brief summary of astronmical events for the month; and lists of observatory products and order forms. Astronmetry section contains data sets on stars and stellar positions and information on the Navy prototype optical interferometer.
Gopher:
gopher.ed.gov
Links to information on national education goals; Education Department guides for teachers and researchers; national initiatives, including Goals 2000 and the School-to-Work initiative; publications; press releases; a staff directory; funding opportunities; the Chronicle of Higher Education's Academe This Week; and links to other education sites and programs.
The ERIC system is a clearinghouse of education resources, including lesson plans for teachers, information on education issues and GOALS 2000, and information guides on education concepts in specific fields with expert commentary and bibliographies. Links to other ERIC clearinghouses.
Gopher
gopher.cse.ucla.edu
This site offers links to information on kindergarten-through-12th-grade assessment research. Also, information on education testing, research and development, and evaluation.
Links to the center's research agency, current projects, publications, the Department of Education, the Literacy Technology Laboratory and the International Literacy Institute.
Links to a staff directory and information on the regional educational laboratories, and links to lab sites nationwide.
Links to the office of the assistant secretary for postsecondary education, and to relevant programs and organizations. Also includes current student loan information and down-loadable application for federal student aid.
Information on a collaboration among government, business and education leaders to re-engineer the postsecondary education financial system.
The School-to-Work initiative provides federal seed money to partner businesses, community organizations and government with students to prepare students for the job market. Site includes information on events, announcements and grant descriptions.
Links to the publication DOENews, information network, a DOE national telephone directory, program office descriptions and information services.
An overview of the ANL and major facilities, information resources and the DOE Office of Information Technology Conference. Includes an "Ask a Scientist" section and information on virtual reality.
BNL scientific and technical information. Also, departments, including the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, Computing and Communications, Advanced Technology, National Nuclear Data Center, and Safety and Environmental Protection.
Links to news and events; weekly project progress updates; contact information and CEBAF e-mail addresses; maps; and conferences and workshops. The physics division includes a link to the text of the Data Acquisition System, and the Accelerator Division provides pointers to Accelerator Operation, Accelerator Physics, and the Free-Electron Laser. Also, a link to currently approved experiments.
Links to the Drell Panel full report, the Science of High-Energy Physics and the Insider's Guide to Lab activities. Also, general information and schedules.
An overview of the LBL, research news and highlights, scientific programs, technology transfer opportunities, computing services, library services, publications, education programs and job vacancies.
LLNL news, general information, core competency requirements, programs, projects, centers and consortia and disciplines. Also, information on partnerships with the University of California, other laboratories and the private sector.
Links to LabSource, newsletter on the University of Calfornia's management of three Energy Department laboratories, a phone book and lists of job openings. Also, information by division and subject, and a software archive.
Information on research news, including partnerships with industry, schools and universities, and other DOE laboratories. Also, contact information for ORNL staff; an ORNL technical calendar; and employment information and research programs listed by directorates, divisions, centers and offices, programs, technologies and facilities. Major projects also are listed.
Describes the PNL and provides pointers to seminars, press releases, laboratories, electronic information and an overview of the PNL.
An overview of the PPPL, including a description of research projects and resources.
A description of the SNL, selected SNL projects, initiatives and facilities, and SNL technologies database and a phone book of SNL staff.
Health-related material, including information on AIDS, cancer, and contracts and grants. Also, Social Security and morbidity and mortality statistics. Link to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which provides information on grant programs for security benefits, preventing and controlling disease, alcohol and drug abuse, conducting and supporting medical and biomedical research and promoting child development. Policy information, including program evaluation abstracts and pending legislation, and consumer information.
Information promoting economic and social well-being of children and families. Welfare reform demonstration program information, news releases, recent policy information, staff e-mail addresses and contact information, and program announcements.
Full text of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Links to the Epi Info public-domain software program of the World Health Organization, a system for data on management and public health statistics for IBM-compatible microcomputers. Also, information on managed care organizations, vaccines necessary for travel, cruise ship sanitization, diabetes, youth tobacco addiction and healthy body weight.
Federal consumer health publications and links to information sources.
Cancer.Gov:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/
Information on the National Cancer Institute. CancerNet provides information on cancer and cancer treatment, such as National Cancer Institute statements on specific cancers and their treatment, discussions of screening for various cancers, articles about cancer prevention and information about specific drugs. CancerLit, a database of citations from and abstracts of scholarly articles about cancer and cancer treatment, accessed by topic or keyword.
General information, organizational chart, budget information, job announcements and links to DOI bureaus. Includes information on national parks, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and congressional testimony.
Descriptive information about the BIA and its director; available education programs, listings of regional offices and current press releases. Link to the Division of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Information on the service and its mission, and activities, job announcements and press releases. Contains the text of the Endangered Species Act and a list of endangered species, information about duck stamps and short descriptions on selected fish species. Lists information on environmental contaminants, wildlife laws, wetlands and federal aid to states for wildlife and sport fish restoration.
Background information, contact list, publications, information on individual national parks, NPS data and information on the American Civil War Battlefield Protection Plan, National Archeological Database, Prairie Grove Battlefield and NPS Geospatial Clearinghouse.
General information and contact information for CRS offices nationwide are included in this site.
This site provides information on congressional activities and office mission and goals. Also, links to other sites, including the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
This site contains searchable NIJ directories and files on antistalking models, assessing the impact of Dade, County, FL's felony drug court, the children-At-Risk Program, developing drug testing by hair analysis, the Drug Use Forecasting Program, jail boot camps, gangs, and community policing.
Information about the Labor Department and the secretary of labor. Links to media releases, regulatory information, labor-related data, and grant and contract information. The Labor Related Data section contains official databases of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mine Safety and Health Administration data on mining accidents and injury statistics and Occupational Safety and Health Administration data on occupational injury and illness incidence rates.
Information on BLS data, surveys and programs, and research papers and other publications. Also, recent economic statistics and regional BLS information.
Links to the State Department Foreign Affairs Network, speeches, travel advisories, and human rights and country reports. Also, links to the Agency for International Development and the American Foreign Service Association servers. Includes information on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Gopher
dosfan.lib.uic.edu
Links to State Department publications and major reports, treaties and other legal documents. Also includes consular and travel information, general foreign policy, contact information, and historical and declassified documents. Consular and Travel Information section has foreign travel per diem rates. The historic and declassified document section provides the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity of the U.S. government.
This site provides instructions for reporting an unsafe consumer product. Files of press releases; public calendars; Federal Register notices; information for manufacturers, retailers and distributors; and instructions for receiving information from CPSC via e-mail.
The NASA homepage offers links to NASA news, subjects of public interest, NASA strategic plan and other NASA strategies, policies and public affairs information, NASA online educational resources and NASA information sources by subject.
Discover, retrieve and display documents and data about the Earth Observing System. Information on EOS issues and access to the Payload Panel Report. Additional resources to be added to include Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents, the EOS Reference Hand-book, the EOS directory, images from various satellites and airborne instruments, and cross-references to other EOS-related information servers on the Internet.
Central guide for many NASA projects and services. The NASA Information by Subject section connects to servers by subject category. The map links to the homepages of NASA centers and servers of other national and international space agencies. Also includes a personnel locator, which finds addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for NASA staff; and a public affairs section that provides access to satellite images, information about space shuttle missions and astronauts. Gopher servers, including the Network Applications Information Center, scientific and technical information, Computer Software Management Information Center, and information on small shuttle payloads.
This site contains materials aimed at elementary, middle and high school and community college teachers. Information includes science lesson plans and curricular guides; guides to Internet science sources; and database, image and text files to support special NASA education projects.
This site provides NASA Gopher, Web and telnet sites organized by center and project. The historical archive section provides information about past space missions, listed by project name and mission number, shuttle missions; planetary probes and upcoming missions. Access to images transmitted from space, lists of mission objectives and accomplishments, and biological data about crew members. The FAQ section includes shuttle mission schedules, an article about becoming an astronaut and instructions for obtaining a launch pass.
Information on Astro-2 experiments and discoveries, Read the Astro-2 log and find out about the shuttle flight crew. View stars, galaxies, planets and quasars in ultra-violet light.
Links to experiments in the second flight of the sixth space shuttle mission, Columbia. Information on the Microgravity Laboratory, which will be used to investigate the near-weightless environment on Columbia and how it affects fluids, combustion, material structures and protein crystals, and to demonstrate technology needed to further microgravity research on the shuttle and the International Space Station. Also, information on the countdown, launch, orbit, landing, crew, photos and press releases.
Lists date of scheduled launches, anniversaries of important space missions, birthdays of important astronomers, and astronomical highlights, such as eclipses and asteroid flybys. Also links to information on many launches, past space missions and biographies of astronomers.
Links to the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, the Freer Gallery of Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of the American Indian, the Natural History Web and the Smithsonian photo server.
Links to servers with images of Comet Shoe-maker-Levy 9 collision with Jupiter and the Space Shuttle Repository and Regional Planetary Image Facility.
Gopher
nmnhgoph.si.edu/11
This site offers directories and files on botany, vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, paleontology and other biological gophers. Field study program announcements.
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