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Constitution
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U.S. Constitution - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/const.html

Congressional Record & Other Legislative Material - http://thomas.loc.gov/

OWCP, ECAB, SSA, EEOC & Other Resources
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OWCP - http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/regs/compliance/owcp/fecacont.htm
Visit the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs website to view regulations and procedures, and to obtain forms for filing claims.  Direct link to the FECA Procedure Manual.

ECAB - http://www.dol.gov/dol/ecab
Search case law from the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board as well as the governing statute and regulations.  Direct links to the applicable titles of the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Employees' Compensation Act.

SSA - http://www.ssa.gov/
Obtain useful information from the Social Security Administration's website about applying for social security disability and retirement benefits.  Download social security forms.

EEOC - http://www.eeoc.gov/
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's website provides information about illegal discrimination and the Freedom of Information Act.

Workplace Fairness - http://www.workplacefairness.org
A non-profit organization that provides information, education and assistance to individual workers and their advocates nationwide and promotes public policies that advance employee rights.

DISABILITY RESOURCES & ADA COMPLIANCE INFO - http://www.ada-experts.com/
Extensive resource guide on the ADA, including links to newsletters, statues, and case law.

Office of Civil Rights - http://www.doc.gov/ocr/default.htm

MSPB & FLRA - http://www.fpmi.com/  
FMPI provides links to the Merit Systems Protection Board as well the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

Federal Employees Retirement System [FERS] - http://www.opm.gov/retire/html/library/fers.html

Civil Service Retirement System [CSRS] - http://www.opm.gov/retire/html/library/csrs.html

Forum for Injured Federal Workers - http://www.fedupfeds.org/

Federal Law Links - http://home.att.net/~armyretired/fedlaw.html

Economic Data and Links - http://www.csufresno.edu/Economics/econ_EDL.htm
Provides quick access to the latest economic statistics. The main part of the site is devoted to links to U.S. data sources covering population, labor force and earnings, income distribution, national income statistics, federal finance, monetary aggregates, interest rates, prices, exchange rates and trade. Also links to international sites of similar information. Also lists and links to pages that include this site on its list.

Federal Agencies - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Unannotated index of Federal agencies on the Internet.

Federal Agencies - http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html

Federal Internet Guide - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/fedguide/fedguide.htm
The Washington Post has created a useful site that links to all branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial) while also linking to the independent agencies and government boards and commissions.

Federal Web Locator (villanova center) - http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html
Connection to Federally-provided Web sites. Organized by branch of government.

GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/
Service of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Search capabilities to U.S. Code, Congressional Record, Congressional Reports, public laws, pending bills and all related government material.

GPO Gate - http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/
Provides access to federal full-text databases (examples): congressional bills, Congressional Directory, Congressional Record, Congressional Reports, Federal Register, Government Manual, History of Bills, House Calendars, Public Laws, Senate Calendars, USC.

Law Library of Congress - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/lawhome.html
Links to online databases and guides to legal information worldwide.

MEL (Michigan Electronic Library) - Government, Politics and Law - http://mel.lib.mi.us/government/
The site to one of the most comprehensive gateways to federal and international government information. Arranged both geographically and thematically. Sites are also available alphabetically and the entire site is searchable. Specialized materials such as congressional and gubernatorial directories are available.

Colorado Bar Association: http://www.cobar.org/

Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://stats.bls.gov/

Bureau of the Census - http://www.census.gov/

Central Intelligence Agency - http://www.odci.gov/

Consumer Price Index - http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm

Department of Commerce - http://www.doc.gov/

Department of Energy - http://www.doe.gov/

Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

Department of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/

Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/

Department of State - http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/

Department of the Treasury - http://www.ustreas.gov/menu.html

Energy Information Administration - http://www.eia.doe.gov/
The EIA is an independent statistical and analytical agency within the DOE. The site has a very comprehensive list of energy links.

Environmental Protection Administration - http://www.epa.gov/

Federal Aviation Administration - http://www.faa.gov/

Federal Bureau of Investigation - http://www.fbi.gov/

Federal Communications Commission - http://www.fcc.gov/

Federal Deposit Insurance Commission - http://www.fdic.gov/

Federal Labor Relations Authority - http://www.access.gpo.gov/flra/index.html

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - http://www.frbchi.org/
A source for regional and national data on economic indicators, financial markets, speeches by Federal Reserve officials plus links to other regional FRB Internet sites.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York - http://www.ny.frb.org/
Links to news items, publications, research publications, statistical information, treasury bond and note statistics and savings bond information.

Federal Reserve Board - http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/
Complete guide to the Federal Reserve Board. Has general information about the Board, information on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), gives access to Federal Reserve date at the Department of Commerce, and summary of Federal Reserve regulations. Links to other Federal Reserve banks, the FDIC, the Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and related Acts.

Health Care Financing Administration - http://www.hcfa.gov/
Resources on Medicare and Medicaid. Includes consumer and technical publications, state overviews, national legislative information.

Internal Revenue Service - http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/

National Archives - http://www.nara.gov/

National Institute of Statistics - http://www.nist.gov/

Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/

Small Business Administration - http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/

Securities and Exchange Commission - http://www.sec.gov/

Superintendent of Documents (Government Printing Office) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/

United States Government Manual (1998/1999) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/browse-gm.html
The latest version has been posted by the National Archives and Records Administration. The manual offers comprehensive information on the branches of the federal government, departments, offices and related bodies. Each department or office entry is listed separately and include an overview and contact information.

White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Excellent overall site to government information.

Courts & Case Law
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Courts.Net - http://courts.net/
Directory of listing for courts across the U.S. Organized in sections covering Federal Courts and state courts that have Internet connections.

FarisLaw: US CaseLaw Search - http://www.farislaw.com/
Provides full search text capability on one (actually, seventeen) pages for U.S. Federal courts and state superior courts whose judgments can be searched. U.S. federal law can also be searched. Easy search design. Also allows subscription to the free Supreme Court International Bulletin which provides weekly email summaries of judgments of the following courts: US Supreme Court, Canada Supreme Court, House of Lords, Australia High Court and the South Africa Constitutional Court.

Internet Law Library - http://law.etext.org/
Directory of links to the U.S. Code, Federal and State Laws, law libraries, and International Laws.

U.S. Case Law and Statutory Law Search - http://www.washlaw.edu/                                                              Sponsored by the Washburn University School of Law, this site provides perhaps the most comprehensive listing of searchable links for federal or state case law and statutes.   In addition, find a wealth of information about agencies, law firms, and even maps.

Federal Court Locator - http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/fedcourt.html
Provided by the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy, it is called "the home page for the federal courts on the internet". Allows access to the federal judiciary, including slip opinions. It is divided into sections of "Federal Court Opinions and Rules", "Courts of Appeal", "District Courts", "Related Federal Agencies", and "Judicial Information on the Internet".

Federal Courts Finder - http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS
Searches all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals

Findlaw - http://www.findlaw.com/casecode
Supreme Court decisions along with U.S. circuit court opinions with links to to other sources of opinions online.

International Court of Justice - http://www.law.cornell.edu/icj/

Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/opinions.html
Cornell's Legal Information Institute provides a single query form for searching all U.S. circuit court opinions on the Internet.

List of Courts on the Internet - http://www.legalonline.com/

FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEALS

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/index.html
Most complete site to opinions of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals on the Internet. A cooperative effort among the many institutions and individuals that index the opinions of the different courts. Provides several ways to search the opinions.

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - http://www.ljx.com/public/daily/coaall.html
Law Journal Extra site to federal appellate decisions

1st: - http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit

2nd: - http://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndCircuit/

3rd: - http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/ca03.html

4th: - http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit

5th: - http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/

6th: - http://www.law.emory.edu/6circuit

7th: - http://www.kentlaw.edu/7circuit

8th: - http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/8th.html

9th: - http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/ca09.html (until 1994)

9th: - http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/9th.html (from 1995)

10th: - http://www.law.emory.edu/10circuit (to 10/97)

10th: - http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/ca10 (from 10/97)

11th: - http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/index.html

D.C. Circuit Court - http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Fed-Ct/cadc.html

U.S. District Courts

California, C.D. - http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/

Idaho - http://www.id.uscourts.gov/

Kentucky - http://www.kywd.uscourts.gov/
Selected opinions

Mississippi, N.D. - http://sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu/~llibcoll/ndms
Since August, 1994.

New York (S.D.) - http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/
Gives a directory of offices and departments, directory of judges, local rules, judges' individual practices and procedures (sometimes includes active cases, recent decisions and orders), Part I schedules, fee schedules, court reporter transcript rates.

Pennsylvania, E.D. - http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/

South Carolina - http://www.law.sc.edu/dsc/dsc.htm
Since 1994

South Dakota - http://www.sdbar.org/opinions/dsdindex.htm
From the state bar

Federal Circuit Court - http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit

Federal Circuit Court - http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Fed-Ct/cafed.html

Federal Circuit Court - http://www.fedcir.gov/

U.S. Circuit Courts - http://search.ljx.com/
Law Journal Extra site allows searching of all the circuit courts with one search.

U.S. SUPREME COURT

U.S. Supreme Court - http://www.usscplus.com/; http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/; http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
The largest database of Supreme Court opinions available on the Internet. Coverage is 1967 to the present. Also has sections devoted to recent opinions and historical opinions.

FLITE - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
The Federal Legal Information Through Electronics (FLITE) database of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court opinions, from 1937-1975 (vol. 300-422 U.S. Reports) available online.

Landmark Supreme Court Decisions - http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm
Historic decisions of the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education (I and II), New York Times v. Sullivan, The "Pentagon Papers" case and Bakke. Carry links to current U.S. Court of Appeals decisions in which they are cited and to other related documents in the LII (Cornell's Legal Information Institute) collection (e.g., statutes, topical summaries, the Constitution).

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

California, C.D. - http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov/

California , N.D. - http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/

Florida, M.D. - http://www.flmb.uscourts.gov/
Requires a password.

Idaho - http://www.id.uscourts.gov/

Iowa, N.D. - http://www.ianb.uscourts.gov/index.html

Minnesota - http://www.mnb.uscourts.gov/

New Mexico - http://www.nmcourt.fed.us/bkdocs
Requires password

New York, N.D. - http://www.nmcourt.fed.us/bkdocs

North Carolina, W.D. - http://www.ncbankruptcy.org/

Pennsylvania, M.D. - http://www.uslaw.com/usmiddle
Unofficial site.

Utah - http://www.utb.uscourts.gov/

Statutes, Regulations and Rules
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U.S. Code - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

Federal Sector Anti-Discrimination Statutes & 29 CFR 1614 - Discrimination Statutes.html; http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoinfo.html

Title VII, Rehabilitation Act, Equal Pay Act, & ADEA - Discrimination Statutes.html; http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoinfo.html

ADA & Related Info - http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html; http://www.ada-experts.com/; http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/disability.html#menu;

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - http://www.eeoc.gov/foliar/index.html

Findlaw - http://www.findlaw.com/casecode
Supreme Court decisions along with U.S. circuit court opinions with links to to other sources of opinions online.

Code of Federal Regulations - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html; http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr

Congressional (House and Senate) Bills - http://thomas.loc.gov/

Congressional Record - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html

Federal Register - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/#fr; http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/fedfld.html; http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm

Federal Rules of Evidence - http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html

FedLaw - http://www.legal.gsa.gov/
Links to Federal and legal sites provided by the General Services Administration. Access to Federal statutes and associated regulations and references, federal judiciary, legislative branch, state and territorial laws, arbitration and mediation, general research and reference publications, professional associations and organizations and How-to-Legal-related sites.

FedStats - http://www.fedstats.gov/
FedStats brings together statistics from more than 70 federal agencies, including the Census Bureau, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics and more. Allows key word searching of the entire library or by agency. The site's "Fast Facts" has the latest economic and social indicators.

House (US) - http://www.house.gov/; http://thomas.loc.gov/
(Legislative Process page provides information about bills and resolutions being considered by Congress. Gives bill text, bill status (current), amendment text, amendment status (current), committee jurisdiction, committee hearing transcripts, committee reports, Congressional Record.

Senate (US) - http://www.senate.gov/; http://thomas.loc.gov/
(Legislative Process page provides information about bills and resolutions being considered by Congress. Gives bill text, bill status (current), amendment text, amendment status (current), committee jurisdiction, committee hearing transcripts, committee reports, Congressional Record.

White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Excellent overall site to government information.

Law Library of Congress of the United States of America - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/
The Law Library of Congress, which provides research and legal information to the U.S. Congress, U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies and created a online databases and guides to legal information worldwide.

Library of Congress - http://lcweb.loc.gov/
Access to Thomas, their catalog, the text and images from major exhibitions. Search engine allows searching of the Web site and the LC Marvel (the gopher site) menus.

Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov/
links to full text legislation starting from the 103rd Congress, Congressional Record, bill summaries and status (for current Congress), Senate and House www sites, gophers, directories and hot legislation for the current Congress

UCC (Uniform Commercial Codes) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html