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Internal Revenue Service: Welcome to the
Internal Revenue Service's home on the World Wide Web. As part of our continuing
efforts to provide broad and immediate access to IRS tax information and
services, we are presenting our latest electronic publication.
State and
Local Government on the Net
US Patent and
Trademark Office: The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is a
non-commercial federal entity and one of 14 bureaus in the Department of
Commerce (DOC). For over 200 years, the basic role of the PTO has remained the
same: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for
limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries
United States
Postal Service: The United States Postal Service's goal is to evolve into
a premier provider of 21st century postal communications by providing postal
products and services of such quality that they will be recognized as the best
value in America!
Centers for Disease control & Prevention: The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the
health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information
to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.
NASA: As
part of this effort, NASA is deeply committed to spreading the unique knowledge
that flows from its aeronautics and space research. This commitment grows from
the Agency's unique, original congressional mandate to "provide for the widest
practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its
activities and the results thereof."
US
Copyright Office: The Copyright Office's goal is to promote the progress
of science and useful arts by securing for limited times for authors and
inventors the exclusive Right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Freedom of
Information Act: In early 1975, the FBI assigned a
handful of employees the task of handling an anticipated influx of Freedom of
Information Act requests due to new legislation.
Medicare.Gov
- The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
CalPERS
- The California Public
Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) provides retirement and health benefit
services to more than 1.3 million members and nearly 2,500 employers. Our
membership consists of active, inactive and retired members from the State,
school districts and local public agencies.
21st Century Workforce
Commission - examining and reporting on the knowledge, skills, and
opportunities that would allow the greatest number of Americans to participate
in the information and technology workforce.
Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE) - reported on the
use of human beings as subjects of federally funded research using ionizing
radiation.
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation - provides a forum for influencing Federal policy, programs,
and activities as they affect historic and archaeological resources in
communities and on public lands nationwide.
Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board - working to increase accessibility
for individuals with disabilities.
Association of Fruit and
Vegetable Inspection and Standardization Agencies
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA)
Coastal
America - joins the efforts of Federal agencies with those of state, local,
and private alliances to collaboratively address environmental problems along
the nation's coasts.
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (CFTC)
Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) - federal regulatory agency which protects the public
against unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated with consumer
products.
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) - aims to ensure equality of opportunity by vigorously
enforcing federal legislation prohibiting discrimination in employment.
Export-Import Bank of the
United States - helps the private sector create and maintain American jobs
by financing exports.
Farm Credit Administration -
responsible for the regulation and examination of the banks, associations, and
related entities that collectively comprise what is known as the Farm Credit
System.
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Election Commission
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA)
Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council (FFIEC) - prescribea uniform principles, standards, and
report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions.
Federal Housing Finance Board
- safety and soundness regulator for the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
Federal Labor Relations
Authority - independent agency responsible for administering the
labor-management relations program for Federal employees world-wide.
Federal Reserve System
Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Board
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
FinanceNet
General Services Administration
(GSA)
Global Change Data and
Information System - GCDIS - provides global change data to scientists and
researchers, policy makers, educators, industry, and the public at large.
Global Change Research
Information Office (GCRIO)
Institute of Museum and
Library Services - federal agency providing distinct programs of support for
libraries and museums and also encouraging partnership between the two.
LA
GRANGE, MISSOURI - All about the City of La Grange Missouri, located in
Lewis County Missouri.
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA)
National Coordination
Office for HPCC
National Council on Disability
- independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and
Congress on disability policy.
National Credit Union
Administration
National Endowment for the
Arts - serves the public good by nurturing the expression of human
creativity, supporting the cultivation of community spirit, and fostering the
recognition and appreciation of the excellence and diversity of the nation's
artistic accomplishments.
National Endowment for the
Humanities
National Gambling Impact Study
Commission - independent commission that conducts legal and factual studies
of the social and economic impacts of gambling on government and communities.
National Institute for
Literacy
National Labor Relations Board
- contains general information about NLRB records and field office addresses and
phone numbers.
National Mediation Board -
mediates labor-management disputes in the U.S. airline and railroad industries.
Other functions include representation and arbitration.
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC)
Office of Compliance -
implements the rights and protections of the 11 Federal labor and employment
laws made applicable to the legislative branch.
Office of Personnel Management
Overseas Private Investment
Corporation - encourages American private business investment in developing
countries, newly emerging democracies and free market economies.
Peace Corps
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation
Postal Rate Commission -
independent agency of the Exec. Branch created by the Postal Reorganization Act
of 1970 for the primary purpose of setting postal rates.
Railroad Retirement Board -
federal agency serving the railroad public.
Rose City
- Community web site for Rose City, Michigan.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC)
Small Business Administration
(SBA)
Smithsonian Institution
Social Security Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority -
producer of public power, steward of the Tennessee River system, and a regional
economic development agency.
U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID)
U.S. Chemical Safety and
Hazard Investigation Board - responsible for reducing or eliminating
industrial chemical accidents through investigation and analysis; site has FAQs,
links and other resources.
U.S. International Trade
Commission
U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board - provides independent scientific and technical oversight of
the U.S. program for management and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and
spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants.
U.S. Office of Special Counsel
- primary mission is to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal
employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices, especially
reprisal for whistleblowing. Includes information on the Hatch Act.
United States Information
Agency (USIA) - abolished Oct. 1, 1999. Site identifies new locations of
continuing functions.
United States Institute of
Peace - an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded
by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful
resolution of international conflict.
US Trade and Development Agency
- USTDA helps US firms gain access to foreign development projects.
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