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WEB SITES DEVOTED TO ETHICS

Federal

Army Materiel Command: http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/command_counsel/ethics/ethics.html
Summary: Site contains guidance on some ethics issues, selected formats, and links to ethics and other sites (site is still under development).

Defense Information Systems Agency Ethics Training: http://www.disa.mil/ethics/html/train.html
Summary: Defense Information Systems Agency provides interactive ethics training to be used as annual training, or just a refresher.

Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/ethics/
Summary: Contains ethics law, training modules, forms, FAQs, and links. Training to be used as annual training, or just a refresher.

Department of Defense Standards of Conduct Office (SOCO): http://www.defenselink.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/index.html
Summary: Recent advisories, current ethics issues, ethics reference materials, ethics training material (downloadable PowerPoint slides), links to ethics laws, and other ethics sites.

Department of Interior Ethics Office: http://www.ios.doi.gov/ethics/ethics.html
Summary: Contains current news and updates on ethics topics; downloadable automated ethics training; 48 page employee ethics guide.

Department of Justice, Ethics Training Program: http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ethics/
Summary: Downloadable interactive ethics training program, QUANDARIES.

Internet Legal Services: http://www.legalethics.com
Summary: Provides general information on legal ethics and professional responsibility on the state and Federal Government levels. Assist user in understanding the unique ethical issues raised by the Internet, and Internet technology.

National Archives and Records Administration, General Counsel Staff-Ethics Page: http://www.nara.gov/gc/ethics/ethics.html
Summary: Includes list of resources in ethics library (multimedia, videotape, booklets, and pamphlets), NARA Ethics Notices.

Navy Office of General Counsel Ethics Page: http://www.ogc.secnav.hq.navy.mil/ogcwww/ethics.html
Summary: Contains links to OGE resources, regulations, other Web sites.

Office of Government Ethics: http://www.usoge.gov
Summary: This web site provides information on the Executive Branch ethics program, DAEOgrams, forms, publications, applicable advisory letters (opinions), and ethics resource materials.

U.S Air Force Materiel Command (Wright Patterson AFB): http://www.afmc-pub.wpafb.af.mil/HQ-AFMC/JA/lo/lojaf/ethics/index.htm
Summary: Contains Air Force Judge Advocate General ethics updates, links to Office of Government Ethics opinions, Air Force Judge Advocate General opinions, DoD Standards of Conduct Office advisories, and ethics materials by subject matter.

Non-Federal

Center for Business Ethics (Bentley College): http://bnet.bentley.edu/dept/cbe
Summary: Devoted to business ethics issues, with information on seminars, books, and other resources.

Ethics Resource Center: http://www.ethics.org/erc/menu.html
Summary: Contains information about business/organizational ethics consulting and character education, and includes an ethics information clearinghouse.

Josephson Institute of Ethics: http://www.josephsoninstitute.org
Summary: Contains information on the "Character Counts" initiative, training seminars, ethics-related books (with book reviews), and links to other ethics-related sites.

STATUTES, REGULATIONS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Statutes (General)

Congress (Thomas): http://thomas.loc.gov
Summary: Includes public laws in bill number sequence and major legislation.

FedLaw: http://www.legal.gsa.gov
Summary: Access to the U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, General Accounting Office decisions, and Federal courts. A legal search engine with multiple Federal and other sites.

Federal Web Locator: http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
Summary: Access to U. S. Code, and links to various legislative, judicial, and executive branches.

Findlaw: http://www.findlaw.com
Summary: Extensive web site that includes U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and the U.S. Constitution with annotations from Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. It also includes a search engine (see Lawcrawler, below) for searching other legal sites throughout the Internet.

Government Printing Office (GPO) Access: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
Summary: Contains U.S. Code, and ability to conduct Federal Register research. Site also has bills, budgets, and Code of Federal Regulations.

Lawcrawler: http://www.lawcrawler.com
Summary: Findlaw's search engine for sites including U. S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and Supreme Court and Federal court decisions.

U. S. Code: http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
Summary: The database includes all official U. S. Code notes and appendices, as well as the Table of Popular Names. The U. S. Code database constitutes the 1994 Edition of the U. S. Code, plus Supplement I and the contents of the most recent edition of the Law Revision Counsel's U. S. Code Classification Table.

Texas Law Librarians Homepage: http://suefaw.home.texas.net
Summary: Site has a section on Federal sources of information that includes links to the U. S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Constitution, Government Printing Office access databases, Presidential Directives and Executive Orders, and the Federal Register. Web site is also designed to act as an interface for accessing legal reference, and administrative resources on the Internet.

University of California's Government Printing Office Gate: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu
Summary: U. S. Code, Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional bills, economic indicators, and General Accounting Office reports.

Regulations (General)

American Bar Association Links: http://www.abanet.org/lawlink
Summary: Contains full-text searches of the Code of Federal Regulations, and U.S. Federal and state laws. Also provides links for legal research in the following categories: Federal Government agencies, the Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Branches, and U. S. state and local government sites.

Code of Federal Regulations / Federal Register (GPO): http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/db2.html
Summary: Searchable list of Code of Federal Regulations, and numerous other Federal Government databases.

Code of Federal Regulations / Federal Register (National Archives and Records Administration):
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
Summary: Contains the Code of Federal Regulations, official daily Federal Register (1994-present) publication of Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies, Executive Orders and other Presidential documents. Searchable text of the Code of Federal Regulations by issue date, and keywords.

Ethics Resource Library (Office of Government Ethics): http://www.usoge.gov/usoge006.html
Summary: Texts of regulations relating to the Federal executive branch ethics program.

FedLaw: http://www.legal.gsa.gov/
Summary: A legal search engine to sites including the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, General Accounting Office decisions, Federal courts, and other useful Federal and other sites.

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): http://www.arnet.gov/far
Summary: This site provides access to the current FAR.

Findlaw Internet Legal Resources: http://www.findlaw.com
Summary: Extensive web site which includes Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Constitution with annotations from Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress as well as a search engine for searching legal sites throughout the Internet.

Lawcrawler: http://www.lawcrawler.com
Summary: Information includes Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, and Supreme Court and Federal court decisions.

Legal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.edu
Summary: Hypertext version of the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, and numerous links to Federal, state, foreign, and international legal materials.

Texas Law Librarians Homepage: http://suefaw.home.texas.net
Summary: Site has a section on Federal sources of information which includes links to the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, GPO access databases, Presidential Directives and Executive Orders, Thomas, Legislative Information on the internet, and the Federal Register. Web site is also designed to act as an interface for accessing legal, and administrative resources on the Internet.

University of California's Government Printing Office Gateway: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu
Summary: Contains Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U. S. Code, Congressional Record, Congressional bills, economic indicators, and General Accounting Office reports.

Regulations (Travel)

Federal Travel Regulation (DOD): http://www.dtic.mil/perdiem
Summary: This site provides regularly updated information on rates for per diem, travel, transportation allowances, and entitlements worldwide. Current editions of Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) for DOD personnel. (No word-search capability.)

Federal Travel Policies (GSA): http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mt/homepage/mtt/mtthp.htm

Federal Travel Regulation (GSA): http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mt/homepage/mtt/ftr/ftrhp.html
Summary: The first site provides comprehensive travel information on Federal travel, including per diem rates, contract airline schedules, state tax exemption listings, POV rates, and FAQs. The second site includes Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) provisions governing travel and transportation allowances for Federal civilian employees (chapter 301); relocation allowances for Federal civilian employees, and certain new appointees (chapter 302); payment of expenses connected with the death of Government civilians under certain circumstances (chapter 303); and payment from a non-Federal sources for travel expenses (chapter 304). Also included is chapter 300, a general introduction to the FTR and agency reporting requirements.

Executive Orders

Ethics Resource Library (Office of Government Ethics): http://www.usoge.gov/usoge006.html
Summary: References to and/or the text of Executive Orders related to the Federal executive branch ethics program.

Executive Orders: http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/search/executive-orders.html
Summary: Search page by keyword and date for Executive Orders dating back to 1993.

Federal Register: http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
Summary: The Federal Register contains Executive Orders, and other Presidential documents, as well as daily publications of rules, proposed rules, notices of Federal agencies.

National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/codhome.html
Summary: Electronic version of the 1989 edition of the Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders (out of print). Includes proclamations and orders of Presidents Truman through Reagan (1945-1989), as well as a Disposition Table covering post-1989 materials for which the full text is unavailable.

Texas Law Librarians Homepage: http://suefaw.home.texas.net
Summary: Site has a section on Federal sources of information that includes links to Executive Orders and Presidential Directives, Federal Register, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, U. S. Constitution, and Government Printing Office access databases. Web site is also designed to act as an interface for accessing legal reference, and administrative resources on the Internet.

State Statutes

Lawcrawler: http://www.lawcrawler.com
Summary: Information includes searchable state government web sites, U. S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court, and Federal court decisions.

Legal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.edu
Summary: Links to Federal, state, foreign, and international legal materials.

Texas Law Librarians Homepage: http://suefaw.home.texas.net/
Summary: Links to state statutes, municipal codes, state and local government, state court directories, state legislative information, state courts, and Federal court sites.

LEGISLATIVE MATERIALS

American Bar Association Links: http://www.abanet.org/lawlink/
Summary: Provides on-line information service covering Federal legislative and regulatory activities, Congressional Record Index, Law Library of Congress, Library of Congress, and daily summary of the day's activities in Congress.

Congress (Thomas Legislative Information): http://thomas.loc.gov
Summary: Legislative bills, public laws, votes of the current Congress, and legislative history.

FedLaw: http://www.legal.gsa.gov/
Summary: A search engine which includes Federal legislation, Congress, Library of Congress, and Superintendent of Documents (Government Printing Office) materials.

Findlaw Internet Legal Resources: http://www.findlaw.com
Summary: Extensive web site that includes U.S. Federal resources for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Also has the U.S. Constitution with annotations from Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress as well as search engine for searching legal sites throughout the Internet.

Government Printing Office: http://www.access.gpo.gov
Summary: Access to Congressional bills, history of bills, Congressional reports, Congressional Record Index, and Congressional documents.

Office of Secretary of Defense, Legislative Affairs: http://www.la.osd.mil
Summary: Links to Congressional budgets, bills, and other legislative documents for the Federal Government.

University of California's Government Printing Office Gateway: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu
Summary: The Congressional Record, Congressional bills, United States Code, economic indicators, and General Accounting Office reports.

JUDICIAL MATERIALS

Federal Courts

Center for Information Law and Policy Federal Court Locator: http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
Summary: Decisions and rules of Federal courts nation-wide. Coverage varies by district and circuit.

Cornell University Law School: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct
Summary: Site includes text of decisions since 1990, and approximately 600 selected pre-1990 decisions; court calendar for the current term; current schedule of oral arguments; summary of questions presented in cases the Court will consider; gallery of current and former justices; Supreme Court rules; and information about the court's organization, authority, and jurisdiction.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov
Summary: Decisions, pleadings, and certain forms. Site is currently under revision.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov
Summary: Decisions of the Court from 1995-present. Searchable by keyword, month, year, and parties.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES

Comptroller General Decisions: http://www.gao.gov/decisions/decision.htm
Summary: Selected Comptroller General decisions and opinions, GAO reports and testimony, reports on Federal agency rules, GAO policy/guidance publications, and special publications.

Defense Industry Initiative: http://www.dii.org
Summary: Defense Industry Initiative is a consortium of U. S. defense industry contractors that subscribes to a set of principles for achieving high standards of business ethics and conduct. Site contains case studies for use in ethics training programs.

Department of Defense Directives System: http://web7.whs.osd.mil/corres.htm
Summary: Provides access to DoD Directives 1000.1 through 8999.99; also Freedom of Information Act A2 files, instructions, publications, administrative instructions, and directive-type memoranda. (User may query by keyword or search by directive number.)

Department of Justice (DOJ): http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/05_2.html
Summary: Department of Justice legal documents, Attorney General memoranda, opinions, and annual and other reports.

General Service Administration (GSA) Office of Government-Wide Policy (GOP): http://policyworks.gov/#9
Summary: The GOP's purpose is to consolidate all of GSA's policy-making activities within one central office. The web site functions in a similar fashion, providing many links on its main page to Government programs, and organizations.

Merit Systems Protection Board: http://www.mspb.gov
Summary: Includes Board decisions (1994-present); procedures, forms and reports. (No word-search capability.)

Office of Government Ethics Opinions: http://www.usoge.gov/usoge006.html
Summary: This web site provides OGE advisory letters (opinions), DAEOgrams, forms, publications, and other resource materials related to the executive branch ethics program.

Office of Legal Counsel Opinions (DOJ): http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/mem_ops.htm
Summary: Decisions issued since 1993. Non-searchable.

Office of Special Counsel: http://www.osc.gov
Summary: Contains detailed information on OSC policies and procedures in connection with prohibited personnel practices, the Hatch Act, whistleblower disclosures, veterans' employment and reemployment rights, and other matters; selected Hatch Act advisory opinions; forms, publications, and employee education training material; press releases; annual reports; and selected pleadings filed with the Merit Systems Protection Board. (No word-search capability.)

U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (Wright-Patterson AFB):
http://www.afmc-pub.wpafb.af.mil/HQ-AFMC/JA/lo/lojaf/ethics/index.htm
Summary: Recent news and updates, links to Office of Government Ethics opinions, Air Force Judge Advocate General opinions and DOD Standards of Conduct Office advisories.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPORTS

FedWorld Information Network: http://www.fedworld.gov
Summary: Contains U. S. Government reports and Supreme Court decisions (full text). Assists user in electronically locating Federal Government information, including information housed within the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) repository and information made accessible through an electronic gateway of more than 100 Government bulletin boards.

General Accounting Office: http://www.gao.gov
Summary: Access to GAO reports, policies, and guidelines.

Government Printing Office: http://www.access.gpo.gov
Summary: Access to GAO reports, Congressional reports, and numerous other Federal Government databases.

University of California's GPO Gate: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu
Summary: Contains GAO and Congressional reports, and economic reports of the Presidents.

FINANCIAL RESEARCH TOOLS

Assistant Secretary for the Army, Research, Development, and Acquisition (SARDA): http://www.sarda.army.mil/
Summary: Web site for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development, and Acquisition. Provides broad information on Army contracting, including up-to-date news, contracts, a roster of contracting organizations, and publications.

Closed End Funds: http://www.linkindia.com/icefi/index/
Summary: Sorts closed-end mutual funds by name, symbol, inception date, or objectives. Contains information on nearly all mutual funds traded on the U.S. stock market.

Commerce Business Daily (CBD): http://cbdnet.gpo.gov/search1.html
Summary: This real-time CBDNet search function permits the search of the CBD database for official active notices. The database is updated continuously as notices are entered into the CBDNet system. Notices remain in this "active" database for 15 business days. After the 15 days, notices are moved to the "archive" database, and remain there indefinitely. The archive database begins with December 2, 1996.

Edgar Online: http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/esearch/
Summary: Provides up-to-date Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings for all U.S. companies. User may search by company name or ticker symbol, then get the date of the last SEC filing, a quote, glimpse, snapshot, or annual report for the company's performance.

Mutual Funds: http://www.fundsinteractive.com/fundlink.html
Summary: Links to publicly traded mutual funds. Everything you want to know. (No word-search capability.)

Yahoo: http://www.finance.yahoo.com
Summary: Links to various finance-ralated sites.

Lycos Investing: http://investing.lycos.com/lycos/home.asp
Summary: Allows user to search stocks, mutual funds, and money market funds by symbol or name.

MISCELLANEOUS

Law Library Resource Xchange: http://www.llrx.com/columns/ethics.htm

National Organization of Bar Counsel: http://www.nobc.org/html/feature_article.html
Summary: Features Stetson Law Review (Fall 1998) article, "Ethics On The Web: An Annotated Bibliography Of Legal Ethics Material On The Internet"

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