1. NCompass Live: Dot gov: the Government on the Web
United States Cabinet Departments on the Web
August 22, 2012
U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome
Secretary Tom Vilsack
USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/
USDA Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/fallcolors/gallery.shtml
Ask Karen http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Safety_Education/Ask_Karen/index.asp
PLANTS Database http://www.plants.usda.gov/java/
National Agricultural Library http://www.nal.usda.gov/
Cooperative Extension System Offices http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/
NE Rural Development http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/NEHome.html
U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.commerce.gov/
Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov/
NTIS - National Technical Information Service http://www.ntis.gov/
National Institute of Standards and Technology http://www.nist.gov/index.html
NIST Global Standards Information Standards http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-5/L2-44/A-171
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov/
NOAA's National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/
U. S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
American FactFinder http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
Availability of Census Records about Individuals http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf
U.S. Department of Defense http://www.defense.gov./
Secretary Leon E. Panetta
Department of Defense Websites http://www.defense.gov./RegisteredSites/RegisteredSites.aspx
U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/
Secretary Arne Duncan
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2. Federal Student Aid http://studentaid.ed.gov/
Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/
ERIC http://eric.ed.gov/
National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/
U.S. Department of Energy http://energy.gov/
Secretary Steven Chu
Argonne National Laboratory http://www.anl.gov/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.dhhs.gov/
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Center for Disease Control & Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Food & Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/
Public Health Service http://www.usphs.gov/
National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
National Library of Medicine http://www.nih.gov/
Medicare.gov http://www.medicare.gov/default.aspx
U.S. Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/
Secretary Janet Napolitano
CBP.gov - home page http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/home.xml
Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/
Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.dhs.gov/citizenship-and-immigration-services
US Coast Guard Home http://www.uscg.mil/
Transportation Security Administration http://www.tsa.gov/
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD
Secretary Shaun Donovan
Federal Housing Administration http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/federal_housing_administration
Ginnie Mae http://www.ginniemae.gov/
Ginnie Mae Loan Estimator http://www.ginniemae.gov/2_prequal/le_intro_questions.asp?subTitle=YPTH
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3. U.S. Department of the Interior http://www.doi.gov/index.cfm
Secretary Ken Salazar
Bureau of Indian Affairs http://www.bia.gov/
Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html
National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/index.htm
National Register of Historic Places http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
USGS Libraries Program: Ask a Librarian http://library.usgs.gov/ext_request.html
U.S. Department of Justice http://www.justice.gov/
Attorney General Eric Holder
United States Attorneys' Office http://www.justice.gov/usao/
Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/
Uniform Crime Report http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives http://www.atf.gov/
U.S. Marshals http://www.usmarshals.gov/
U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/
Secretary Hilda L. Solis
Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Occupational Safety & Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/
U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov/
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Countries of the World http://www.state.gov/misc/list/index.htm
News & Updates https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USSTATEBPA/subscriber/topics
Websites of U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions http://www.usembassy.gov/
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs http://exchanges.state.gov/
Fulbright http://fulbright.state.gov/
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4. U.S. Department of State for Youth http://future.state.gov/
Country Commercial Guides http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no
International Travel Information http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html
U.S. Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov/
Secretary Ray LaHood
Briefing Room http://www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html
Federal Highway Administration http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
Merchant Marine http://www.dot.gov/citizen_services/merchant_marine/index.html
Federal Aviation Administration http://www.faa.gov/
Airline On-Time Statistics http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/
U.S. Department of the Treasury http://www.treasury.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Secretary Timothy Geithner
Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.gov/
U.S. Mint http://www.usmint.gov/
Coin News http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/
TreasuryDirect http://www.treasurydirect.gov/
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
Veterans Benefits http://www.vba.va.gov/VBA/
GI Bill http://www.gibill.va.gov/
Health Topics Finder http://www.va.gov/health/topics/
Office of Rural Health http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/
Nationwide Gravesite Locator http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/
Laura Johnson
Continuing Education Coordinator, Nebraska Library Commission
laura.johnson@nebraska.gov
August 22, 2012
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