Following are some sites suggested by GC staff and others that contain information related to NOAA's mission or helpful in carrying out the Agency's business. 

The NOAA General Counsel's Office does not endorse the referenced sites. 

• Legal Research	• NOAA Sites	• DOC Sites
• Other Federal Sites	• State Government Sites	• State Legal Materials
• Treaties; International Law	• Training Info	• Legal Practice
• Web Search Sites	• Media Sites	• Travel Info

Legal Research

Multiple Sources/References

          • Westlaw

• Lexis

• GPO Access Databases Home Page

(Public laws; Congressional Record, Federal Register, CFR, U.S. Code, GAO Reports, etc.)

• THOMAS (Materials on Federal Legislation)

• Cornell Law School/Legal Information Institute

• The Internet Law Library

• Guide to Internet Legal Research (ALI-ABA)

• Findlaw.com

(Access to a broad range of sites containing legal and law-related information)

• Lawcrawler.com (Findlaw.com's Web search engine focusing on law-related sites)

 

U.S. Constitution

• Cornell Law School

 

U.S. Code

• Cornell Law School

 

Public Laws (104th, 105th, & 106th Congresses)

• Government Printing Office

 

Code of Federal Regulations

• Government Printing Office

• Cornell Law School

 

Federal Register

• Government Printing Office

 

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

• Government Printing Office

 

Legal Materials on Specific Subjects

Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act

• Magnuson-Stevens Act Text

• NMFS Sustainable Fisheries Act Page

Endangered Species Act

• Endangered Species Act Text; 2nd Copy
• Fish &  Wildlife Service ESA Page

Freedom of Information Act

• FOIA Text
• Justice Department FOIA Page

Administrative Procedures Act

• APA Text: Chapter 5 - Admin. Procedures
• APA Text: Chapter 7 - Judicial Review

National Environmental Policy Act

• NEPA Text; 2nd Copy
• CEQ NEPANet Page

Links to Other Marine Resource Laws and Related Materials

• NOAA Fisheries Resource Laws Page
 

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NOAA Sites

• NOAA Home Page
• Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Appeals
• NOAA RDC (Resource Data Center)

• National Locator
• X.500 Email Directory
• NOAA Human Resources
• NOAA Administrative Orders

• NOAA West Web

 


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Department of Commerce Sites

• DOC Home Page
• DOC Person Finder
• DOC Library Catalog

• DOC Office of General Counsel (OGC)

• DOC OGC Vacancies

• DOC Organizational/Administrative Orders

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Other Federal

• The White House
• The House of Representatives

• THOMAS

• The Senate
• The Supreme Court (maintained by Cornell)
• The Federal Judicial Center
• EPA Home Page
• Interior Department Home Page

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

• Justice Department Home Page
• Department of State

• Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

• U.S. Coast Guard Home Page
• Council on Environmental Quality
• Government Printing Office (GPO) Home Page
• Small Business Administration National Ombudsman Home Page

 

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State Government Sites

• State Government Web Servers
• StateSearch

 


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State Legal Materials

• Cornell Law School
• Internet Law Library

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Treaties; International Law

• United Nations Home Page

• Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea
• The United Nations Treaty Collection
• United Nations Environment Programme
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

• International Maritime Organization
• Collections of Multinational Conventions (Library of Congress)
• Treaties and International Law (Internet Law Library)
• Council on Ocean Law

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Training Info

• National Advocacy Center (DOJ Training Center)
• Westlaw Training
• Lexis Training
• ALI-ABA List of Courses
• Environmental Law Institute Calendar of • Events
• Federal Bar Association CLE Courses
• Law Seminars International List of Courses

• National Law Journal CLE Page

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Legal Practice

• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Findlaw: Legal Associations and Organizations
• All Law (alllaw.com)
• Taecan.com (Links to Bar Associations)

• ABA Center for Professional Responsibility

• Other Legal Links to Ethics and Professional Responsibility Pages

• Cornell Law American Legal Ethics Library

Directories of Lawyers; Law Practice Information Sites

• Prosecuting Attorneys, District Attorneys, Attorneys General and U.S. Attorneys

• All Law (alllaw.com)

• Lawyers.com

• Findlaw

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Web Search Sites

Search Engines

• Altavista

• Excite

• Hotbot
• Infoseek
• Lycos
• NorthernLight
• Yahoo!

 

Metasearch Sites (use multiple search engines simultaneously)

• Dogpile
• Metasearch
• Metacrawler

 

Catalog Sites (compiled site lists)

• FedLaw (GSA)
• FedWorld
• The Federal Web Locator (Villanova)
• The Great American Web Site
• Federal Courts Finder
• Federal Government Agencies (LSU)
• Lucien Campbell's Page
• USGovSearch (NorthernLight.com)

 

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Media Sites

• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• CNN Interactive
• Newspaper Association of America (links to multiple newspaper sites)
• The National Law Journal
 

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Travel Info

• Federal Traveler Quick Reference Guide (GSA)

Planning your trip

• Microsoft Expedia
• Fodor's Online
• CityNet
• Trip.Com

What's it like where you're going

• National Weather Service
• The Weather Channel

What to do when you get there

• Microsoft Sidewalk.Com

How to find your way around

• Mapquest