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	Pick an Area OPM info & Guides U.S.C CFR Federal Register Executive Orders Links to Other Agencies Agency Vacancy Announcements Personnel Folders Tips on Searching Web Reference Materials for Human Resources (HR) Specialists Following is a series of links to HR reference/research sites on the world wide web as of  April 1999.  These sites contain reference materials and information used by Federal HR staff to answer questions, to find and read citations in the United States Code (U.S.C.) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and to obtain access to the latest information on HR related topics. OPM Guides and Information: Authorities for Career and Career-Conditional Appointments http://www.opm.gov/employ/html/sroa2.htm Current Job Vacancy Announcements  http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/a.htm Delegated Examining Operations Handbook http://www.opm.gov/deu/index.asp Employee Relations and Health Services  http://www.opm.gov/er/ Federal Register Postings by OPM  http://www.opm.gov/fedregis/index.htm Forms (electronic versions)  http://www.opm.gov/forms/index.htm Guide to Personnel Data Standards  http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/datastan.htm Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping  http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/opf.htm Guide to Processing Personnel Actions  http://www.opm.gov/feddata/gppa/gppa.htm Health Insurance  http://www.opm.gov/insure/index.html Job Classification Systems  http://www.opm.gov/fedclass/index.htm Labor-Management Relations and Partnership  http://www.opm.gov/lmr/index.htm Leadership Development  http://www.opm.gov/leader/ Life Insurance  http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.htm Pay and Leave and Work Schedules  http://www.opm.gov/oca/INDEX.HTM Qualification Standards Operating Manual  http://www.opm.gov/qualifications Reimbursable Services  http://www.opm.gov/employ/html/prodserv.htm Retirement Programs (CSRS & FERS)  http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.htm Performance Management  http://www.opm.gov/perform/index.htm Reduction in Force  http://www.opm.gov/rif/general/rifmenu.htm Restructuring and Downsizing  http://www.opm.gov/employ/html/restruct.htm Senior Executive Service  http://www.opm.gov/ses/index.htm Statistics on the Federal Workforce  http://www.opm.gov/feddata/index.htm Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) homepage  http://www.tsp.gov/  VetGuide  http://www.opm.gov/veterans/html/vetguide.htm United States Code (U.S.C.) Can be found at  http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode or http://uscode.house.gov Find a Citation at  http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/#SECTIONS Search U.S.C. at http://uscode.house.gov/uscsrch.htm or http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/fx?DB=uscode Download U.S.C. from  http://uscode.house.gov/download.htm Search Title 5 at  http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/fx?DB=uscode5 or http://uscode.house.gov/uscsrch.htm Download Title 5 at  http://uscode.house.gov/title_05.htm Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Can be found at http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/ or http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr OPM Sections of Title 5  http://www.opm.gov/cfc Find a Citation at    http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/#SECTIONS or http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-retrieve.html#page1 5 CFR Contents at    http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/5cfr.htm#start How to Search CFR at    http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/comments/search.html Search the CFR at    http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html Search Title 5 CFR at   http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-in/cfrassemble.cgi?title=199805 How To Link To CFR at   http://www.access.gpo.gov/getcfr.html Federal Register Can be found at  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html See OPM Postings at   http://www.opm.gov/fedregis/index.htm Executive Orders Issued since 1993    http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/search/executive-orders.html Issued during the 1945-1989 period     http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/coddisp.html Issued since January 21, 1961  http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html Agency Vacancy Announcements Competitive service (CS) vacancies open to more than current agency CS employees can be found at    http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/a.htm Other HR Related Agency Web Sites The following agency web sites may be of special interest to Federal HR specialists: Department of Labor BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook  - http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm Workers' Compensation Programs- Federal Employees' Compensation http://www.dol.gov/esa/owcp_org.htm Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  EEO Complaint Process  http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-fed.html Federal Labor Relations Authority Arbitration Appeals   http://www.flra.gov/16.html Unfair Labor Practice (ULP)   http://www.flra.gov/14.html Merit Systems Protection Board How do I file an appeal?    http://www.mspb.gov/q&a.html#12 MSPB Decisions    http://www.mspb.gov/mspbsrch.html National Archives & Records Administration Federal Register  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html The U.S. Government Manual   http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html Official Personnel Folders Public Laws since 1994   http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html#pl  U.S. Office of Government Ethics Ethics Program Topics    http://www.usoge.gov/usoge003.html Opinions Library    http://www.usoge.gov/opinions/opinlib.html U.S. Office of Special Counsel Federal Hatch Act   http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm Prohibited Personnel Practices (PPPs)  http://www.osc.gov/ppp.htm Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights (USERRA) http://www.osc.gov/userra.htm  Whistleblower disclosures http://www.osc.gov/discl.htm Official Personnel Folders (OPFs) Current Federal employees can review their OPF at their agency personnel office. Former Federal employees can obtain copies of their personnel actions through http://www.nara.gov/regional/cprpub.html Federal Agency Inquiries (official inquiries for a former Federal employee's OPF) http://www.nara.gov/regional/cprfed.html Tips on Searching the Web There are 3 ways of finding something on the Internet: Type in the exact address (ex. "http://www.opm.gov"); Follow a link, or series of links (hint - open this file in your browser and use the links above); or Use a web search engine (parts of OPM's website have search capability;  several useful general search engines are identified below)  **  **Remember that each search engine has its own way of formulating a search query, you may want to consult "HELP" or "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQS), at the search engine home page, before submitting a search request.** General search engines- After you type in what you are looking for, the search service will give you a "hitlist" of web pages that contain those words.  Typically, a search engine runs on a large computer that constantly reads web pages from around the world (also known as "crawlers"). This engine maintains an index of the location of every word it finds.  After you type in your desired search, it consults its index and shows you those locations.  When you find something useful, write down its address (or Uniform Resource Locator- URL) or add it as a bookmark on your browser.  Here are some of the most popular search engines:  ALTA VISTA   http://www.altavista.com WEBCRAWLER  http://www.webcrawler.com YAHOO  http://www.yahoo.com  EXCITE  http://www.excite.com INFOSEEK  http://www.infoseek.com HOTBOT  http://www.hotbot.com METACRAWLER  http://www.metacrawler.com  - submits your search terms to several general engines simultaneously and collates the results. Feedback may be sent to eswebmaster@opm.gov.

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