To: ms.smartest.person who wrote (128 ) 7/19/2004 12:31:49 PM From: ms.smartest.person Read Replies (1) | Respond to Link Collections for JournalistsFedWorld Information Services : Comprehensive guide to Government databases fedworld.gov Federal Government Agencies , a clean, easy-to-use listing lib.lsu.edu Federal Web Locator allows searching law.vill.edu Federal Information Exchange fie.com Fedstats collects and organizes statistics from 70 agencies fedstats.gov National Archives and Records Administration catalogs records held by Government agencies nara.gov DefenseLink News and live briefings from the U.S. Department of Defense defenselink.mil Statesearch , state-level information on a variety of topics nasire.org The White House whitehouse.gov House of Representatives house.gov The Senate senate.gov GPO Access searches the Federal Register, U.S. Code, Congressional bills and other Government publications lib.auburn.edu Thomas , the Library of Congress information service. Also try the experimental Web catalog thomas.loc.gov lcweb2.loc.gov Census Bureau home page , 1990 Census tables and Ferret , for recent population and income data census.gov census.gov ferret.bls.census.gov National Criminal Justice Reference Service ncjrs.org Criminal justice links assembled by Cecil Greek at the University of South Florida fsu.edu APB Online crime news and information, including police scanners from major cities. apbonline.com United States Geological Survey , current earthquake information and Earthquake Information Center info.er.usgs.gov gldss7.cr.usgs.gov National Hurricane Center nhc.noaa.gov United Nations and U.N. Web locator un.org unsystem.org The European Journalism page demon.co.uk Newsahead upcoming news events around the globe newsahead.com FindLaw has an extensive collection of legal links findlaw.com KnowX Free and low-cost information about lawsuits, bankruptcies, U.C.C. and other public filings for businesses and individuals knowx.com WebGator has a variety of useful investigative links inil.com Federal Aviation Administration databases of airline safety reports nasdac.faa.gov Landings Comprehensive aviation site offers databases of plane registrations, service difficulty reports, pilot certifications landings.com UniSci gives updates on scientific research at U.S. universities unisci.com Top 200 Government contractors from Government Executive govexec.com Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has links and information, including a fill-in-the-blanks Freedom of Information request. (This list of Federal freedom of information officers may be useful, as well as this New York State FOI page )rcfp.org usdoj.gov dos.state.ny.us The Freedom Forum Journalism, journalism education and first amendment issues freedomforum.org Telecommunications information resources : social, economic, political china.si.umich.edu The Smoking Gun presents (undigested) documents obtained from court files and through freedom of information requests thesmokinggun.com Business & Finance references are available from Business Connections nytimes.com
