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Actuarial Information
http://www.defenselink.mil/actuary/
Actuarial
expertise on all matters
relating to military compensation and benefits
Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/
Air Land Sea Application Center
http://www.alsa.mil
Information about the ALSA staff,
Air Land Sea Bulletins, and links to doctrine sites
Armed Forces Insignia
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/index.html
Full-color insignia for all Services
Atlas/State Data Abstract for the United States
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/pubs.htm
Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Briefings
on countries of the world with history, geography, ethnic makeup, languages,
religions, and more
Budgeting for Defense
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2398&sequence=0&from=7
A timely Congressional Budget
Office report on defense budget issues
Burial at Sea
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq85-1.htm
Jean Hort at the Navy Department
Library suggested this site, for those who are interested in historical
information on burial at sea.
Centennial of Flight
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/
Sponsored
by the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission, this site honors aviation history
and the 100th anniversary of
flight, 17 December 2003.
Central Intelligence Agency - Publications and Reports
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
Access to The World Factbook,
the Factbook on Intelligence, the Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
of Foreign Governments, and several other publications
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
The CIA’s World Factbook
Central Intelligence Agency - Center for the Study of Intelligence
http://www.intelligence.gov/
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Database
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
This site within the National
Park Service Web site was developed by historians and contains information
about soldiers, sailors, regiments, cemeteries, battles, and prisoners of the
Civil War. One part, the Civil War
Sailors Database, is the product of a partnership formed in 1993 among Howard
University, the Department of the Navy, and the National Park Service. A team of researchers from Howard University
Department of History, headed by Joseph P. Reidy, Professor of History and
Associate Dean of the Graduate School, examined hundreds of thousands of pages
of naval records housed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., for
evidence about the black sailors.
Civilian Manpower Statistics
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/pubs.htm
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/
Congressional Research Service Reports
http://www.fas.org/man/crs/index.html
This Federation of American
Scientists Web site has an extensive file of full-text CRS reports.
http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/crs/index.html
This University of California
site contains more than 200 selected CRS reports.
http://fpc.state.gov/c4763.htm
A Department of State site
http://www.thememoryhole.org/crs/
The Memory Hole contains many of
the Congressional Research Service reports that were posted on Congressman Mark
Green’s and Congressman Christopher Shays’ now-defunct Web sites.
Country Studies and Area Handbooks - Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Defense Almanac
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/
For those who remember the
Almanac issue of Defense Magazine, this site is a welcome
replacement. Contents include data on
defense agencies, the combatant commands, DOD organization charts, facilities,
budget, and more.
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
http://www.dfas.mil/
Current civilian and military pay
charts, retired and annuitant pay, government credit card programs, and travel
pay
Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) Links
https://www.dmso.mil/public/
Links to military and other
organizations involved in modeling and simulation
Defense Specifications and Standards
http://www.dsp.dla.mil/
Online access to Defense
specs. Access to full-text documents in
Adobe PDF, which can then be downloaded and printed
Distribution of Personnel by State and Selected Locations
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/pubs.htm
DOD Directives and Instructions
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/
Note: This site is sometimes very slow to
load. Please allow plenty of time to
connect.
Early Bird
http://ebird.afis.mil/
Executive Orders
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders/
Federal Acquisition Regulations
http://www.arnet.gov/far/
Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/
Federal Forms
http://www.fedforms.gov/
“One-stop shopping” for the Federal forms most used by the public
Federal Government Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Professor Erickson recommends this site as “one-stop shopping for U.S. Federal Government statistics.”
Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Online access to the Federal Register, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, the U.S. Government Manual, Code of Federal Regulations, and more
FirstGov
http://firstgov.gov/
http://firstgov.gov/fgsearch/index.jsp
One-stop access to all online
U.S. Federal Government resources, including Federal Benefits and Grants,
Learning and Jobs, Money and Taxes, Public Service Opportunities, Recreation
and Travel
Foreign Media Reaction
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/medreac.htm
State
Department’s global compilation of editorials
and op-ed commentary from newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media. Each “Issue Focus” normally
covers one major
foreign policy issue and includes one to three weeks of editorials.
Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO)
http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/
Formed in 1986 at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, as the Soviet Army Studies office, FMSO now publishes a
variety of products on military security matters. FMSO authors research, write, and publish from unclassified
sources about the military establishments, doctrine, strategic, and operational
practices of selected foreign armed forces.
Note the extensive research links at this site.
Gateway to State and Local Information
http://www.firstgov.gov/Government/State_Local.shtml
GI Bill
http://www.gibill.com/
Information for military members to ease their transition
back to civilian life
Goldwater-Nichols
http://www.dtic.mil/jcs/core/title_10.html
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Information on one of the
most-asked questions in the JFSC library:
Where can I find information on the Goldwater-Nichols Department of
Defense Reorganization Act of 1986? For
the second site, follow these steps:
(1) click on “Public Law by Law Number.” (2) Click on “99.” (3)
Click on “99-401 – 99-450.” (4) Click
on 436. HR 3622.
GulfLINK
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/
Official homepage for the Persian
Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Task Force
Human Rights Reports
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001
The
current very comprehensive State Department report on human rights practices
by country
Joint Ethics Regulation
http://www.defenselink.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/ethics_regulation/
Joint Warfighting Center
http://www.jwfc.jfcom.mil/
http://elib1.jwfc.jfcom.mil
The first site contains information about the Joint Warfighting Center, access to online publications, Joint Training Courseware, a list of upcoming events, and a link to the Universal Joint Task List. The second site, the Joint Warfighting Center Electronic Library, is restricted to military and government users, and contains a wealth of information highly relevant to the JFSC curriculum. Please
contact a faculty member or a reference librarian for a username and password to access the electronic library.
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Includes “historically valuable
records of the three branches of federal government.” Contains links to the Federal Register, the U.S.
Government Manual, the Code of Federal Regulations, and Public Laws.
http://www.archives.gov/aad/
An online database containing
material from more than 30 archival series of electronic records, which include
over 350 data files totaling well over 50 million unique records.
National Intelligence Council
http://www.cia.gov/nic/NIC_home.html
Includes Global Trends 2015 and other NIC publications
National Security Strategy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf
Operation Allied Force
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/kosovo/
Per Diem Rates
http://www.dtic.mil/perdiem/
Per diem, travel, and dining rates, FAQs, set by the Per Diem Committee
http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mt/homepage/mtt/perdiem/perd04d.html
GSA site for per diem rates
http://www.state.gov/m/a/als/prdm/
Foreign per diem rates set by the Dept. of State
Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
According
to the site, P ortals to
the World “contain[s] selective links providing authoritative, in-depth
information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with
the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. When completed, the project will include all
the nations of the world.” Subjects
covered for the various countries and areas include language and literature,
embassies, education, culture, and history.
Professional Reading Sites
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/bibs/pmeweb.htm
http://www.militaryreadinglist.com
http://www.jfsc.ndu.edu/current_students/documents_policies/
documents/reading_list/default.asp
Selected Manpower Statistics
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/pubs.htm
SITES: Standard Installation Topic Exchange Service
http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/sites/
Information about military
installations worldwide, including community housing, support services, and
employment
State Department
http://www.state.gov/
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html
The second site has information on travel advisories about dangerous places to visit
Time (The Directorate of Time at the U.S. Naval Observatory)
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/
When you need to know the official
time in the United States, visit this site.
United States Congress - House Armed Services Committee
http://www.house.gov/hasc/
Links to hearing schedules and
transcripts, publications, bills, reports, and press releases
United States Congress - Senate Armed Services Committee
http://armed-services.senate.gov/
Links to hearing schedules and
transcripts, publications, bills, reports, and press releases
United States Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/
Links to information on copyright
basics, copyright registration, copyright legislation, and much more
United States General Accounting Office
http://www.gao.gov/
Access to current GAO Reports and
Testimony, in full text
United States Government Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/browse-gm-01.html
United States Government Printing Office
http://www.access.gpo.gov/
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/multidb.html
Search several GPO databases simultaneously: the Federal Register, U.S. Code, Supreme Court Decisions, public laws, Congressional Record, the budget, and more
U.S. Navy Ship 20th Century Historical Database
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/usnhdb/
This database was created by Michael Cardin and donated to the Naval War College in September 2000. Information on ships, shipbuilding, and classes of ships, and access to the Naval Vessel Register.
Veterans History Project
http://www.loc.gov/vets/
The Library of Congress hosts the Veterans History Project site. “ T here are 19 million war veterans living in the United States today, but every day we lose 1,500 of them. Motivated by a desire to honor our nation's war veterans for their service and to collect their stories and experiences while they are still among us, the United States Congress created the Veterans History Project.” The project covers World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars, and includes all participants in those wars—men and women, civilian and military.
World Manpower Distribution by Geographical Area
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/pubs.htm
Zip Codes
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip%2b4.html
The official Postal Service link
to zip codes.
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