Fall 2002
Class Web sites:
Dan: Investigating the executive branch
Links to state executive agency web sites
www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Federal Register
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Government
employment data
http://www.bls.gov/iag/iag.government.htm
U.S. Census:
Public employment and payroll
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/govs/www/apes.html
FROM CLASS DISCUSSION:
IGnet:
Federal inspectors general
Yahoo:
Government fraud and waste links
Juan: Investigating the executive branch
Databases:
Presidential disclosures, Federal Election
Commission
http://www.fec.gov/finance/newftp1.htm
Government Research Center (subscription)
Agricola
Federal Research
Helpful websites
GPO access, multidatabase search
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/multidb.html
The Council for Excellence in Government
Govexec.com
http://www.govexec.com/about.htm
Jennifer: Investigating the legislative branch
The Center for Responsive Politics: OpenSecrets.org
The
Federal Election Commission
The Center for Public Integrity: State Projects
Library of Congress: Thomas
General Accounting Office
Kristin: Investigating education
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Maryland State Department of Education: School performance
http://www.msp.msde.state.md.us
ERIC:
Educational
Links to online databases:
Trends in Maryland higher education degrees
by race and gender:
2001 Maryland School Performance Report Card:
http://www.msp.msde.state.md.us/rawdata/index.asp
Meghan: Investigating education
Education Week, education's newspaper of
record
Download Ed Week's Access spreadsheets on
student achievement at
http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc02/reports/achieve-t1.htm
AskEric:
the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
National Center for Education Statistics
Download data on the grade the public would
give schools in their community
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/tables/dt022.asp
Gabriel: Investigating law enforcement
Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice
Statistics -- lists some available spreadsheets.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm#index
Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice
Statistics publications; lists reports available online.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#tsdcp
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
CopCrimes lists crimes committed by police.
American Civil Liberties Union, police
practices page highlights controversial issues in policing.
http://www.aclu.org/PolicePractices/PolicePracticesMain.cfm
CopWatch
cites accounts of police in trouble for misusing their databases.
http://copwatch.temppublish.com/databaseabuse.html
The Digital Information Society's page lists
the frequencies many police departments use to communicate
http://www.phreak.org/index/archive01/radio/freqlst/freqlst.shtml
Fraternal Order of Police main page. Links include local FOP contacts.
Maryland Citizens Defense League – offers
some spreadsheets to download. Information not current.
http://www.mcdl.org/MD_Info/2000/MCDL_Testimony2000ltr.htm
Kelli: Investigating law enforcement
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html
Organized Crime, A Crime Statistics Site
USA Department of Corrections Directory
http://www.prisonpenpals.com/corrections.html
Access to Places
Links to downloadable databases
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Statistical Briefing Book
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/index.html
U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice
Statistics
Sarah H.: Investigating the world of the disadvantaged
PovertyNet
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Child Well-Being and Poverty
http://www.socio.com/data_arc/cwp_0.htm
(downloadable sets for fee)
U.S. Department of Labor-Bureau of Labor
Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and
Neglect
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/
Betsy: Investigating the judicial system
Great filling station for legal journalists (This is the mother lode of info!):
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/journalists.htm
Questions to ask while doing
research:
First question: What does the law actually say? What is the procedure?
The Constitution-
http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html
Federal Law (codified)-
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
Code of Federal Regulations:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
Court Law- Supreme Court rulings (by topic)-
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm
Federal Court and Some State Court Rulings and Databases:
www.courts.net
Federal Courts pleadings: Access to pleadings will cost you-
http://www.uscourts.gov/electaccrt.html
Bankruptcy and Immigration Rulings
http://www.lra4law.com/links.htm
Tax Court:
Felicia: Investigating the private sector
Federal Reserve
www.federalreserver.gov/rnd.htm
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
www.eeoc.gov/stats/census/states.html
Federal Labor Relations Authority
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Luciana: Investigating the judicial system
U.S. Courts site maintained by Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts
Federal Court Clerks’ Association
http://www.id.uscourts.gov/fcca.htm
Findlaw portal site
The National Center for State Courts
The Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/
Maryland Judiciary page
http://www.courts.state.md.us/siteindex.html
datasets:
Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook
Online
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
Allen: Investigating licensed professionals
Council on Licensure, Enforcement and
Regulation
Search Systems: "Your Public records
network."
American Bar Association
www.abanet.org/legaled/baradmissions/barcont.html
Public Citizen's Health Research Group
copying data from web query engines:
Licensed cosmetologists in
http://www.dllr.state.md.us/query/cosmet.html
Other licensed professionals in
http://www.dllr.state.md.us/license/occprof/
Christine: Investigating businesses and their employees
National Association of Secretaries of State
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hoover's Online: The Business Information
Authority
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
U.S. Census Bureau: Statistics of U.S.
Businesses
http://www.census.gov/csd/susb/susb.htm
Small Business Administration: Economic
Statistics and
Research
http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/#demog
U.S. Department of Labor: Occupational Safety
& Health
Administration (OSHA inspections)
http://155.103.6.10/cgi-bin/est/est1
Jill: Investigating nonprofits
Guidestar
http://www.guidestar.org/npo/nparticles/index.jsp
http://www.guidestar.org/news/features/ratios.stm
National Center for Charitable Statistics
http://nccs.urban.org/links.htm
State searchable databases
http://www.lawresearch.com/investigate/State-inv-Databases.htm
Downloadable data
http://anfdata.urban.org/drsurvey/welcome_proceed.cfm
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=101998,00.html
Maria: Investigating health care
Medicare
American Hospital Association
Centers for medicare and medicaid services
FDA, MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Facility
Experience ) data
National Library of Medicine
Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
Office of Health Care Quality
Sarah S.: Investigating nonprofits
Charity Watch
The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for
Non-profit Management
The National Database of Non-Profit
Organizations
The National Center for Charitable Statistics
Better Business Bureau
American Institute of Philanthropy
Hazel: Investigating transportation
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
Landings.com
Banco Mundial
Interamerican Development Bank
Justin: Investigating utilities
The Federal Communications Commission
The Department of Energy
The Environmental Protection Agency
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Minerals Management Service
Edison Electric Institute
Environmental Defense Fund's Scorecard
Envirolink
Eric: Investigating transportation
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
National Transportation Safety Board
Coast Guard Boating Information
Air Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
Office of Pipeline Safety
Office of Hazardous Material Safety
Nicki: Investigating environmental issues
Maryland Department of the Environment
House Public Works and Transportation
Committee www.opensecrets.org/1994os/osdata/osp158.pdf
Senate and Public Works
EPA Envirofacts Data Warehouse
www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html
Army Corps of Engineers Environmental
Laboratory
www.wes.army.mil/el/t2dbase.html
United Nations Environment Programme
William: Investigating housing
Tax and property records
http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm
Neighborhood stats
http://list.realestate.yahoo.com/re/neighborhood/main.html
A national directory of local home inspectors
Real estate transactions and liens (paid
site)
http://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/rebuz/
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Elizabeth: Investigating environmental issues
EPA Topics
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/topics.html
Society of Environmental Journalists
Maryland Department of the Environment
Data:
EPA Data
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/Data.html
EPA Envirofacts
TOXNET - Toxics Release Inventory
http://www.toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/