Thursday, September 30, 2010
[IWS] GET IT DONE ONLINE! (improve your productivity)
IWS Documented News Service
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 Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
 School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
 Cornell University
 16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
 New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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USA.gov
GET IT DONE ONLINE! (improve your productivity)
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Services.shtml
Access U.S. Government Services from your computer
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  - Address      Changes When You Move 
 - Airlines –      Compare On-Time Records 
 - Air Traffic Advisory and      Real-Time Airport Status 
 - Alcohol      Calorie Calculator 
 - Ask      a Government Information Librarian 
 - Auctions 
 
B
  - Bank Find –      Check if Your Bank is Insured by FDIC 
 - Bankruptcy Forms 
 - Beachgoers Water Quality      Map 
 - Beach Temperatures 
 - Benefits and      Government Assistance Eligibility Tool 
 - Birth, Marriage, and Death      Certificates 
 - Body Mass Calculator      
 - Border Wait Times for      Entering the U.S. 
 - Business Services Online      
 - Buy from Government 
 - Buy National Park Passes 
 
C
  - Car and Other Vehicle Sales      from Government 
 - Career InfoNet – Explore      Hundreds of Careers 
 - CareerOneStop – Pathways to      Career Success 
 - Cars – Compare Fuel Economy 
 - Car      Safety Comparison 
 - Check Immigration Case      Status 
 - Child's      Growth Charts – Calculate Your Child's Projected Growth 
 - Child Care Finder 
 - Clinical Trials Eligibility 
 - College Locator 
 - Comment on Federal Regulations 
 - Complaints –      File a Complaint with a Federal Agency 
 - Connect with Government      
 - Consumer Action Handbook 
 - Consumer      Publications – Online Shopping 
 - Contact Your Government –      Comments, Questions, Feedback... 
 - Conversion      Calculators – for distance, weight, volume, speed, temperature, wind      chill, and more 
 - Copyrights      – Search and Registration Forms 
 - Currency Exchange Rates 
 
D
  - DES      (diethylstilbestrol) Exposure – Interactive Self-Assessment 
 - Dialysis Facility Compare      
 - Diet and Nutrition – Score      Your Diet 
 - Disaster Assistance      Online Registration 
 - Doctor and      Dentist Directories 
 - Do Not Call Registry 
 - Drivers' Licenses      and Vehicle Registration 
 - Drought Monitor 
 - Drug      Interactions and Drug Comparisons 
 
E
  - Eldercare      Locator 
 - Electoral      College Calculator 
 - E-mail Updates      from USA.gov – Sign Up 
 - Embassy Registration      for Americans Abroad 
 - Energy Audit for Your Home 
 - Environmental      Violations – Report Online 
 
F
  - Farmers Markets Near You      
 - Financial Advisors and      Brokers – Check Them Out 
 - Fishing      and Hunting Licenses 
 - Flu Clinic Locator      – Get Your Flu Shot 
 - Food      Safety Automated Questions and Answers 
 - Foreign Service Exam      Registration 
 - Forms      (Federal) 
 - Free      Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) 
 - Frequently      Asked Questions 
 
G
  - Gas      Prices in Your Area 
 - Generic      Drug Equivalent Search 
 - Government      E-Newsletters – Sign Up Today for Free 
 - Government      Jobs – Search and Online Application 
 - Government May      Owe You Money 
 - Government Surplus and      Sales 
 - Grade      Point Average (GPA) Calculator 
 - Grants      – Find Government Grants 
 - Greenhouse      Gas Calculator 
 
H
  - Head Start      Program Locator 
 - Healthfinder 
 - Health Insurance – Find Options      
 - Health      Online Checkups 
 - Health Tutorials      – Interactive Health Education Resources 
 - Heart      Risk Calculator 
 - Hold      My Mail 
 - Home Energy Saver 
 - Homes      for Sale from Government 
 - Hospital Comparison 
 - Hybrid Cars      Comparison and Information 
 
I
    J
  - Job Banks      – Online Service for Employers and Job Seekers 
 - Jobs      in Government – Search and Online Application 
 
L
  - Labor      Laws – Interactive Compliance Tools 
 - Libraries – Public Library      Locator 
 - Loan and      Investment Sales 
 - Loans      – GovLoans.gov 
 - Locators –      Find In-Person Services Near You 
 - Lottery Results      from State Lotteries 
 
M
  - Mail      Services 
 - Marine      Navigation Calculators 
 - Marriage Records 
 - Medicare Card      Replacement 
 - Medicare Plans –      Compare Options 
 - Medicare Prescription Drug Plan      Finder 
 - Menu Planner      – Interactive Guide from the National Institutes of Health 
 - Military      Service Records Requests 
 - Money the      Government May Owe You 
 - Mortgage      Calculator 
 - Mortgage Comparison      Calculator 
 - Motor Vehicle      Services 
 - Mutual Fund Cost      Calculator 
 
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  - Passes for Federal Recreation      Areas 
 - Passport      Application 
 - Passports      – Check the Status of Your Passport Application 
 - Patents – Search,      Apply, Check Status... 
 - Podcasts      from the U.S. Government 
 - Post Office –      Address Change and Moving Services 
 - Post Office – Hold Mail While Away      
 - Post Office – Locate      Closest Post Offices and the One that Delivers Your Mail 
 - Post      Office – Postage Calculators 
 - Post Office – Schedule Redelivery      
 - Post      Office – Stamps Online 
 - Post      Office – Track and Confirm Your Mail 
 - Post Office – ZIP Code Lookup 
 - Presidential Appointments      Application 
 - Prisoner Locator      – Locate and visit inmates in federal prisons 
 - Prisoner      Locator for State, County, or City Correctional Facilities 
 - Prison Locator 
 - Public      Administration Graduate School Search 
 - Public Health Clinic Locator      
 
R
  - Real      Estate Sales from Government 
 - Recalls –      Product and Company Search 
 - Recreation One-Stop 
 - Regulations      and Rulemaking Online Comments 
 - Resume Builder      
 - Retirement, Disability, and Survivor      Planner 
 - Retirement Estimator 
 - RSS Feeds from USA.gov and the      Federal Citizen Information Center 
 - RSS      Library 
 
S
  - Sales      and Auctions for Government and Nonprofit Buyers 
 - Savings Bonds – Buy Online      
 - Savings      Bonds – Calculate Your Bond's Worth 
 - School, College, and Library      Locator 
 - Selective Service      Registration 
 - Shop Government Online      
 - Social Security Online –      Estimate benefits, apply, check status, request reports... 
 - Souvenirs,      Books, and Other Government Gifts for Sale 
 - Stamps      Online 
 - State      Quarters Online 
 - Student      Loans and Grants 
 - Surplus      Supplies and Equipment for Sale from Government 
 
T
  - Taxes – e-File Personal      or Business Taxes 
 - Taxes – Federal Tax      Forms and Publications 
 - Taxes – Free      Online Tax Filing – for Individuals Who Qualify 
 - Taxes      – Refund Status Check 
 - Taxes – State Tax      Forms 
 - Taxes      – W-4 Tax Withholding Calculator 
 - Time      – Official Time in Your Area 
 - Trademarks – Search,      File, Check Status, Buy 
 - Traffic and Road Closure      Information, Nationwide 
 - Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds      Online 
 
U
    V
  - Veterans'      Gravesites Locator – U.S. Sites 
 - Veterans Affairs Benefit and      Health Applications Online 
 - Vital      Records 
 - Voter      Registration by Mail 
 
W
  - Weather      – Get Today's Weather Forecast and Warnings 
 - Weather Calculator      – temperature conversion (Fahrenheit or Celsius), wind chill,      humidity, heat index... 
 - Weight      Assessment 
 - White House Virtual Web      Tours 
 
Z
    Contact Your Government
    In Focus
  - Online      Services by Topic 
 - Does the      Government Owe You Money? 
 - Bank Find –      Check if Your Bank is Insured by FDIC 
 - Public Engagement 
 - Performance      Dashboards 
 
Featured Sites
  - Locate Services      Nearby 
 - Forms      Online 
 - Grants      Finder 
 - Hold      My Mail 
 - Selective      Service 
 - Medicare Card      Replacement 
 - Embassy Registration      for Americans Abroad 
 - Nursing Home Comparison      
 
 
 
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service. 
 
 
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 Stuart Basefsky                   
 Director, IWS News Bureau                
 Institute for Workplace Studies 
 Cornell/ILR School                        
 16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
 New York, NY 10016                        
                                    
 Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
 Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
 E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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