Administrative Decisions & Guidance
There is no one resource for finding agency documents, and researchers will often have to search multiple databases. Agency websites are a good starting point for finding contemporary administrative decisions and guidance documents. Here are some additional resources:
- UVa Administrative Decisions (University of Virginia)
A list of places to find administrative decisions, sorted alphabetically by agency. Also includes links to other actions such as FOIA and agency directives
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HeinOnline U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals
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LLMC Digital Agency Documents (useful for historical documents)
- Lexis Federal Administrative Materials
Research tip: Oftentimes the search function built into agency websites is inferior to Google. You can run a Google search for documents within a specific site by using "site:[website URL] [keywords]." For example, "site:defense.gov guidance environmental compliance."
General Agency Information
- United States Government ManualOfficial handbook of the legislative, judicial and executive branches.
- USA.govIncludes contact information for federal government departments and agencies.
- CyberCemeteryProvides permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.
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