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The information below was published in the July 2009 edition of our Issues of Merit newsletter.  We are posting it to MSPB Studies Flash for two reasons.  First, we want to remind our readers about useful sources of HR information.  These are good times to stay informed. 

We also want to ask for your help.  If you have any HR-related Web sites you use to stay informed—and think other Issues of Merit readers could benefit from them—we would like to hear from you.  Click here to share a Web link to your favorite source.  If you like, you can also add a sentence or two that tells us what is good about the Web site.

Look for a future MSPB Studies Flash that lists the Web sites our readers recommend.  We can all be better informed if we pool our resources.

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Bookmark These Sites for HR-Related Research

Below is a collection of some of the Web sites we find useful when we research Federal Human Resources (HR) policies, practices, and innovations. We will continue adding to the list in upcoming newsletters. Please contact us if you have a useful Web site to add to our list.

Government HR Research and Policy

Merit Systems Protection Board
www.mspb.gov/
Click on “Search Studies” to choose from our studies and archive of Issues of Merit newsletters.

Office of Personnel Management
www.opm.gov/
Click on “HR Practitioners/Agencies” for the latest in HR policy and guidance.

Government Accountability Office
www.gao.gov/
Click on the “Reports and Testimonies” tab to download GAO’s most current research.

Congressional Research Service
www.pennyhill.com/
This service provides CRS reports for a fee. CRS may soon offer reports through its own Web site.

Non-Profit Research

GovTrack
www.govtrack.us/
Use this nonprofit organization’s Web site to track the progress of bills through Congress.

Partnership for Public Service
www.ourpublicservice.org/
Click on the “Publications” tab to search for research on a wide selection of Government topics.

National Academy of Public Administration
www.napawash.org/
Click on the “Publications” tab to order or download studies on a selection of public management topics.

Media Sources

GovExec.com
www.govexec.com/
Click on HR-related topics under the “Key Topics” heading for HR-related news and commentary.

FedSmith.com
www.fedsmith.com/
Check this site or subscribe to its newsletter for breaking HR news.