 |
Department of Labor "Elaws" – Employment Laws Assistance for Workers & Small Business – The elaws Advisors are interactive tools (over 16 systems) that provide expert advice about Federal employment laws with regards to compliance issues, workplace laws, rights and responsibilities. "With the advent of elaws, the Labor department now ranks among the best federal agencies for providing information and technical assistance to its customers, " said Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman. |
 |
Alaska Department of Fish and Game – LynxTrak: A Tool for Lynx Harvest Managers – This interactive knowledge automation system helps managers determine the most appropriate management action to take. The knowledge base incorporates a wide network of quantitative and qualitative information regarding lynx across their range, including available literature, in-house databases, and the collective observations and experiences of field biologists and trappers. |
 |
Business Law – Choosing a Legal Structure
Run the interactive knowledge automation system on the Web site BusinessLaw.gov. The system helps you decide which structures might be best for your particular business. Choosing a legal structure is a process that has to balance concerns and issues regarding liability exposure, tax responsibilities, and administrative burden of the legal structure that is chosen.
|
 |
Small Business Administration – Size Standards Assistant - The Small Business Administration has changed the system it uses for categorizing businesses as being small to be compatible with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The former system, the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is no longer being used at the Small Business Administration. This system helps you select the proper category for your business and reports size standards and industry average annual receipts. |
 |
Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Australia – Seven “Online Consultants” - Provides useful applications to help dairy farmers in their decision making. Most of the applications relate to the Target 10 Dairy Extension programs run throughout Victoria. Systems include: Pasture management, Nutrition of the Dairy Cow, Soil and Fertilizer, Dairy Business, Managing Dairy Effluent, Nutrients for Sustainable Agriculture, and Dealing with Wet Soils. |
 |
U.S. Geological Survey – Decision Support Systems for Trumpeter Swan Management – Breeding Habitat Needs for Trumpeter Swans - Helps determine the quality of a wetland as breeding habitat. Management of Palustrine Wetlands in the Northern Rockies - Helps recommend seasonal water levels within a one-year time frame for palustrine emergent wetlands. Contribution an Area Can Make Towards the Flyway Management Plan - Provides an ecological assessment about whether an area can make a contribution towards breeding and wintering conditions related to population and distribution goals. |
 |
National Science Foundation – Environmental Monitoring and Measurement Advisor - EMMA is an interactive expert system for project managers, administrators, and others who use or procure laboratory services for environmental analyses. It provides a mechanism to compare and contrast the performance and relative cost of analytical, test, and sampling methods for environmental monitoring. Click on link to the left to open, and then on Method Selection Advisor on left hand side. |
