Description of Site: This site is the homepage for the Society for Human Resource Management.

Site Functions: Within the genre of human resource management, SHRM’s homepage is an important trove of information. Its section on government affairs issues legislative alerts and grassroots programs in order to draw attention to happenings in the human resource management field. The section on job openings is sure to please many aspiring professionals in the field of human resource management. Its press room section helps to highlight worthy initiatives sponsored by the organization.

Evaluation: This site is an essential research tool for anyone trying to discover additional information in the field of human resource management. The searchable archive of HR Magazine will facilitate the discovery of research information on various pertinent topics. Also unique to this site is its section for students; within this section a wide array of tools are present for the person studying human resource management. Overall, its significant collection of links and its broad expansive information on human resource management make it an excellent web site.

Alliance of Work/Life Professionals http://www.awlp.org

Women’s Business Center http://www.onlinewbc.org

Description of Site: This is the home page for the American Society of Public Administration, which "is the largest and most prominent professional Association in the field of public administration."

Site Functions: This site contains several different functions. It provides links to the branch chapters and sections of ASPA. It also gives information concerning the annual conference for ASPA. The web site also provides back issues of both Public Administration Review and PA Times, which can be of essential research assistance for a public administration student. Its section on research illustrates that "ASPA stands at the cutting edge of public administration research." The ASPA web site also provides a calendar so that public administrations scholars can keep track of impending events within the field.

Evaluation: Overall, this site is of indispensable use for any public administration student. One of its greatest assets is the wide array of links it provides to other public administration sites. It also has information on jobs within the public administration field, which can be of use to both the seasoned professional and the college student. Also, there is a section in which a member can pose questions to a fellow member, thus providing for possible solutions to difficult questions and problems.

Name of Site: United States Office of Personnel Management

Description of Site: This is the home page for the United States Office of personnel Management, the Federal Government's human resources agency.

Site Functions: A comprehensive Web site offering information related to numerous personnel oriented topics. This site features sections containing the federal registrar, veterans services, news, and other events related to personnel Management. Federal salary schedules, information regarding welfare to work programs and listings of year 2000 compliance assistant agencies are also contained on this web page. Information is also included on this web page about how to directly contact the Office of Personnel Management.

Evaluation: The Office of personnel Management provides a cornerstone for federal personnel Management. Responsible for over 3 million employees, the Office of Personnel Management provides valuable guidelines and information for employees and management regarding nearly all aspects of the federal agency employment.

Site Functions: In keeping with the "premier" library of the United States, the Library of Congresses' homepage is a very encompassing site for the search of information. Not only to access information for the purposes of personnel management, but the Library of Congress allows for the easy bringing about of information. In this, the site serves as a quality reference tool for seekers worldwide.

Evaluation: Utilizing many links and 5 separate search engines, the homepage of the Library of Congress allows information to be accessed with the simplicity of typing in related subjects into engines. Sidebar links provide us with a generalized place to narrow the focus of searches. This page could be utilized as a "starting point" for beginning to look up any information. By far, this is one of the best sites one should use in doing research.

Links: Thomases' Legislative Information http://www.thomas.loc.gov

Library Services http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/loc/libserv/

Name of Site: Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet.

Description of Site: This Site is the Homepage for Library of Congresses' current record and tracking of current legislative information

Site Functions: With the ever-changing world of the common workplace, managers need to be kept aware of legislative action relating to these changes. This site is a good tool for doing so. All action taking place inside the House of Representatives and the Senate are tracked and filed here. There is constant updating of the site to allow researchers to stay abreast of legislative action.

Evaluation: A great site to conduct queries concerning legislation. Not only is the site very user-friendly, but it also is very specific from the homepage. This allows us to search for topics directly or by way of using the search engine (by Bill number or by specific words and phrases). Frequently Asked Questions and plenty of very good other related links line the borders of the site.

Links: U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov

Name of Site: Links to Government Web sites and Electronic Reading Rooms

Description of Site: A comprehensive listing of electronic links to major governmental agencies and other federal organizations.

Site Functions: This web page provides personnel managers with access to the Web pages of most major governmental agencies. Included among this list are all cabinet departments, independent federal agencies and commissions, congressional oversight agencies, and additional search engines and indexes for the federal government.

Evaluation: Federal government agencies and their web pages can be as numerous as the bureaucrats themselves. Swift and efficient navigation through the plethora of available web sites is critical to a personnel manager’s maximization of the functional utility of that the available Web pages. The well-organized nature of this web page and additional governmental search engines making it is highly valuable tool for increasing the efficiency of federal personnel managers

Description of Site: This site contains useful information on ADA statutes, disability and accessibility guidelines and other assistance for those individuals with disabilities. This site is cosponsored by the Job Accommodation Network, the Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center and the ADA Ohio Steering Committee.

Site Functions: This site’s main function is to serve as an easily accessible medium from which to gain information on current regulations concerning disability statutes. There are sections for commonly asked questions concerning the enforcement of ADA standards as well as guidelines for individuals to file claims on perceived violations of this statute.

Evaluation: This is definitely an important site within the realm of personnel management. Current societal trends dictate that the disabled have the right to seek employment without discrimination. This site is essential in providing information for the disabled on their rights in society. Conversely, information is also provided for employers on how to effectively deal with disabilities, ranging from HIV to allergies, in their work force. Finally, there is a wide array of links to other pertinent disability web sites.

Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov

Description of Site: This is a service of the Center for information Laws and Policy in conjunction with Villanova University. It is intended to be the "one stop shopping" point for federal government information on the World Wide Web. The list is maintained to bring the cyber-citizen to the federal government’s doorstep.

Site Function: This site’s intended use is for information regarding the federal government. It includes the Executive, Legislative, and judicial branches of government. It also contains independent and governmental corporations as well as quasi-official agencies, international and non-governmental sites.

Evaluation: This is a "must-go-to" site for anyone involved in public personnel. This site’s information is priceless and unlimited. The various links make this site one of the best.

Links: The U.S. Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives

The White House

The Department of Labor

The U.S. Supreme Court

The United Nations

Description of Sight: Home page of U.S. EEOC, the federal agency in charge of promoting and enforcing equal opportunity employment in the American workplace.

Sight Functions: Provides access to information regarding current federal equal opportunity employment regulations for both individuals and businesses. This sight also provides current litigation and enforcement statistics as well as the information necessary to file a discriminatory charge.

Evaluation: Information and accessibility are two of the most important issues involved in the filing of Equal Opportunity Employment Charges. This sight makes available all of the information necessary to an individual or business attempting to deal with EEO issues, and is therefore a highly important Personnel Management sight.

Links: U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Merit Systems Review Board

Description of Site: This site is the home page for the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Site Functions: This site contains several important components in the promotion of a safe work environment. The site has news releases from OSHA, which provide a detailed history of actions undertaken against companies for violating safety standards. Also, OSHA has a section in which it interprets federal regulations on safety, which would be important to any manager who promotes safety in the workforce.

Evaluation: OSHA’s homepage can be used as a tool for managers to improve the safety conditions for their workers. The web site provides detailed information on courses and programs sponsored by OSHA that helps to improve working conditions. The manuals it provides, ranging from record keeping guidelines to construction resources, are quite useful for any manager working in those fields. Other sections on technical issues involving chemical, biological and physical safety are designed "to provide interactive, on-line information which will help businesses and workers comply with OSHA standards." Finally, there is a section that allows an individual to find information on safety measures by a state by state basis.

Name of Site: Employee benefits and pay roll

Description of Site: Dedicated to links and information, this web site provided by the Metrodynamics organization focuses on those Web pages related to employee benefits and payroll.

Site Functions: This Web page highlights those other Web pages which are beneficial to personnel managers seeking knowledge regarding employee benefits and payroll related issues. Including employee stock ownership information, benefits packages, and interactive salary surveys, the benefit and payroll related resources contained on at this upside will give personnel managers and employees a greater understanding of what they find on their paycheck stub.

Evaluation: Compensating the employees and keeping them is one of the primary responsibilities of all personnel administrators. The consolidated and concise nature of this web page makes it a highly useful tool for those personnel administrators interested and employee benefits and pay related issues. Providing important links to related sites as well as summaries of those Web sites, this web page makes obtaining pertinent information easy and efficient.

Description of Site: This web site is the homepage of the City of Grande Prairie, in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Site Functions: This site contains links to many of the departments of this city. However, of interest to the human resource planner is the section on Strategic and Business Planning. The performance management subsection discusses its key principles. Related principles and caveats further define the significance of performance measurement in governments. There is also a bibliography and links to other performance measurement sites. The subsection on strategic planning also contains many informative articles. Articles in this subsection range from topics on how to make government better to employee empowerment techniques.

Evaluation: This site is quite useful for the human resources practitioner. Considering that it is a small to medium sized city’s homepage, the information on strategic planning and performance measurement is a refreshing gesture by the city to expand its performance standards. The articles, although some relevant to only the City of Grande Prairie, are mostly pertinent to any city manager or human resource manager who desires to improve the functioning of his own work environment.

Links: Performance Measurement Clearinghouse for Governments http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/gasb/seagov/home.htm

National Performance Review http://www.npr.gov

Description of Site: The Ergonomics Task force, based from the University of Texas at Austin, is designed to serve as a "resource in those aspects of ergonomics relating particularly to workstation design and use."

Site Functions: This site contains a collection of articles on ergonomics, or the science that seeks to adapt working conditions to the worker. The articles pertain to a wide variety of ergonomics topics. For example, in "Conventional Wisdom vs. Current Ergonomics," there is discussion on such topics as methods to decrease strain on the wrist and eyes while at work. There is also a diagram available in order to design the most effective workstation in reducing strain on the employee. The Typing Injury FAQ "contains a wide variety of information about repetitive strain injuries caused by typing."

Evaluation: This site is extremely useful for any human resource practitioner or manager who is concerned with ergonomics within his business. The numerous links to other sites allow one to gain tremendous amounts of information on products designed to improve work conditions. Support groups, newsletters and articles on ergonomic issues enhance the significance and importance of this site.

Repetitive Strain Injuries http://www.hub.org/~rob/rsi/rsi.html

Description of Site: This site is the homepage of the United States Census Bureau (Department of Commerce)

Site Functions: As population shifts and demographic changes is a constant factor in everyday American life, many factors should be of concern for personnel managers. Issues such as age, race, religion, and sex are increasingly becoming a focal point of how diversity can enhance the common workplace. This is a good site to begin with when faced with these types of issues.

Evaluation: This is a very interesting site from not only a personnel manager’s perspective, but also from an educational view. Valuable demographic and economic information can be attained by clicking on the generalized topics from the home page. The only downside of the site is that it does not contain many good links to other related information from its' homepage.

Description of Site: This site is a homepage for a private consulting firm that assist public institutions and private businesses conform to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Site Functions: For the most part, this web site is an advertisement from a private consulting firm. However, the site contains many explanations of the ADA, and more importantly, how to conform to legal standards. Though its' intentions are of profits, the consulting firm has placed many quality links for further researching. As known, many issues in public life today are related to this sweeping law, and there remains a need for avenues of clarification of the law.

Evaluation: This is a good site for looking up various information concerning the ADA. Because it is not cluttered with legal jargon, has quality links, and is very user-friendly, this site is one of the best of the non-governmental sponsored sites.

Links: Job Accommodation Network http://www.janweb.icdi.wvu.edu

Description of Site: This site is the homepage of the National Committee on Pay Equity, "a membership coalition of over 180 organizations, including labor unions; women’s and civil rights groups; religious, professional, legal and educational associations; state and local pay equity networks; and individual men and women working to eliminate sex and race based wage discrimination."

Site Functions: The NCPE homepage contains several essential components that allow it to be considered as a top personnel administration web site. The wage gap fact sheet traces current and historical trends in the wage gap between men and women. The section of Affirmative Action personal stories is a gripping collection of testimonials from women who have benefited from affirmative action policies. Questions and answers on pay equity provide realistic and simple answers to typical questions on pay equity and the wage gap.

Evaluation: The NCPE site effectively highlights the current struggle women have in order to gain pay equity in the United States. Its format allows for many questions concerning this subject to be answered. In the articles and speeches section, a wide variety of women’s’ issues are addressed; these articles, by such divergent figures as First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, feminist Gloria Steinem and former Pennsylvania Democratic Lieutenant Governor candidate Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky, are both informative and intriguing.

Name of Site: Entrepreneurial Edge Business Builders, Personnel Development How To… Recruit and Hire for Better Results

Description of Site: An informative document designed to provide personnel administrators with an overview of the policies and practices necessary for effective personnel recruiting.

Site Functions: This web page is designed to take personnel administrators through the step-by-step process of recruiting and hiring employees. Included a within this process is where and how to look for qualified people, how to interview and screen candidates, and how to make a job offer. Organized for quick reference this document contains a table of contents which provides a general overview of the document and in-depth step-by-step instructions for each phase of the hiring procedure.

Evaluation: For those personnel administrators are new to their profession, the hiring of new individuals can be a tricky experience. This web page provides user-friendly step-by-step guidelines which take personnel administrators through the entire program of interviewing and hiring and it can greatly contribute to the success and effectiveness of a personnel administrators initial hiring experience.

Description of Site: This is the homepage for Fedworld, a service provided by the Department of Commerce to allow for greater access to governmental information.

Site Functions: This site can literally serve as a "homepage" of all federal government sources. From here, researchers can download information, search more than 20 databases, perform file transfer protocols, and request subscriptions to federal documents. Explicitly stated, this site brings government closer to the people.

Evaluation: This is a great area to begin a search when looking into the operations of the Federal Government. This can be very beneficial to personnel managers and employees alike, as regulations and laws can be easily accessed utilizing the many links or the 4 search engines.

Links: National Technical Information Service http://www.ntis.gov/

Department of Commerce http://www.doc.gov

Name of Site: What You Should Know About Coping with Threats and Violence in the Federal Workplace

Description of Site: An informative web page containing Federal procedures and protocols for employee action in a hostile situation.

Site Functions: This web page contains specialized information designed to raise the awareness of Government employees regarding the nature of their unique employment situation. Providing examples of both problem situations and possible solutions to those situations, this web site attempts to equip federal employees with the knowledge and information that they need to effectively handle a hostile situation. How to properly report incidents of threat and violence, deal with obscene phone calls, and procedures to contact frontline security are all covered on this web site.

Evaluation: Due to the high profile nature of the many governmental employees jobs, or because of their association with many high-profile figures, it is not uncommon for federal employees to be faced with a hostile situation. In order to insure the best possible outcome of such a situation, it is imperative for Federal, and other governmental employees to have the proper training and knowledge in order to effectively deal with such a situation. Therefore, this web site dealing with federal procedure for hostile situation is an extremely important web site for personnel managers and their employees.

every union into one informative site throughout the world.

potential members to enhance the lives of working

of the labor movement and key historical figures as well as

how to join a union.

Evaluation: This is the most informative union site on the web,

especially since it involves worldwide sources. Its

ability to team up with any union to provide current

labor issues make it a must for administers.

Links: This site’s search engine gives it an infinite number of

linking abilities.

Description of Site: This is the home page of the Federal Personnel Management Institute

Site Function: This site provides updated information to anyone concerned with Federal Management and Personnel matters. It contains many reports and studies on federal employment matters as well as training conferences.

Evaluation: A "must-see" site for governmental employees. It is very up-to-the-minute with the latest news and information.

Description of Site: This web page is a general symposium of human resources related information.

Site Functions: Designed as occupational related leisure time reading material, this web page contains numerous sections dedicated to different aspects of personnel management. Included are news summaries, interactive downloads, legal watches, and various other personnel management related articles and attractions.

Evaluation: As with many of the other general human-resources symposiums, this web page makes excellent use of the new web technologies in compiling an informative, entertaining, and insightful web page dedicated to the numerous aspects of personnel management. The combination of both standard news articles as well as a featured attractions makes this both an entertaining and useful human-resources management web site.

Name of Site: Department of Veterans Affairs

Description of Site: This is the homepage for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Site Functions: This site provides information and it caters to the needs of American military veterans. Including within this web page are announcements of current veterans related activities, the latest information on veterans' benefits, preferences, and special programs, as well as medical and facility information. This site also contains a specialized search engine designed for veterans related affairs.

Evaluation: Effective of accommodation and integration of veterans into the work force remains a primary responsibility of personnel administrators. The Department of Veterans Affairs homepage provides all of the information necessary for an employee or manager to effectively deal with a veteran's related issue. The specialized search engine also provides a valuable tool for rapidly acquiring advanced /specialized information related to veteran’s affairs.

Name of Site: American Federation of State County and Municipal

Employees

Description of Site: Home to the largest public union membership

Site Function: Contains much information regarding employee

work related issues. Areas regarding legislative

matters as well as health and safety issues are

fully covered.

Evaluation: An excellent site for both labor and management.

Its coverage of labor issues is a must read for all

personnel.

Links: Advocacy and Non-Profit Organizations

Disability Resources

Employee Benefits

Health Care

Women’s Resources

State and Local Governments

Description of Site: Provided by the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, this site is an extensive list of links to numerous government and public/non-profit agencies related to effective of governmental administration.

Site Functions: This site provides a thorough list of Web sites related to governmental personnel administration. Links to the Executive Branch and Congress, NPR related initiatives, various awards associations, and other personnel related sites all are all included within this web site. Organized alphabetically, over 50 useful links are contained on this web page.

Evaluation: One of the most useful tools for any personnel administrator is manageable information. Contained on this web page is a list of nearly any federal agency and administrator might be interested in. Furthermore, in addition to governmental links, this site provides easy access to valuable nonprofit organizations. From this web site an administrator has access to nearly limitless links filled with information on how to improve personnel administration.

Description of Site: This site is the homepage of the Organizational Development Network; ODN "is a values based community which supports its members in their work in human organization and systems development and offers leadership and scholarship to the profession.

Site Functions: This site contains several functions that make it useful for the human resource practitioner. The Organizational Development Resource Directory contains a wide variety of tools to assist the individual interested in organizational development. Under topics such as trends, OD theory, team building and structural interventions, the site provides links that address these essential organizational development theories. A practitioner's directory lists many professionals within the OD discipline.

Evaluation: Overall, this site deserves a very good recommendation. Its Resource Directory is simply a gold mine of useful information; by reviewing the links, an OD specialist will be able to answer many questions and concerns that he may have. Links to state OD networks allow individuals to educate themselves on local concerns. OD Net is an informative and useful site.

Temperament Research Institute http://www.tri-network.com

Name of Site: TQM/ risk-management

Description of Site: This web page is dedicated to information and links regarding total quality management and risk management provided by the Metrodynamics of organization.

Site Functions: Containing two major sections one for Total Quality Management and the other for risk-management, this site brings together information on risk-management and quality control procedures for human-resources managers. Links to important Web pages regarding TQM /risk-management as well as summaries of those links are contained on this web page.

Evaluation: An organization is measured by its output. It is important for personnel managers to be able to gain the information they need regarding import quality control procedures in order to most effectively implement them and their organizations. Providing access to global Quality Management and risk management organizations, this debate provides a highly useful tool for those personnel managers seeking comprehensive and cosmopolitan TQM /risk management information.

Description of Site: Sponsored by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, the Glass Ceiling Commission "is a 21 member body appointed by the President and Congressional leaders… [whose purpose is] to identify glass ceiling barriers and expand practices and policies which promote employment opportunities for the advancement of minorities and women into positions of responsibility."

Site Functions: This site has several important functions within the realm of public administration. To begin with, it provides a detailed picture of what the glass ceiling, or "invisible artificial barriers that prevent qualified individuals from advancing within their organization and reaching their full potential" is. It also provides a brief history of the glass ceiling as well as important research that is currently being conducted within the field.

Evaluation: Perhaps the greatest importance of this web site is the wide array of documents it contains on the glass ceiling. Recommendations and the fact-finding report of the Commission contain a great quantity of useful data. Also, the many reports on the Glass Commission, all of which can be downloaded, can be an important tool for the student researching the subject.

Links: Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations http://www.ilr.cornell.edu

Description of Site: This is the homepage for the city government of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Site Functions: This is a site that is utilized to assist city officials in meeting and addressing the concerns of the citizens of Pittsburgh. This page is designed very well, which allows constituents and/or researchers to access information quickly.

Evaluation: Taken from the Personnel Management perspective, this site offers a good example of "opening up" your organization for the free-flow of information. Nearly every aspect of the city government is covered, though personnel issues are not specific from the homepage. However, regulations pertaining to this can also be accessed.

Links: (there are various links dealing with personnel management within the city of Pittsburgh - to access, type "personnel management" at the search engine)

Description of Site: This is the home page for the broad based human resources related production known as H R Plaza.

Site Functions: Serving as a general information forum, H R plaza presents visitors with numerous human resources related options. Among them are fast fax related to human resource management, brief articles about what Professionals are talking about, lists of meetings and conventions, a featured a human resource sight of the month, and many other options. Links to other related Web pages and Human Resources associations are also contained on the Web site.

Evaluation: Offering personnel managers a rather light-hearted professional web page, H R Plaza contains numerous useful features for personnel managers seeking to keep themselves up to date with the latest information and activities of their professional fields. Particularly interesting about this web page was its orientation towards the career advancement of the human resource professional. New to H R Plaza is of the career center designed to assist individuals and jump starting in their career.

Site Functions: This site can be used as a reference guide for looking into the stances on particular issues from within the Black Community. Often a catalyst for social change relating to race issues, the NAACP has a very strong voice by means of both grass-roots and institutional (traditional) methods. This site conveys the organization goals and objectives.

Evaluation: This can be a useful site in all aspects of personnel administration, especially when looking at a national, or a "macro" sense of minority concerns. Although the site does not have a search engine, it does have an encompassing "issue alert" section that helps to make public the organizations stances on various issues. Particular to personnel management, the site contains stances on equal justice, pay, representation, and affirmative action.

Links: National Black United Front http://www.nbufront.org

National Conference of Black Mayors http://www.RTK.NET/blackmayors/

Description of Site: This site is the homepage of the American Compensation Organization, a "not-for-profit association of more than 23,000 human resource practitioners who design and manage employee compensation and benefit programs."

Site Functions: This site is divided into four main researchable areas: compensation management, benefits management, executive compensation and international remuneration. Within the researchable areas, there are notes on seminars, research and information and news. There is also a separate section on research for those individuals who would like to gain in-depth statistical knowledge of current compensation issues.

Evaluation: The ACA homepage is definitely a premier web site within the human resource field of compensation. Its many sections on research and statistical information on compensation will facilitate its use an essential research tool for the human resource manager. Also, the ACA web site has archived its two main trade magazines, the ACA Journal and ACA News; these two journals can also serve as an informative tool with which to gain information. The informational center, with current compensation news and the job links center only heighten the functionality of this site.

Global Remuneration Organization http://www.acaonline.org/grohomefra000000.html

Description of Site: This is the home page of the American Arbitration Association, the "world’s leading provider of alternative dispute resolution services."

Site Functions: The AAA web site presents a comprehensive overview of the personnel process of arbitration. Under the focus area sections, there are many subsections geared for arbitration and dispute resolution. The rules and procedures for commercial and international arbitration are quite helpful for the public administration novice. There is also a method to access federal and state statutes of arbitration hearings and procedures. Rules and procedures and arbitration and dispute resolution law are other pertinent and informative components of the web site.

Evaluation: The AAA web site is definitely a premier web site within the realm of human resource management and public administration. It contains a large amount of information on current arbitration standards. The site also contains archived research articles form the agency’s trade journal. Its "focus area," with all of its informative information, is an essential tool for any individual seeking to discover arbitration news.

Description of Site: This is the homepage for the Department of Employment Relations

Site Functions: This site is used for employee relations, to post open positions, and provides us a good link to how they conduct different avenues and facets of personnel management for the State of Wisconsin. Their mission statement, general information about their agency, and contact with the department is available here.

Evaluation: This site exemplifies its' ability to put out information. A number of excellent links are offered (ranging from Affirmative Action, Classification and Compensation, Collective Bargaining, Information Systems, Administrative Services, and Merit-based recruitment and Selection). Each of these links, then in turn, offer many additional links that are there for specific concerns. This is an overall excellent site for personnel managers.

Links: (the links are exclusive to the Department of Employment Relations. Though there are no outside links, the multitude of the internal links are seemingly exhaustive for the mission of the department)

Description of Site: This web site is the homepage of the Labor Research Association (LRA), "the leading one-step shop for strategic campaign research and communications expertise for unions in the U.S. today."

Site Functions: This web site contains a large collection of articles relating to unions. The Labor Trends and Data section highlights various issues pertinent to unions. Issues discussed include benefit and labor trends; each section then contains links to articles pertaining to a specific trend, such as the public support for labor goals. Its Guide to Workers Compensation discusses national and state news on workers compensation; the state news includes underpayment of workers compensation claims in California.

Evaluation: Overall this site is helpful in detailing various issues relating to the functioning of unions. The case studies section, which includes the aforementioned workers compensation section, also contains informative and useful articles on issues such as privatization and strategic planning. Its Labor Trends and Data section is also a prime research tool for the union leader or anyone interested in unions. The site’s ease in finding information serves to increase its usefulness.

United Steelworkers of America http://www.uswa.org

Name of Site: Today's unions AFL-CIO Homepage

Description of Site: This is the home page for America's largest federation of labor unions, the AFL-CIO.

Site Functions: The mission of the AFL-CIO is to, " improve the lives of working families and to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to the nation. Providing an introduction and access to the cornerstone of America's union movement, the homepage of the AFL-CIO contains numerous on-line information services, links, news bulletins, and other union oriented activities. The AFL-CIO home page contains all the information and individual or administrator might need in order to form or join a union movement. For regular visitors, current AFL-CIO issues are highlighted in a what's new section.

Evaluation: At some time or another nearly all personnel administrators will come into contact with a unionized organization. Therefore, it is important for personnel administrators to be advised of the latest undertakings of major union organizations and consequently the AFL-CIO homepage provides a very valuable source for such information. This web page highlights the most critical of union issues and that therefore provides an excellent starting ground for public administrators dealing with unionized organizations.

Web Address: http://www.drugs-workplace.co.uk/S_Pdrugs-workplace/HOME.html

Description of sight: This site provides guidelines for employers on how to address the issue of drugs in the workplace. Contained within this web page are databases, training guidelines, consultants, contacts, and links to other drug advisory organizations. This site has been put together by specialists in the fields of drug prevention, law enforcement, personnel Management, health and the safety at work and employer/employee relations.

Site Functions: Available at this site are various packets containing information for employers designed to assist them in dealing with their

employees and company drug policy. Resource kits, placebo drug boxes, and drugs and the workplace CD-ROMs are all available on this web site. Additional assistance for employers is available in the form of on-line consultation and guidance toward further drug-related assistance agencies.

Evaluation: Drug policy in today's workplace remains a critical issue. It is the responsibility of employers to successfully inform their employees of organizational drug policy and to make sure that it is followed. For those who are unfamiliar with, or unsure and uncertain of how to best deal with drug-related issues in the workplace, this site provides the valuable guidance for employers who are attempting to deal with this issue. Therefore, this site is of high-value to all those interested in personnel Management Web sites.

Site Functions: This site is used to express the concerns of the members of the American Legion. This veterans group is the largest in the nation, and has a large voice in topics relating to veterans’ issues, nationalism, and patriotism.

Evaluation: Much like the other non-profit organizations that we included, the American Legion has been influential among lawmakers on specific matters relating to personnel management. Veterans preference, the Montgomery G.I. Bill, and age and disability matters are the typical forefront of the American Legion's political agenda. This can be seen by the number of these issues found on their homepage. Overall a good tool in gauging debate and seeking information on these issues.

Links: Citizens Flag Alliance http://www.cfa.org

Department of Veteran Affairs http://www.va.gov

Name of Site: This is the homepage for the Human Resources Department at Michigan State University.

Description of Site: This site has a very good design, where specific questions pertaining to any employment concern can be answered. It is very easy to navigate, and exemplifies thoroughness in the explanation of rules, regulations, and standard operating procedures.

Site Functions: The main function of this site is to promote understanding in regards to personnel matters. However, this site is a perfect example of how many organizations could promote this same understanding within their agencies.

Evaluation: Excellent site. Very user-friendly and easy to navigate. The "policies and procedures" section pertains most to specific employment concerns. Has links to every University, college, and other relevant organizations in the United States for further research or analysis. Additionally, the site has many different search engines.

Name of Site: ADA Homepage

Description of Site: This is the homepage for the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Site Functions: Concerned with the equal treatment disabled Americans, the ADA homepage provides an interactive environment where an interested in individual can obtain status reports, technical assistance, enforcement assistance, and inform themselves of the new or proposed a ADA regulations. Furthermore this site defines the nature of the ADA act and provides all the information necessary for a business or individual who is attempting to deal with an ADA issue.

Evaluation: Handicapped individuals contribute to nearly all large organizations. In order for an organization or business to effectively accommodate and benefit from the special needs and requirements of disabled Americans, a personnel manager must be sensitized to those special needs and requirements. The ADA homepage provides an important starting around for those personnel administrators interested in learning about the special needs and situations of their disabled employees.

Name of Site: Planning to your future... A Federal Employee’s Survival Guide

Description of Site: This site to contain all of the information necessary for a federal employee to effectively manage his/her governmental career.

Site Functions: Designed with federal employees in mind, this web page contains sections regarding starting a new career, federal retirement, RIF’s and buyouts, resources for federal professionals, and a section just for fun. Contained within each section are tips and helpful hence on how to maintain a successful, a lively, and fulfilling federal career.

Evaluation: " In a time when many federal agencies are downsizing through reduction in force, federal and employees need information about career transitions, federal and non-federal employment, retirement, buyouts, RIF, benefit, going back to school, and other transitional polls, such as starting a business. This site pulls all this information together in a user-friendly format."

Description of Site: This is the home page of the IFEBP, the largest nonprofit educational association serving the employee benefits field.

Site Functions: This site presents an array of information on employee benefits programs; information ranges from analysis of current laws affecting benefits to statistics on the working poor, who do not receive employee-based benefits. The site also contains details on IFEBP’s conferences and training programs. The industry news section also contains information on IRS data and the Social Security program.

Evaluation: This is a quite useful site in the benefit plans field of personnel management. There is easy access to industry and IFEMP news, allowing one to keep abreast of the current trends and policies in the benefits field. Its subsection on "Hot Topics" provides detailed data on such issues as 401 (k) plans and flexible benefit plans. Its resources section provides information on its specific projects, which includes a detailed report on the ethical guidelines for employee fund trustees. Overall, this site contains many informative resources for benefit plans.

Description of Site: This is the homepage of Law at Work, the electronic version of a quarterly newsletter published by Richard L. Connors; "The Law at Work homepage brings together a number of sources of information resources pertaining to general employment and labor law issues.

Site Functions: This site contains numerous articles on employment law issues. The general topics discussed in this site include affirmative action, ADA, arbitration and sexual harassment. Detailed articles range from such topics as "Apply Within! Is your Employment Application Legal?" and "Sexual Harassment: Investigating and Responding to Employee Complaints." The site also contains a wide variety of links to other sites on employment practices.

Evaluation: This web site can be deemed highly important for the public administrator interested in gaining information on employment laws and practices. The articles included in this site provide in depth knowledge of a variety of topics and thus making this site a prime research tool. The links are also of importance to this site; links to OSHA and Immigration Service, among many others, help to ensure that a manager can obtain data to determine his compliance to federal statutes for employment practices.

Drug Testing http://www.dol.gov:8001/said.nsf

Name of Site: Technical Information Services (Office of Environment, Safety, and Health), Department of Energy

Site Functions: This site is an impressive collection of links and search engines, perhaps best used for researching safety and health matters. Both governmental and non-governmental agencies have attachments to the site, which make it a very good place to begin a search on information relating to broad and specific topics.

Evaluation: Perhaps the only drawback to using this site is trying to remember its address. If the address were much more simplistic, A higher rating could easily be considered. However, insofar as the content of the site, there are few that parallel the 70+ specific links to governmental web pages.

Name of Site: Telecommuting A Guide For Managers and Employees Considering Telecommuting

Description of Site: An informative guide containing information related to telecommuting including potential benefits, instructions on how to create a virtual office, and necessary support services.

Site Functions: This site outlines many of the benefits and concerns regarding the developing new practice of telecommuting. For those who are unfamiliar with the practice of telecommuting, this site provides an introduction to the new technologies involved, as well as guidelines for suitable employee selection and information for the telecommuter and supervisor alike. Also included on the site are references to existing companies and government organizations that have experience with telecommuting.

Evaluation: Telecommuting offers both businesses governmental organizations the opportunity for an option to reduce office and energy use, improve moral, and to reduce employee turnover. Furthermore, telecommuting offers businesses and governmental institutions a unique to new opportunity in which to interface with disabled employees. Many people are unfamiliar and uncomfortable with new technologies and therefore, this site provides an important introductory function to the world of telecommuting

Description of Site: This is the homepage of Human Resources Magazine

Site Function: The function of this site is to take a look into the contents of the magazine, perhaps mostly used to incite interest for the subscription of the magazine.

Evaluation: This site contains many good links, covering vast topics in human resources management. Although a somewhat boring site to look at, the search engine at the top of the page allows researchers to find many other sites and topics that are relevant to that of which is contained in the magazine. Additionally, the page has a special topic section that allow for more research to be done, based on the articles that are published in the magazine.

Links: The Canadian Human Resources Profession http://www.chrpcanada.com

Name of Site: Office of Policy and Evaluation Reports and Publications

Description of Site: This is the home page for the United States Office of Policy and Evaluation Reports and Publications.

Site Functions: Providing an introduction to the functions and services provided by the Office of Policy and Evaluation Reports and Publications. This site contains newsletters, recent publication, special studies, reports currently under way, and selected earlier reports of interest in an easy to understand and user friendly interface.

Evaluation: Checks and balances remain one of the fundamental premises of our American legal, judicial, and governmental system. Responsible for reviewing significant actions of the Office of personnel Management, as well as conducting studies of other federal merit systems and the civil service, the Office of Policy and evaluation reports and publications provides personnel managers with a safeguarding system against unfair practices within the federal bureaucracy management system.

Description of Site: The Training and Development Community Centre "is a gateway to a virtual gold mine of resources for the T&D/HR community." The web site is sponsored by the corporation TCM, which "specializes in integrating the new technologies of the information age into business processed particularly in the area of human resources."

Site Functions: This site is of essential importance to any individual who has interest in training and development. It contains a center for information on jobs in the human resource market. It also has over 80 discussion groups of interest to those in the human resource field. Also of interest is that this site is geared to the training and development novice as it contains a glossary of human resource development terms.

Evaluation: This site contains many key components in its promotion of training and development in the work force. Links to over 200 other training and development web sites will be useful to the seasoned scholar and the human resource novice. Its FAQ section, referring to questions on training and development organizations, books and periodicals is also quite useful.

Human Resource Planning Society http://www.hrps.org

Description of Site: This site is the homepage of the American Society for Training and Development which "provides leadership to individuals, organizations and society to achieve work related competence and fulfillment.

Site Functions: This site contains several important components for the human resource practitioner interested in training and development. The site contains a section in which persons can purchase various reference guides on training and development. It also provides for a library section, which can serve as an essential reference guide for those individuals with questions on training and development.

Evaluation: Overall, this site does contain several useful components that help it to be a very resourceful site in training and development. Its library section is one of its best components; the FAQ provide both "quick answers to tough questions" and documentation to support the responses. Articles from Industry magazines such as Training and Development Magazine can be construed as important research tools. Finally, its Communities section provides a mechanism from which training and development professionals can chat concerning current trends in the industry.

Society for Human Resource Management http://www.shra.org

Pacific Northwest TeleWork Advisory Council http://www.pritac.org

Description of Site: This private corporation provides training materials, sites, and ideas to other organizations that are in the position where they must comply with updated laws, court mandates, etc.

Site Function: The function of this site is to advance the corporations goals and bringing in new clientele. Additionally, this site serves to give a brief overview of the purpose(s) of keeping up with current statutes and legislation.

Evaluation: This site was chosen by our group to give a look at the types of organizations that can provides consulting and other assets to an organization. This particular site is very good in that it gives a well-rounded approach to qualifying its members, and has good links to other organizations.

The Academy of Management http://www.aom.pace.edu/cmd

Name of Site: This is the homepage for the International Association for Human Resource Information Management

Description of Site: This site is a good site for starting a search of topics related to Human Resource Information Management. There is a search engine, many links, and a "what’s new" engine that allow you to search by topic, date, or qualifications.

Site Function: The page is designed to access information very easily. There are Listservs, chat groups, bulletin boards, and access to articles from the associations’ publications.

Evaluation: This site is designed very well to allow for the researchers’ ease in finding information. Additionally, this site would be a great place to begin a search of information regarding human resource management.

Description of Sight: This web page dedicated to information regarding recruiting and personnel, which is provided by the Metrodynamics organization.

Site Functions: Providing clear and concise links and guidelines for those personnel managers interested in recruiting and personnel issues, this site offers descriptions of major Web sites regarding the previous issues. Also included within this site are links to on-line job banks for those personnel administrators seeking to hire new employees.

Evaluation: An effective organization begins with the right people. Staffing and recruiting remains one of the primary responsibilities of all personnel administrators. Emerging as a major tool for Business Administration, the Internet contains a massive number of on-line career resources which often become entangled in a chaotic mess which reduces the efficiency. This site provides clearer guidelines summaries and links were quick and effective access to important personnel and recruiting web pages.

Recruiters Online Network

Career City

Riley Guide

California Department of Personnel Administration

Description of Site: This web site is sponsored by MSNBC, a leading news organization within the United States. The goal of this web page is for it to serve as a "guide to what employers, landlords and the disabled need to know about the (ADA) law."

Site Functions: This site contains information concerning the applicability of the ADA to certain functions of employment practices, fair housing and public access. For example, the employment practices section contains links to topics ranging from a discussion of ADA employment requirements to an ADA guide for small businesses. The fair access and public housing section contains informative articles by the Fair Housing Information Clearinghouse and by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Evaluation: This site is helpful for the small business owner to ensure that his office/workplace meets all federal standards of fair access for the disabled. The many links to other sites concerning ADA interpretations will also be useful to the disabled; the disabled will be able to see if their rights and freedoms are being violated. Also of interest in this site is a news clip detailing a first hand account of being disabled in the United States.

People With Disabilities http://www.hud.gov/disabled.html

Description of Site: This web site is the homepage of "the Feminist Majority Foundation [an organization that] views feminism as a global movement dedicated to equality and seeks to eliminate discrimination of all kinds -- sex, race, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability, and marital status. And, like feminists since the late 19th Century, we advocate non-violence and work to eliminate social and economic injustice."

Site Functions: this web site advances the feminist cause through many informative articles; several of these articles are topics that are quite germane for the human resource manager. The affirmative action section contains a fact sheet that details how affirmative action can expand the career opportunities for women. Another important component of this web site is its "911 for Women," which contains a great deal of information on sexual harassment.

Evaluation: This web site has several points that allow it to function as an essential web site for the public administrator. Its sexual harassment and affirmative action resources contain a great deal of useful information. The extensive array of links enables the site to be indispensable for the human resource manager.

ACLU http://www.aclu.org

Description of Site: This web page offers general on-line human-resource information, as well as additional human resource databases and on-line consulting services.

Site Functions: Providing a number of valuable human resources related services, this web page contains a fully functional database untitled H.R. Source. Also contained on this web page is Virtual H.R. Department, the H.R. Intranet Solution, and Auxillium West Human Resources Consulting Services. News articles, press releases, and a forum for human-resources related questions and answers.

Evaluation: The comprehensive nature of the services provided by this site make it stand out as one of the top 100 Web sites. Including step by step instructions on how to implement virtually any human resources process, the user friendly nature of this web page distinguishes it as does its interactive nature. A superior general human-resources information web page.

Employee Benefit Research Institute

Name of Site: Employment Law and Policy

Description of Site: This is an informative site provided by the Metrodynamics organization containing links and summaries of important Web pages related to employment law and policy.

Site Functions: Providing links and summaries of Web pages, this site attempts to make available those Web pages which will increase an awareness of employment law and policy which is an empowerment toll for both employers and employees. Organized according to general employment law information, employer/employment issues, workers' compensation, workplace safety and health, and law texts and analysis this site provides personnel managers easy access to Web pages associated with those topics.

Evaluation: Over the course of their careers, most personnel administrators will come into contact with some sort of issue which in order to resolve will require some sort of legal investigation or application of some legal precedent within their organization. Consequently, easily accessible and informative Web sites are highly beneficial to those personnel managers attempting to deal with such legal questions which therefore makes this a very valuable web site.

Description of Site: This site is the homepage of Workforce, a magazine and online site dedicated to the promotion of human resource management issues.

Site Functions: This site contains several components that help it to function as an essential research tool for the public administrator. Its workday digest section contains legal tips, news polls and even HR humor for the human resource practitioner. Its interactive cover story details in an in-depth nature a current topic in human resources. The trends and resources section offers advice on "the trends you need to follow and the resources you need to take action."

Evaluation: This site is definitely an important resource tool for the human resource manager. The web site is easily searchable and thus allows for quick retrieval of all desired information. The Global HR section offers unique international approaches to human resource issues such as compensation and benefits, relocation management and global business issues. Its many forums allow interested parties to discuss a wide array of issues in the HR field. In fact, one section is a legal forum where a labor attorney can answer any question one may have. Overall the Workforce Online web site is well designed and a useful tool for the public administration student.

Human Resource Systems http://www.spectrumhr.com

Site Functions: This site serves to address many questions and details pertaining to sexual harassment. Sections within this web site include an introductory overview, statistics, federal law and limitations on damages. The primer provides information on the history and current applicability of sexual harassment laws. For instance, a detailed description of using quid pro quo as the legal basis for a sexual harassment suit is discussed. By a stronger Title VIII legislation, it is easier for a person to file claims of harassment based on quid pro quo and a hostile work environment. By using illustrations of several landmark sexual harassment cases, pictures of different hostile work conditions are presented. The authors also provide guidelines on how to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.

Evaluation: This web site is definitely of use for the personnel manager interested in halting sexual harassment within his work environment. Its guidelines on sexual harassment in the work place should be essential reading for any manager; it presents a firm policy a company should adopt to stop and to address sexual harassment. The overview and discussion of the detailed components of sexual harassment law are also quite informative and useful.

Description of Site: On its’ sidebar, a search engine and links to categorically-organized information can lead you through the site. There are also multiple links to related sites.

Site Function: The function of this site is to "encourage the continuous improvements in the productivity of governmental personnel and in the stewardship of accountability of taxpayers resources."

Evaluation: This site is interesting because of its’ ability to access various types of information relating to governmental accountability. This type of information could be useful for personnel managers in the public sector. The downfall to this site is that it is very orientated to financial questions, and offers little else.

Name of Site: This is the homepage for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Description of Site: The site is laid-out very well. There are current events links, links to other related organizations, and provides a mission statement that exemplify the "thrusts" of the organization.

Site Function: Through the use of its’ weekly electronic newsletter, the organization hopes to keep its subscribers informed about particular issues in public administration and personnel management.

Evaluation: This site is interesting because of its’ international manner. However, this seems to keep the content on a very generalized nature: specific concerns may not be able to be answered here. But the topics are those that can be found anywhere: Ethics, organizational change, etc. The best aspect that the site has, is its links to 350 related sites.

Name of Site: International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans

Description of Site: A general symposium concerning issues and practices related to employee benefits.

Site Functions: This site provides personnel administrators with a forum in which to discuss issues related to employee benefits. Contained on this web page are numerous news articles related to up-to-date employee benefit issues, job postings, conferences, and an on-line bookstore where an administrator can purchase additional information related to employee benefits.

Evaluation: This site provides a plethora of up-to-date information related to both the International Foundation of employee benefit plans, and the general human resources industry, which can be very helpful to personnel administrators who are dealing with the employee benefit issues. This side also contains a members of only section for those personnel administrators interested in joining an organization and which to discuss their employee benefit issues and receive insightful feedback

Description of Site: This site is an attempt to expand the client base of this particular consulting firm. It offers a lot of management strategies and brings about many prevalent concerns with workplace issues.

Site Function: Though not in existence purely for free information, this firm offers some insight to concerns for managers. They espouse many issues that we have gone over in class, and their methodology is interesting.

Evaluation: Only some good stuff here: there is just enough to "get your tongue wet." Perhaps justifiable in their pursuit to gain clients, this information shows how a consulting firm could possibly assist an organization in areas such as efficiency, accountability, and competitive practices.

Description of Site: This site is hosted by the Mining Co., an organization developing over 500 web sites, each "devoted to a single topic- complete with site reviews, featured articles and discussion areas."

Site Functions: This web site contains several components detailing the human resource genre of public administration. To begin with, there is a section devoted to pertinent issues of human resource management, such as the reasons for conducting exit interviews and the state statutes for workers compensation. Each of these issues then contains subsequent links to expand on the topics discussed. There is also the opportunity to chat with fellow human resource practitioners to discuss relevant issues.

Evaluation: This web site contains bountiful amounts of information on human resources management. The feature articles are useful in gaining information on various human resource issues. There is also a wide selection of links to other personnel management sites. Archived articles and reviews of other web sites enhance the functionality of this site.

for New South Wales.

Name of Site: This is the homepage for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Description of Site: This site has many links to "click" on that navigates you around the site. Perhaps the most relevant page can be found under "employee information," where there is a wealth of issues that pertain to the employees of HHS.

Site Function: This site serves to broadcast information of the mission of the HHS. Additionally, the site utilizes a search engine and various links for performing specific searches.

Evaluation: This site’s employee page can be a good example of how information can and should be available relating to one’s employment. This is a very interesting page just to check out because of its’ broad topics, vast number of links, and statistical reports.

Name of Site: This is the homepage for the Department of Defenses’ Civilian Personnel Management Service.

Description of Site: Though not very appealing at first look, the homepage does carry with it the ability to search by means of a search engine or through the use of many pages contained here.

Site Function: This site is maintained and updated frequently specifically for the use of civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Outside researchers, however, can gain valuable insight to the way in which information flows to and from managers and employees.

Evaluation: This is a good site, especially for those of us that are soon to be seeking jobs! There are vast pages and other links of job vacancies, among other personnel issues. I found the pages relating to violence in the workplace to be interesting.

Description of Site: This is the comprehensive opening page for Workforceonline, providing numerous forums for discussion, news, and other items related to human resource management.

Site Functions: Offering a general dialogue symposium, this web page provides current up-to-date information regarding contemporary issues in work force management. Legal tips, workforce tools, news polls, trends and resources, and a tip of the day all are all included within this workforce management site. Site also contains an interactive cover story which highlights the latest version of the web page. Specialty human-resource search engines are also featured on this web site.

Evaluation: Issues in personnel management are constantly fluctuating and new trends and personnel management tactics are constantly emerging. This site offers personnel managers a venue in which to inform themselves regarding the latest issues and discuss personnel management issues with their contemporary peers. The comprehensive nature of this site makes it very valuable to personnel managers seeking guidance and information for nearly any human resource issue. The specialized search engines on this site provide a valuable tool for locating information relevant human-resource management.

Name of Site: United States National Labor Relations Board

Description of Site: This is the home page for the United States National Labor Relations Board.

Site Functions: Presenting viewers with all of the information necessary with which to investigate their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, this web page contains information on how to file a charge or election petition related to the Labor Relations Act. Further information is contained about the organization, public notices, press releases, forms, decisions, and rules and regulations.

Evaluation: Important for all those interested in remedying on unfair labor practices by employers and unions, this Web page serves as an important starting point. As unions can also engage in unfair labor practices, this web page has value for personnel managers. An on-line help desk also contributes to the strength of this web page.

Name of Site: This is the homepage of Cornell University’s school of Industrial Labor Relations and Human Resource Executive’s magazine.

Description of Site: This page is a very valuable tool to help researchers find the information that they are looking for. With 41 selected categories (and a search engine to boot), this page is designed so that specific searches can begin almost instantaneously.

Site Function: The function of this site is to make it easy for individuals to access information relating to issues in labor relations and human resources.

Evaluation: Good site. Yet another good place to begin a specific search. However, there seems to be a problem getting this thing updated on a frequent basis. Additionally, there is really only 2 links… to Cornell and Human Resource Executive magazine. The obvious bias is annoying.

Description of Site: This site is the homepage of the Performance Management Network; the mission of this Network is to "add value to public and private sector enterprises through the exchange of ideas and insights on performance management, measurement and improvement."

Site Functions: This site contains summaries, discussions and reviews of performance management and improvement techniques. Its Contributors section contains many informative articles for the public administrator interested in performance measurement. These articles include discussions on "Performance Framework Measures, Targets and Sources," "A Scorecard for New Economy Enterprise" and "Focusing on Results: A Guide to Performance Measurement." The web site also contains numerous links to other web sites that are of interest to the human resource manager.

Evaluation: The PMN homepage is useful for the individual interested in performance measurement issues; its many articles can serve as an essential research tool for the public administrator. The links section allows an individual to gain access to information on performance measurement that was detailed and discussed on this site. Overall, because of its articles and links, this web site is an important guide to the study of performance improvement.

Name of Site: This is the homepage for Statesnews, a service provided by the Council of State Governments

Description of Site: This site is put out by regional newsgroups. Much like the leading newsgroups, there is the latest news posted. However, a search engine allows one to look into specific content.

Site Function: This site is dedicated to looking into opinions of special-interest groups and their policy "opponents." It offers a comparative analysis, and sometimes offers a solution. Additionally, this site is updated frequently.

Evaluation: Although not directly related to personnel management, this site can be used by those seeking information on a comparative scale to that of other regions or states. This will allow for the gainful insight on how other jurisdictions handle a specific problem. The very large list of links can help to facilitate this.

Links: The National Emergency Management Association http://www.nemaweb.media3.net/index/cfm

The Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov

Name of Site: National Independent Study Center, Federal Human Resources Management Courses

Description of Site: This is the Human Resource Management course selection page for the National Independence Study Center, a governmental organization offering advanced study courses for federal employees.

Site Functions: Functioning as an on-line enrollment office, this web site provides all of the information necessary for a federal employees or manager to select and enrolled in a course. General course selection information, as well as specific course descriptions, hours of training, and tuition are included on this web page. Personnel actions, labor relations, employee pay, and EEO are among the courses offered at the National Independent study center. Course identification and selection as well as online registration capabilities highlight this web page.

Evaluation: For those managers looking to expand their horizons, thinking, and administrative knowledge, education offers an excellent way in which to do so. Specifically tailored to the needs of federal personnel managers, this site provides ready access to management courses without the hassle involved in traditional institutional enrollment. The broad base of available courses makes this a highly useful web site for all educationally oriented personnel administrators.

Description of Site: This is the homepage of the Human Resource Planning Society, "a unique and dynamic association of more than 3,000 human resource and business executive members."

Site Functions: This site contains several components that help make it a premier site in human resource planning. The Online Networking allows one to chat and join discussion groups with industry experts or with others in this field. The Best Strategic HR section showcases HRPS’s continual drive to discuss "current research projects funded by HRPS grants." There is also a selection of noteworthy articles from the HRPS Quarterly Journal. There is also a discussion of the current and past initiatives being undertaken by the organization.

Evaluation: The ease of use of the HRPS homepage allows it to be considered as a highly important human resource-planning site. The opportunity to discuss human resource issues with leaders and scholars in the field help this site appease to both the scholar and novice human resource planner. A wide selection of links allows one to easily find related sites on the World Wide Web. Also, its workshop calendar allows interested parties to sign up for a wide variety of courses. Overall, this is a beneficial site for the public administrator.

Name of Site: This is the homepage for the American Association of Retired Persons

Description of Site: This attractive site is very user-friendly with its categories of side-bar links and the latest news (that relates to senior citizens).

Site Function: This site is there to not only recruit new members to the organization, but also serves as a place for communication and information-sharing between members. Additionally, this site is purposeful for gauging the views of the organization.

Evaluation: This is a good site for beginning a search on topics relating to senior citizens, retirement plans, social security, and age discrimination. What makes the site good is its relative information about the organization and its’ links; what makes the site near the 100 mark is that the links are Exclusive to AARP sites.

Description of Site: This is the homepage for the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Site Functions: IFEBP online contains numerous organizational as well as the industry articles. Also found on this web site are online resources, bookstores, listings of conferences, hot topics, and job postings. General information about the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans can also be found on this web page.

Evaluation: This web page proves useful for personnel managers also see themselves as employees. Relevant and informative articles related to benefits policies, health care, taxes, technology, and the workplace are all found within this web site. The featured in site of the week also attracts interest for the human resources professional.

Description of Site: "Americans United for Affirmative Action is a national, nonprofit organization committed to educating the public on the importance of maintaining affirmative action programs and the principles of equal opportunity in employment and education."

Site Functions: This web site serves to promote the ideals of affirmative action. The site provides specific details of affirmative action proposals being considered by the president, the federal legislature and by the Supreme Court. For example, in the legislative branch section, there is a full text article on each legislative initiative pending in the House or Senate with an accompanying description of its status.

Evaluation: As affirmative action has recently been under attack by various states through the enactment of anti affirmative action laws, this site allows the public administrator and human resource specialist to keep abreast on current societal trends in affirmative action. There are also full text articles of bills pending in state legislatures. Its civil rights library and timeline of affirmative action proposals allow it to be considered a prime research site for the history and even the future of affirmative action.

Name of Site: This is the homepage for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Description of Site: This site, somewhat boring in its appearance, is very general in its topics. One has to search for a while to find something of interest to personnel managers—the site seemed to focus either social security reform or health care.

Site Function: This site is there "to contribute, encourage, and enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and public policy through objective research and education."

Evaluation: Sounds like a great group with a lot of potential, but the site is quite lame. There are some links, but not too accessible from the homepage. However, there is more information contained from within the site, but if you want to obtain it, you better buy a membership.

Description of Site: This site contains many links to pages that relate to how they carry out tasks in personnel management. At first the site seemed to not relate, but after looking around for awhile, this information can be obtained.

Site Function: This site’s purpose is for the output of information. It can be used to gauge expenditures in contrast with the allotment of the Federal Government for similar circumstances.

Evaluation: Though the direct tie to personnel management might be shaky at best, this site can serve both employee and supervisors. It lists information on "teleworking," accessibility, and travel-related expenditures. However there are only a limited number of links pertaining to personnel management.

Site Function: The EPI is a non-profit think tank that advises lawmakers in areas of economic concerns. The site is there to forward their positions regarding such matters to the common public. Though not entirely non-partisan in nature, the EPI offers alternative ideas to both lawmakers and scholars.

Evaluation: This is a good site for researching budgetary concerns, as well as matters dealing with economic thought. Though there is no search engine, there are a good quality of links to access further information. Current features, analysis' , and additional specific information make this an insightful page.

Links: Economic Policy Network http://www.epn.org