Information dissemination product catalogs, directories, inventories, and management tools

Links to information dissemination product catalogs, directories, inventories, and management tools used to improve the dissemination of and access to DOI information by the public;

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

1. Primary access to all publicly available information is via the USGS main public portal or Web site (http://www.usgs.gov/).
2. Links to the most significant or commonly requested publications, data and other information products, as well as product location and delivery services (including product catalogs, directories, inventories, data portals, and scientific information management tools and services), are organized and made available through a common “Maps, Imagery, and Publications” sub-site (http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/).
3. The USGS Natural Hazards Gateway (http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/) provides a centralized collection of links to real-time data and information to inform and educate citizens, emergency managers, and lawmakers on several types of natural hazards facing the Nation.
4. Selected information resources are organized by scientific topic and made available from the USGS home page through the “Science Topics” catalog interface (http://www.usgs.gov/science/).
5. Selected information resources are organized by geographic location (State) and made available from the USGS home page through the “Science in Your Backyard” sub-site (http://www.usgs.gov/state/).
6. Collections of information resources from across the USGS suitable for use by the professional Primary, Secondary, and Undergraduate Science Education communities, as well as parents and students, is made available through the USGS Education portal (http://education.usgs.gov/).
7. Social Media at the USGS (http://www.usgs.gov/socialmedia/) provides a centralized collection of links to official USGS presences in social media. These enable public access to a variety of USGS data and information:
1. Selected hazards data (e.g., earthquakes), general news, product announcements, and other information is specially formatted (e.g., in RSS, CAP, KML) for automated delivery to governmental organizations, partners, emergency responders, news media, and the general public via “syndicated news and data feeds” (http://www.usgs.gov/rss/) and tools such as Google Earth.
2. Information on selected scientific topics and USGS activities is made available to the public via video and audio podcasts (http://www.usgs.gov/podcasts/), supplemented by a Facebook “Fan Page” (http://facebook.com/pages/Reston-VA/US-Geological-Survey- USGS-Podcasts/19522531085).
3. Information on selected scientific topics and USGS activities is made available to the public via several Twitter channels.
4. Selected photos and videos from the USGS Multimedia Gallery (http://gallery.usgs.gov/) are posted on official USGS Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/usgeologicalsurvey) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/USGS) sites, respectively.
8. News releases and media advisories released through the USGS Newsroom sub-site (http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/).
9. Additional specialized scientific data and data dissemination tools are made available through the various “Science Areas” of the USGS (http://www.usgs.gov/programs.asp).
10. The USGS manages the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). The NBII links diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and other contributors in government agencies, academic institutions, non-government organizations, and private industry (http://www.nbii.gov/).
11. The USGS provides both direct and indirect access to selected datasets and tools through Data.gov (http://data.gov/).

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

1. New multimedia library: http://www.fws.gov/digitalmedia
2. Accomplishments Reporting System—an online record of activities and accomplishments:  http://www.fws.gov/arsnew/
3. FWS home page with links to topics, programs, and regions: http://www.fws.gov
4. Site index for fws.gov: http://www.fws.gov/info
5. Species data, regulatory information and documents, and map data: http://ecos.fws.gov
6. Geospatial data: http://www.fws.gov/data/datafws.html
7. Library of FWS policies, including Federal Register notices, FWS manuals, etc.:  http://www.fws.gov/policy/
8. Library of Information Quality Act challenge data and FWS peer review information: http://www.fws.gov/informationquality  
9. Central repository of FWS podcasts:  http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2008/podcast/podcastcentral.html
10. Image library of duck stamps from 1939-present:
     http://www.fws.gov/duckstamps/federal/stamps/fedimages.htm

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)

1. Reclamation Library website:  http://www.usbr.gov/library
2. Projects & Facilities Database: http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/
3. Educational Material/Videos:
   http://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/pub_aff/videos_pub.html
4. Photograph Database:  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g5000/photolab/photostart.cfm
5. Events and press releases website: http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

1.  BLM's site map: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/national_page/site_maps/
   site_map_index.html
2. BLM National News Releases:  http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom.html
3. BLM State Office Newsrooms and RSS Feeds:  http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/newsroom_2.html
4. Library of BLM policies, laws, regulations, Interior Board of Land Appeals decisions and orders, BLM manuals, etc.: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/regulations.html

National Park Service (NPS)

1. Commonspot Content Management System, Google Search Appliance at http://www.nps.gov
2. NPS Library at http://library.nps.gov/. 
3. Coldfusion at http://www.nature.nps.gov

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

1. MMS home page:  http://www.mms.gov
2. Site Index for MMS:  http://www.mms.gov/itd/index.htm
3. MMS online publications:  http://www.mms.gov/ooc/newweb/publications/publications.htm
4. GIS data and maps:  http://www.mms.gov/ld/Maps.htm
5. Gulf of Mexico Region (GOMR) public information index:  http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/pubinfo/piindex.html
6. GOMR public information ordering system: http://www.gomr.mms.gov/pios/pfront.asp
7. GOMR products and free data:  http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/pubinfo/pdfindex.html
8. GOMR maps and spatial data:  http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/pubinfo/MapsandSpatialData.html
9. Alaska OCS reading room and publications: http://www.mms.gov/alaska/ref/akref.htm
10. Minerals Revenue Management studies and reports:http://www.mrm.mms.gov/StudyRepts/StudRep.htm

National Business Center (NBC)

1. The catalog of products and services provided by the National Business Center is located at http://www.nbc.gov

Office of Surface Mining (OSM)

1. OSM Office of Technical Transfers offers proactive technical assistance, interactive technical forums and workshops, library resources and references, and educational outreach: http://www.techtransfer.osmre.gov/NTTMainSite/osmlibrary.shtm
2. The OSM Western Region Site offers information and education materials on SMCRA: http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov