Friday, December 22, 2006
Tweet[IWS] FirstGov.gov: New! VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES section [22 December 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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FirstGov.gov --www.firstgov.gov
has added a new section for
Visitors to the United States
http://www.firstgov.gov/visitors.shtml
This new section has information specifically for people who want to:
* Learn About the United States of America -- History, holidays, culture, U.S. government, laws, facts...
http://www.firstgov.gov/visitors/about.shtml
* Do Business in the U.S. -- Buy U.S. products; sell to the U.S.; get trade and economic statistics...
http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Foreign_Business.shtml
* Travel, Study, or Work in the U.S. -- Travel and tourism, study, work, immigration, citizenship, refugees, visas...
http://www.firstgov.gov/visitors/visit.shtml
And more sections from GET IT DONE ONLINE!
Get the U.S. Time
http://www.time.gov/
Convert Currency to U.S. Dollars
http://www.fms.treas.gov/intn.html
Find Maps of the U.S.
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Maps.shtml
Find a U.S. Embassy Worldwide
http://usembassy.state.gov/
Locate a U.S. College or University
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
Get Border Wait Times
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/wait_times/
More Online Services
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Services.shtml
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
FirstGov.gov --www.firstgov.gov
has added a new section for
Visitors to the United States
http://www.firstgov.gov/visitors.shtml
This new section has information specifically for people who want to:
* Learn About the United States of America -- History, holidays, culture, U.S. government, laws, facts...
* Do Business in the U.S. -- Buy U.S. products; sell to the U.S.; get trade and economic statistics...
* Travel, Study, or Work in the U.S. -- Travel and tourism, study, work, immigration, citizenship, refugees, visas...
And more sections from GET IT DONE ONLINE!
Get the U.S. Time
http://www.time.gov/
Convert Currency to U.S. Dollars
http://www.fms.treas.gov/intn.html
Find Maps of the U.S.
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Maps.shtml
Find a U.S. Embassy Worldwide
http://usembassy.state.gov/
Locate a U.S. College or University
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
Get Border Wait Times
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/wait_times/
More Online Services
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Services.shtml
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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