Database federation

Note Legal cases can be obtained at most law libraries or on the Lexis-Nexis database. Federal laws can be obtained at libraries housing federal documents. 

Typical research project databases are UFORDAT (Environment Research in Progress) or Federal Research in Progress (FEDRIP). 

ChemlDplus at the National Library of Medieine is a database of 56,645 chemical structures. Code of Federal Regulations. 

Has a world-wide database of federal and non-profit environmental research organizations that focus on the multiple aspects of global environmental change, including the regional effects on natural ecosystems, environments and resources as well as on human health, culture and social systems. 

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (1999). National Transit Database 1997. Washington, DC Author, . 

The Federal Research in Progress (FEDRIP) database provides additional information from a few ongoing studies that may fill in some of the data needs identified in Section 6.8.1. These studies are summarized in Table 6-2. 

FSTRAC. 1988. Federal-State Toxicology and Regulatory Alliance Committee (FSTRAC) (database). Chemical Communication Subcommittee. Summary of state and federal drinking water standards and guidelines. March, 1988. 

TRI is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities. 

No ongoing studies were identified in the Federal Research in Progress database (FEDRIP 2000). 

The Federal Research in Progress database lists ongoing studies about environmental effects of americium (FEDRIP 2000). These are shown in Table 6-7. The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), headquartered in Moscow, which began operations on March 3, 1994, also is active in research concerning transuranic elements. 

FEDRIP. 2000. Federal Research In Progress Database. National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA. 

Federal Research in Progress Database. The Federal Research in Progress Database (FEDRIP)... 

Ongoing studies regarding the health effects of lead were reported in the Federal Research in Progress File (FEDRIP 1998) database. Table 2-13 presents a summary of these studies. 

The configuration is a modem one. Rather than a single central database with clients all over the enterprise, there are separate components, each holding appropriate data and performing appropriate operations tailored to support the business operations. There are several benefits of this federated scheme. 

Searchable database of federal legislation, Congressional Record and committee information... 

A search of the Federal Research in Progress database (FEDRIP 1995) indicates that no research studies are in progress to fill the data needs identified in Section 5.7.1. 

NATICH. 1992. NATICH database report of federal, state, and local air toxics activities. Research Triangle Park, NC US. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse. EPA-453 R-92-008. 

Clearly this is an arena in which computer database technology has a major role to play. Perhaps the best developed such database is COMAR (an index Code of Reference Materials). This database tries to provide an up-to-date way to locate CRMs from all around the world. The Central Secretariat is presently housed at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany. Further information is available at the COMAR website (http //www.comar.bam.de/). Nevertheless, this database is not restricted to ocean science applications (indeed... 

ACGIH = American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists AW = Aquatic and Wildlife BAT = Best Available Technology Economically Achievable CELDs = Computer-aided Environmental Legislative Database CFR = Code of Federal Regulations ... 

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