Resource Links

Links Mentioned During TRC Meetings

Pravin Rao brought some excellent resources to our attention during the CyberCrime presentation:

FBI
Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory
Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section - United States Department of Justice
CERT - a computer security incident response team
SANS Institute - computer security training
Federal Trade Commission - Identity Theft Site
Federal Trade Commission (home page)

Paul Glover mentioned a series of articles on How to Identify and Cope with the Office Bully during his insightful seminar on Resolving Conflicts in the Office.

The Office Bully Part I
The Office Bully Part II
The Office Bully Part III

Despair.com - A demotivational poster (and other stuff!) store, very humorous

Business Support Services   

Better Business Bureau

Fraud Center

Career Information

American Management Association

America's Career Infonet

Monster.com

U.S. Small Business Administration

Wall Street Journal Career Website

Certification Information for Office Professionals:

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)

Certified Professional Secretary (CPS), Certified Administration Professional (CAP)

CPS/CAP study materials

Job Search:  ( PC Magazine's Top 20 Job Search Websites )

1. http://www.beyond.com/
2. http://www.careerbuilder.com/
3. http://www.craigslist.org/
4. http://www.execu-search.com/
5. http://www.hound.com
6. http://www.indeed.com/
7. http://www.jobcentral.com/
8. http://www.jobserve.us/
9. http://www.jobster.com
10. http://www.linkedin.com/

11. http://www.monster.com/
12. http://www.oodle.com/job/
13. http://www.ontargetjobs.com/
14. http://www.simplyhired.com/
15. http://www.snagajob.com/
16. http://www.theladders.com/
17. http://www.trovix.com/
18. http://www.tweetmyjobs.com/
19. http://www.usajobs.com/
20. http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/

Computer Help

Consumer Reports

Epson Printers

Hewlett Packard

Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center
 

Education and Seminars

9,000 Schools

HP Learning Center (on-line training)

Internet Public Library

Wisdom Quotes

Training

Seminar Database - http://www.seminarinformation.com 

Electronic Greeting Cards

American Greetings

Blue Mountain

Hallmark  

Flower Shops

FTD

800 Florals

Government

U.S. House of Representatives

Illinois Vital Records

Mailing/Shipping Services

DHL Worldwide Express - 800-CALL-DHL - http://www.dhl.com
Fedex - 800-GO-FEDEX - http://www.fedex.com
United Parcel Service (UPS) - 1-800-PICK-UPS - http://www.ups.com
United States Postal Service (USPS) - 800-ASK-USPS - http://www.usps.gov

On-Line Phone Directory Assistance

Anywho

CV Gadget

Get A Human

Int’l Calling Codes

Phone Number Info - Switchboard

Map of Telephone Area Codes

Phone Number Info - 411

Pipl

Reverse Phone Directory

Super Yellow Pages

Who/Where

Wink

Reference Tools

Acronym Finder

Desk Demon

Roget’s Thesaurus 

Dictionary

Emoticons

Essential Reference Tools

50 States

How Stuff Works

InfoSpace

LibrarySpot

Merriam Webster Dictionary

Plain English

Graphic Symbol Encyclopedia

Webopedia

Encyclopedia Brittanica

World Fact Book

Roberts Rules

The Internet Public Library

Travel

Airline Reservations

American Airlines - 800-433-7300 - http://www.aa.com
Continental Airlines - 800-525-0280 - http://www.continental.com
Delta Air Lines - 800-221-1212 - http://www.delta.com
Southwest Airlines - 800-435-9792 - http://www.iflyswa.com
United Airlines - 800-241-6522 - http://www.ual.com
US Airways - 800-428-4322 - http://www.usairways.com

Other Travel Resources:

Airport Parking: http://www.aboutairportparking.com/

Aeroseek Flight Tracker - http://www.aeroseek.com/webtrax - in the air flight status updated every minute.

Air Travel Consumer Report - http://www.airconsumer.ost.dot.gov - updated monthly with airline statistics

Business Travel News Online - http://www.btnmag.com - news, research and surveys for business travelers and travel managers

Federal Aviation Administration - http://www.faa.gov - up to minute airport delays and travel tips
Transportation Security Administration - http://www.tsa.gov - Security checkpoint wait times, airport security updates, prohibited items list, etc.

Passport Information - http://travel.state.gov/passport/index.html
Passport Expediting - http://www.americanpassport.com

Country Codes - http://kropla.com/dialcode.htm
Currency Conversion Utility - http://www.oanda.com
Local Times - http://www.worldtimezone.com
Zip Code Locator - http://www.zip.com
World Newspapers - http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Seating in Arenas (Pictures of Venues) - http://www.seatdata.com 

Cheap Tickets
Expedia
Group Trip Advisor
Oanda
Orbitz
Sidestep 
Travel Channel
Travelocity
Travelsmith

Full color physical & political maps, key facts and statistics: http://www.atlapedia.com/

Mapquest 

Rental Car 800 Numbers and Web Sites

Alamo Car Rental - 800-327-9633 - http://www.goalamo.com
Avis - 800-331-1212 - http://www.avis.com
Budget - 800-527-0700 - http://www.budgetrentacar.com
Enterprise Rent A Car - 800-325-8007 - http://www.pickenterprise.com
Hertz - 800-654-3131 - http://www.hertz.com
National Car Rental - 800-227-7368 - http://www.nationalcar.com/index.html
Thrifty - 800-367-2277 - http://www.thrifty.com

Additional Rental Car #s: http://www.travlang.com/carrental.800.html

Weather / Radar Updates

The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com
Intellicast - http://www.intellicast.com 
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