Reference Web Sites
February 11, 2003
Table of
Contents
Federal Government Information
Key Industry and International Standards
Management, Process Improvement, and Metrics
Program Management and Process Improvement
Process Capability Maturity Models
UML and Patterns Reference Books
Database, CASE, and ERP Vendors
Hardware and Software Resellers
Structured Documents (SGML and XML)
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Focuses on basic research and education in a wide range of sciences,
and helping to set research policy. |
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ACM – The Association for Computing Machinery |
Main research-oriented body for computer technology and
methodologies. |
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Organization for aerospace engineers, rocket and jet propulsion
scientists, etc. |
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Society for chemists and chemical engineers. |
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AOM - The Association of
Management |
Includes the International Association of Management |
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Main standards body for any kind of mechanical components. |
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Society for quality engineers and managers, including |
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A regional (Delaware valley) corporate networking
organization |
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HWG - The HTML Writers Guild |
Society for people who compose web pages. |
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Main standards body for everything electrical or computer-related. |
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Primary professional organization for software engineers,
other than the ACM. |
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IEEE-SA - IEEE
Standards Association |
To get involved in defining IEEE standards. |
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Society for systems engineering. |
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IOM – Institute of Medicine |
Congressional advisory board for medical issues. |
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Society for automated control systems and related instrumentation. |
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Society for explosives engineers – for mining, demolition,
manufacturing, etc. |
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ISOC - The Internet Society |
Focuses on policy, standards, and getting emerging countries on the
Internet. |
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Society for people who manage web pages. |
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Congressional advisory board for engineering issues |
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Congressional advisory board for scientific research |
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Originally for ordnance engineers when called the ADPA, has become a
defense industry advocacy group. |
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Supports and coordinates work by the IOM, NAE, and NAS. |
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Organization for registered professional engineers – mainly civil,
mechanical, etc. |
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Main standards body for any powered vehicle. |
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Society for physics, optics, and related fields. |
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Industry body for agreeing on Internet standards |
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WWISA – The Worldwide Institute of Software Architects, Inc. |
The first group specifically for software architects. |
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Certification |
Certifications
cover: |
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computer technology
(CompTIA) |
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Certified Software Development
Professional
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software developers (IEEE) |
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network design and
administration. |
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web development, security,
and administration. |
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website and software
development. |
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software development,
system or database |
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network administration
(NetWare). |
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database development and
administration. |
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project and program management. |
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quality engineer, auditor, manager, etc. (ASQ) |
Source |
Description |
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Summary data for every country and territory on Earth. More recent editions available from the GPO bookstore. |
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Downloadable from the National
Archives and Records Administration. ‘CFR’ as in ’14 CFR 68’ refers to
section 68 of title 14 in the CFR. |
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Rules for doing business with the government. |
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Yes, there were a few bulletin boards still around. Link
dead Feb 2003. |
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Languages and protocols which are approved for federal
use. |
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A federal web site search tool owned by the Dept of
Commerce and the NTIS. (predates firstgov.gov) |
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A great place to search only within Federal or State web sites. |
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General Accounting Office
(GAO) reports |
The GAO checks on all spending by Congress, so any Federal program
might come under their scrutiny. |
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Many handbooks and guides appear as ‘special reports’. |
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IT-specific reports |
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Print everything official, from comsumer publications to
statistical data. |
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Computer and Information Science publications |
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Publisher of technical reports from all over the
government. |
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Wide range of publications – metrics, process
improvement, quality, formal methods, etc. |
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Contract management wisdom from the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) |
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OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense |
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You want numbers? We got numbers! |
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The USC are all laws passed by the House of
Representatives. |
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US Federal Government
Standards and Regulatory Information Sites |
Source for downloading or ordering ANSI standards. |
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Combined web site for the The Data and Analysis
Center for Software (DACS) and the Defense Software Collaborators (DSC) |
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A program to exchange information about all life cycle
phases and aspects of research. |
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Guidelines
for Successful Acquisition and Management of Software Intensive Systems |
A big blue book capturing lessons learned by the Air Force. |
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