Community Investments
Volume 11; No. 2; September 1999
The Community Reinvestment Guide to Useful Web Sites
If you're a CRA officer, compliance officer or other community development
professional, the following web site list will help you navigate the Internet
with greater ease and efficiency. We'd like to thank the Community Affairs
department of the Office of Thrift Supervision for gathering and sharing
this information.
BANKING/REGULATORY AGENCIES
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
State Chartered Non-member Banks
http://www.fdic.gov
Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)
Federal Home Loan Banks
http://www.fhfb.gov
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Consumer Credit
http://www.ftc.gov
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Credit Unions
http://www.ncua.gov
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
National Banks
http://www.occ.treas.gov
Office of Thrift Supervisions (OTS)
Community Affairs
http://www.ots.treas.gov/community.html
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
http://www.sec.gov
The Edgar System
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
Farm Credit System
http://www.fca.gov
FEDERAL AGENCIES/RELATED SITES
National Archives, Office of Federal Regulations
(Federal Register, CFRs, etc.)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/
Legal Information Institute (U.S. Code)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/index.html
Thomas (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov
Federal Gateway
http://www.fedgate.org
The Federal Web Locator
http://www.law.vill.edu/fedagency/fedwebloc.html
FedWorld Information Network
http://www.fedworld.gov
Government Resources on the WEB - University of Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/govweb.html
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.doc.gov/
Links to all its Bureaus
http://www.doc.gov/bureaus
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/
The Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community
http://www.ezec.gov
IRS Tax Information for Businesses
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/bus_info/index.html
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treas.gov
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) - Department of
the Treasury
http://www.treas.gov/cdfi/linkspage.html
U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
U.S. Business Advisor
http://www.business.gov
U.S. House Committee on Banking
http://www.house.gov/banking
U.S. Senate Banking Committee
http://www.senate.gov
U.S. Consumer Gateway
http://www.consumer.gov
Consumer Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
Federal Emergency Management System
http://www.fema.gov
GOVERNMENT-SPONSPORED ENTITIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)
http://www.fhlbanks.com
FHLB of Seattle
http://www.fhlbsea.com/
FHLB of San Francisco
http://www.fhlbsf.com/
Farmer Mac
http://www.farmermac.com
Fannie Mae
http://www.fanniemae.com
Freddie Mac
http://www.freddiemac.com
Ginnie Mae
http://www.ginniemae.gov
North American Development Bank
http://www.nadbank.org
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org
Community Reinvestment Fund
http://www.crfusa.com/
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
http://www.liscnet.org
Neighborhood Housing Services of America
(Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation)
http://www.nw.org
Rural LISC
http://www.ruralisc.org
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
http://www.rcac.org/home.html
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
http://www.ncrc.org
Community Reinvestment Act Links
http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/banking/develop/cra.html
Community Reinvestment Fund
http://www.crfusa.com
Community Development Forum
http://www.ffhsj.com/fairlend/comdev.htm
Community Reinvestment Act
http://www.ffiec.gov/cra
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Housing Assistance Council
http://www.ruralhome.org
HomePath (Fannie Mae)
http://www.homepath.com
Housing Information Gateway
http://www.colorado.edu/plan/housing-info/
Joint Center for Housing Studies
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/jcenter/
National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officers (NAHRO)
http://www.nahro.org
Native American Housing Council
http://www.naihc.indian.com
National Housing Conference
http://www.nhc.org
National Housing Trust
http://www.nhtinc.org
MICRO CREDIT/ENTREPRENEURSHIP/COMMUNITY-BASED LENDING/SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
The Virtual Library on Micro Credit
http://www.gdrc.org/icm/
ENTERWEB
http://www.enterweb.org
National Community Capital
http://www.communitycapital.org/
CDFI Fund, The Coalition of CDFI's
http://www.cdfi.org/
Association for Enterprise Opportunity
http://www.woodstockinst.org/
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
http://www.cfed.org
The Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org/
Microenterprise Innovation Project
http://www.mip.org
National SBCD Research Network
http://www.smallbiz.suny.edu
Woodstock Institute
http://www.online.nonprofit.net/woodstock
ACE-Net (Venture Capital)
http://www.sba.gov/advo/acenet.html
On-line Women's Business Center
http://www.onlinewbc.org
IDA Learning Network
http://www.idanetwork.org
National Business Incubation Association
http://www.nbia.org
FAIR LENDING
FFHS&J Fair Lending Guide
http://fairhousing.jmls.edu/Resources.html
Fair Lending Resource Guide
http://www.fairlending.com
Fair Housing Legal Support Center
http://www.jmls.edu/housing/fhcenter.html
Credit Discrimination (AARP)
http://www.aarp.org/ontheissues/issuecreditdisc.html
National Fair Housing Advocate
http://www.fairhousing.com
National Low Income Housing Coalition
http://www.nlihc.org/
BANKING ORGANIZATIONS/ INFORMATION
American Bankers Association
http://www.aba.com/
American Community Bankers
http://www.acbankers.org
Bank Administration Institute
http://www.bai.org
Banker's Roundtable
http://www.bankersround.org
BankInfo
http://www.bankinfo.com
Faulkner & Gray's Electronic Banker
http://www.electronicbanker.com
Independent Bankers Association of America
http://www.ibaa.org
ibanker, Internet Banking & Finance Index
http://www.ddsi.com/banking/
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
http://www.mbaa.org
North American Native Bankers Association
http://www.nanba.org
National Federation of Credit Unions
http://www.natfed.org
STATISTICS
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
EconData.Net
http://www.econdata.net
Government Information Sharing Project
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html
Dismal Scientist
http://www.dismal.com
Stat-USA
http://www.stat-usa.gov/stat-usa.html
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)
http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/
Comprehensive Database of American Cities and Suburbs
http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/sonc.htm
Current Population Survey
http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm
Economic Census
http://www.census.gov/econ/www/econ_cen.html
American Housing Survey
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing.html
Statistical Resources on the WEB - University of Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stats.html
Econ Data and Links - CSU Fresno
http://www.csufresno.edu/Economics/econ_EDL.htm
FRED - Federal Reserve Economic Data Base
http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/
FreeEdgar (SEC Filings)
http://www.freedgar.com/
The Office of Thrift Supervision neither endorses nor guarantees the
accuracy of the data provided on the Web sites listed above. Individuals
are encouraged to take note of how often these sites are updated to ensure
the timeliness of the information provided. The views and opinions contained
in any of the referenced documents do not necessarily state or reflect
those of the Office of Thrift Supervision or the United States Government
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