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The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

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