Useful Links

Using Outlook Web Access

Access your email account through the internet by typing or clicking on  https://webmail-east.one.usda.gov

Click on the “Login" button. A "Login" screen will appear requesting your Login credentials. You must type in the domain name before your username: Ageast\Username

The domain name is the name of the domain you use to logon to your workstation/laptop at work. The username is the login ID you use to logon to your workstation/laptop at work.

Detail Opportunities Bulletin Board

NRCS established a centralized site for posting detail opportunities. The bulletin board tab on My.NRCS now includes a details bulletin board. Discuss detail interest with your supervisor.

Forms Website

Submitted by Kathy Allen

The Montana NRCS website has an extensive forms website at http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/intranet/forms/. Links to WV forms may be found at http://www.wv.nrcs.usda.gov/intranet/wvinfopage.html

How to Compose Your KSA's

Submitted by Rex Gardner WV-HEPM

Below I have enclosed a link to a Department of Labor website that provided some very good information on how to compose your KSA's to have an updated resume/job information for that promotion or new position.

 http://www.doleta.gov/jobs/Federal_Application_Process/Knowledge_Skills_Abilities/

Unclaimed Property

Do you have lost money?

The WV Treasurer is the custodian of all unclaimed property in the state. Unclaimed property includes items such as bank accounts, matured insurance policies, stocks, bonds, safe deposit box contents, weapons, and a wide variety of other items abandoned by their original owners. The property is collected, processed, and kept or auctioned under the Treasurer's authority. The state holds approximately 400,000 accounts worth $100,000,000. Since 1997, the Unclaimed Property Division has returned approximately $60 million to rightful owners and collected over $92 million from businesses. Go to:
http://www.wvsto.com/Unclaimed+Property/DefaultUP.htm

You may want to check the other states you lived in.
http://www.missingmoney.com/

EPA Announces New Web Site Listing Regulations With Potential Impact on Agriculture

Submitted by Rick Heaslip and Barbara Broxterman

A new Web site containing an easy and succinct look-up tool listing federal environmental regulations that could potentially apply to agriculture. Knowing the regulations beforehand will allow farmers to address these issues before they become problems. http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/llaw.html

EPA has created a regulatory matrix titled, "Major Existing EPA Laws and Programs That Could Affect Agricultural Producers" (PDF, 23 pages, 887KB) that provides a succinct, general description of EPA’s requirements for both regulatory and voluntary programs. This compliance assistance tool should be used by agricultural producers, federal and state regulators, and third party information providers who provide information and services to agricultural producers.

The Ag Center was created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright
Issues Affecting the U.S. Government

Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (Title 17 of the United States Code) to the authors of original works of authorship.

• Facts cannot be copyrighted. However, the creative selection, coordination and arrangement of information and materials forming a database or compilation may be protected by copyright.
• A fair use of a copyrighted work may include the practice of any of the exclusive rights provided by copyright, for example, reproduction for purposes such as criticism comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research.
• Public domain refers to works that are not protected by copyright and are publicly available. They may be used by anyone, anywhere, anytime without permission, license or royalty payment.
• Internet is another form of publishing or disseminating information; therefore, copyright applies to Web sites, e-mail messages, Web-based music, etc. Simply because the Internet provides easy access to the information does not mean that the information is in the public domain or is available without limitations. Copyrighted works found on the Internet should be treated the same as copyrighted works found in other media. Hyperlinking does not itself involve a violation of the Copyright Act (whatever it may do for other claims) since no copying is involved.
  
  http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html#211

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