Please note that not every federal agency is empowered to issue decisions. Review an agency's website, the U.S. Government Manual, or the Blue Book (Uniform System of Citation) for information regarding agency decisions. An agency's enabling legislation can also be referenced to determine if it has such powers.
Sources for Federal Agency Decisions
Agency decisions can be located in a number of places. Many agencies publish their decisions on their websites providing easy access to the materials. However agency websites can be slow to update and difficult to search. Several resources provided to the BC Law community provide access to agency decisions are described below. If you need further assistance locating a federal agency decision, please see a Reference Librarian.
Checkpoint (formerly RIA Checkpoint) provides full-text access to a wide variety of federal, state and international tax resources, including US Tax Reporter, Federal Tax Coordinator 2d, US tax treaties, a citator service, a dictionary, tax alert services, and selected journals and WG&L tax treatises. Use the drop-down menu on the left to select a practice area -- e.g. Federal, International, State & Local, etc. (BC Law Access)
Federal agency decisions include: Commissioner of Patents, Comptroller General, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal Trade Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission
BC Access: Resource is available via computers connected to the BC network. Off-campus access requires a BC username and password, and is available to the BC Community only (current students, faculty and staff.)
Federal agency decisions include: Board of Contract Appeals, Customs Service, Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Federal Aviation Administration, Health Care Financing Administration, Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Government Ethics, Social Security Administration
Federal agency decisions include: Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Trade Commission, National Labor Relations Board, National Transportation Safety Board, Medicare and Medicaid administrative decisions
BC Access: Resource is available via computers connected to the BC network. Off-campus access requires a BC username and password, and is available to the BC Community only (current students, faculty and staff.)
Locating State Agency Decisions
State agency decisions, like federal agency decisions, can be found in a variety of places. Agency websites are often a very easy to navigate source of state agency decisions. In some instances, state agency decisions can be found using resources such as Westlaw, Lexis Advance, or Bloomberg Law. These resources don't always have complete coverage of all state agencies, however have some coverage. State agency decisions can also sometimes be located on a government website such as a courts website.
