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Resource Links

To assist you in locating additional information on areas related to the False Claims Act, this page has six different types of links:

Government web sites
Legal Research Sites
Medicare/Medicaid Sites
Government Contracts Sites
Fraud-Related Sites
Selected online newspapers

Government web sites

http://lawdbase.law.villanova.edu/fedweb/
Federal Web Navigator from Villanova University School of Law.

Intended as a one-stop shopping point for federal government information on the world wide web.

http://nais.nasa.gov/fedproc/home.html
Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
Provides links to federal procurement and acquisition information by agency.

http://www.usdoj.gov/03press/03_1.html
U.S. Dept. of Justice press releases
Press releases from DOJ's Office of Public Affairs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and U.S. Attorney's Offices.

http://www.ignet.gov/
IGnet: Electronic Network of the Inspector General Community
Inspectors General provide independent audits, investigations and inspections in more than 60 government agencies.

http://www.tricare.osd.mil/
The Military Health System Website provides information on TRICARE, a health program for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services and their families.

http://www.gao.gov/
U.S. General Accounting Office Home Page
The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress and examines matters relating to the receipt and disbursement of public funds. GAO Reports, Comptroller General Decisions and other publications are available here.

http://www.cms.gov/
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

http://www.epa.gov/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Internet home of the agency charged with protecting public health and the environment.

http://www.arnet.gov/far/
Federal Acquisition Regulations
Rules for government contracts as supplied by the U.S. General Services Administration.

http://www.ic3.gov/
A partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, the Internet Crime Complaint Center gives victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations.

http://www.fedworld.gov/
A comprehensive site provided by the National Technical Information Service for locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information.

Qui Tam: The False Claims Act and Related Federal Statutes. A report from the Congressional Research Service summarizing the history of the law through the 2009 amendments. It outlines key provisions of the law: who may be liable, who may bring an action, basis for liability, penalties and awards, and procedure. Another section considers constitutional concerns that have been raised, such as due process, separation of powers, standing, and the appointments clause.

Legal research sites

http://www.law.com/
Current legal news and links to legal research sites

http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/
Meta-Index for Legal Research
Provides links to searchable indexes for judicial opinions, legislation and other materials, legal and generic. http://www.findlaw.com

Findlaw
A directory of Internet legal resources

http://www.ilrg.com/journals.html
Internet Legal Research Group's list of and links to law journals on the Internet

Medicare/Medicaid sites

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/medicare.html
Medicare Law Materials from Cornell Law School

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/medicaid.html
Medicaid Law Materials from Cornell Law School

http://www.empiremedicare.com/index.html
Empire Medicare Services Empire, a Medicare contractor in New York State, provides Medicare and related information at this site.

Government contract sites

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/government_contracts.html
Government Contracts Law Materials from Cornell Law School

http://www.law.gwu.edu/Burns/Research/govtk/govcon_resources/intro_govk_resources.htm
Government Contracts Resource Guide from George Washington University Law School.

Fraud-related sites

http://www.gao.gov/fraudnet/fraudnet.htm
FraudNET
A site maintained by the GAO to facilitate reporting of allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds.

http://www.taf.org/
Taxpayers Against Fraud
"A nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to combating fraud against the Federal Government through the promotion of the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act and the filing of whistleblower lawsuits."

http://www.acua.org/index.cfm
Association of College and University Auditors
Links to resources related to internal auditing, particularly in higher education.

http://www.fas.org/man/
Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network
Links to Internet sources on issues related to military spending

http://epic.org/fcg/projects.html
Fund for Constitutional Government
FCG's projects include the Government Accountability Project and the Project on Government Oversight

http://www.pogo.org/
Project on Government Oversight monitors and reports cases of waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies.

http://www.nhcaa.org
The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association is dedicated to improving the detection, investigation, civil and criminal prosecution, and prevention of health care fraud.

Selected online newspapers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Washington Post

http://www.latimes.com/
The Los Angeles Times

http://www.nytimes.com/
New York Times

http://www.sjmercury.com/
The San Jose Mercury News

http://www.wsj.com/
The Wall Street Journal

http://newslink.org/
Provides links to thousands of US and foreign newspapers as well as magazines, radio and television stations.


 


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