Want to receive automatic updates and alerts on activities
going on in federal agencies, without checking their sites each time? You can
sign up for email alerts for weekly or daily newsletters from most federal
agencies without a hassle – just give them your email address and they will
automatically send you newsletters, updating you on funding, new webinars,
headlines, and publications. In general, look on the agency’s homepage for
links titled “email updates” or something of that nature. If not, you can look
for their RSS feed, which should be on the homepage, or any links indicating
any connections through media, such as Facebook pages, twitter handles, YouTube
channels, etc.
Here are some direction and links to federal agencies with
email updates.
EPA: Environmental
Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/
-At the home page, scroll down the left side until you see a
picture of the United States. Under the heading “I am a…”, click your
applicable identity.
- If you say “state, local official”, it will take you a
page called “EPA for State and Local Governments”. Look on the right hand side
for “EPA News”, and then under that, “Get any combination of EPA national and
regional news releases e-mailed to you”.
- Click on whatever region suits your local government. From
there, a pop up window will appear where you will enter your address. You can
customize your email delivery preference and password if you would like
-After clicking ‘Finish’, you can customize your
subscription topics to what interests you.
DOT: Department of
Transportation http://www.dot.gov/
-Scroll to the bottom of the page, and look to the first
column on the left hand side. Click on ‘Subscribe to Email Updates’.
-Enter your email address and create a password, if you
wish.
-After, you can choose whatever updates interest you – news,
initiatives, legislation, etc.
*For news about Grants, click the “Acquisitions & Grants
News” under the “News” tab.
DOE: Department of
Energy http://energy.gov/
-Scroll down to the bottom of the homepage to ‘Email
Updates’, located in the light green strip under the videos in the dark grey
bar
-Subscribe by entering your email address
-Wait to receive an email from the Department of Energy;
click on the link within the email
-You then have the option to manage your preferences, which
allows you to put in your full name and zip code
DOJ: Department of
Justice http://www.justice.gov/
-At the homepage, scroll down and look on the right side of
the page for a box titled ‘Stay Connected’. Once identified, click the link to
sign up for e-mail updates
-To start your subscription, click on the tan link titled
‘Start, Change or Cancel Your Subscription’. Click on the link they provide
you.
-You can customize how many email updates they send you and
add a password if you want.
-Subscribe to the updates based on your preferences.
*For updates on grants, click on “Access to Justice” and
then click the box by ‘Grant Information’
NIH: National
Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
-Scroll down to the foot of the webpage and click on ‘e-mail
updates’, near a turquoise @ sign
-Click on the blue ‘Subscribe’ link
-You can choose to receive updates by text or email, and can
subscribe to any or all of the topics listed
NOAA (National
Weather Service): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov/
-For this federal agency, you can subscribe to an RSS feed
which can be subscribed to by email (i.e. Microsoft Office Outlook) or as a
live bookmark on your internet web browser of choice.
-An RSS feed will provide updates separated from your
regular inbox if you subscribed by using an email application such as Microsoft
Outlook.
