Government Web Resources

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Sources of Government Information of Broad Scope:

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
• CongressRatings.com
• EconData.Net
• Embassy.org General information on Washington, D.C. based embassies, as well as pointers to existing embassy Web sites. Embassies and buildings interactive map.
• FDSys. Federal Digital System. Browse by collection.
• Fednet Congressional information.
• GovEngine.com
• Google
• GovSpot
• The Government By Sterby. A homemade list of U.S., State and foreign government links by Ira Sterbakov. Also includes links for finding laws and jobs.
• i360Gov.com. News about the federal government.
• Law and Politics: Internet Guide
• Law Librarians' Society of DC Legislative Source Book.
• Military Bibliographies (Knox Library)
• NTIS (National Technical Information Service).
  • FedWorld. NTIS. Order U.S.Government Reports, Includes U.S. Government Job announcements.
• Science.gov
• SearchGov.com
• ThisNation (historical documents, educational)
• USA.gov, the official portal to the U.S. government. A-Z Index.
• USAspending
• US Technical Reports (U of North Texas).
• US Government Info (about.com).
• US Government RSS Library
• Yahoo Government List.

1. Official U.S. Executive Branch Web Sites

2. Other Sources of Federal Government Information:

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (via GSA)
• US Census:
  • CensusScope
  • Decennial Censuses. 1790- (Census Bureau)
  • Decision Making Information: Census 2000 (Proximity)
  • Historical Census Browser (U of Virginia)
  • National Historical Geographic Information System (U of Minnesota)
  • Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts (Census Bureau)
• Center for Defense Information. A Washington DC based research and education organization, not part of the Federal Government.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Congress:
  • Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (from the Clerk Web site).
  • Bills and amendments (from Thomas).
  • Floor proceedings
  • The Hill
  • House Votes
  • Roll Call
• Congressional Quarterly
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:
  • CRS reports, a comprehensive article by Stephen Young, with many links.
  • from the Federation of American Scientists
  • a Google search for just CRS reports (from Steve Stoft.)
  • from OpenCRS
  • from the University of North Texas
  • from the University of Oregon
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Justice Department.
• FedinPrint. Federal Reserve research publications.
• Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
• Fedstats statistics from more than 70 Federal agencies.
• Foreign Relations of the United States 1863 through 1958/1960 so far. (U of Wisconsin)
• GAO: U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Government News RSS Feeds, News and Web Links compiled by High Class Blogs directory and information source.
• Government Printing Office-disseminated data and related information:
  • Bookstore (GPO)
  • Budget of the United States
  • Claitor's. (Sells GPO documents.)
  • Compilation of Presidential Documents
  • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (via Cornell)
  • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (via GPO)
  • Commerce Business Daily (CBD)
  • Congressional Directory
  • Depository Library List
  • FDSys. Federal Digital System. Browse by collection.
  • Federal Register
  • Government Manual
  • Hearings
  • Monthly Catalog
  • Pictoral Directory of Members of Congress
  • PlumBook
  • Public & Private Laws
  • Public Papers of the Presidents
  • by Sudoc number (courtesy of the Illinois Institute of Technology)
  • Supreme Court Decisions 1992- (via GPO)
• GulfLINK Department of Defense Persian Gulf War Illnesses Home Page
• Human Rights Reports (State Department)
• LegiStorm Congressional salaries, trips, and more
• Military Periodicals, Index to
• OMB Circulars (Selected)
• Presidential recordings. (Scripps Library, University of Virginia)
• Public Papers of the Presidents, 1929-present. (American Presidency Project)
• Public Papers of the Presidents, 1991-present. (GPO)
• Publications.USA.gov Pueblo, Colorado.
• Savings Bonds
• Statistical Abstract
• Supreme Court Decisions (Cornell)
• Tax Forms
• Toxic Release Inventory
• US Mission Geneva Includes links to human rights reports.
• Vital Statistics (by State)

US Politics

• American Presidency Project
• Congress.org Information about members of Congress.
• National Journal.
• Opensecrets.org Has industry-by-industry breakdown of PAC spending, even to the specific firm, has a searchable database by lobbyist, firm, client and candidate. In its section on individual and soft money donors, it also has a searchable database of current Federal Election Commission data.
• PoliticalMoneyLine Campaign financing information.
• Politics 1
• Polling Report
• Project Vote Smart Tracks the performance of political leaders.
• Public Agenda
• U.S. Congress Votes Database (Washington Post)

International Information

1. General International Information:

• Constitutions (Solon Law Archive)
• Lex Mercatoria an international commercial law monitor (includes GATT and other treaties and conventions)
• Social Indicators of Development (from the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Networkand The World Bank)
• Trends in Developing Economies (from the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network and The World Bank)
• World Tables (from the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network and The World Bank)

2. International Organizations