A-Z
Index of U. S. Government Departments and Agencies
URL: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html
Firstgov's comprehensive alphabetized listing.
[08/05]
FedWorld.gov
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Department of Commerce. [08/05]
FirstGov
[08/05]
URL: http://firstgov.gov/
Frequently Asked
Questions of the U.S. Government [08/05]
URL: http://www.faq.gov/
FTC:
Consumer Information
URL: http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers a list of topics
with excellent brochures and papers on such subjects as
Travel, Identity Theft, Business, Credit, Automobiles,
more. [07/06]
GPO
Access: Online Resources: A- Z Resource List
[08/05]
URL: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html
A handy listing of various federal government agency's
publications particularly related to current events topics.
[08/05]
Google
Search: Uncle Sam
URL: http://www.google.com/unclesam
Searches only federal, state, and local government websites.
[04/05]
Law
Library of Congress
URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law.html
" The mission of the Law Library of Congress is to
provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress
as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies,
and to offer reference services to the public ... To accomplish
this mission, it has created the world's largest collection
of law books and other legal resources from all countries,
and now moves into the age of digitized information with
online databases and guides to legal information worldwide."
[08/05]
LSU
Federal Agencies Directory
URL: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Louisiana State University. [08/05]
National
Center for Health Statistics
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm
Where to write for Vital Records.[08/05]
Students.gov
URL: http://students.gov/
Student gateway to U. S. Government.
[10/06]
U.S. Blue Pages
[inactive link]
URL: http://www.usbluepages.gov
Telephone
directory of government offices, including websites.[04/08]
Census
Bureau
URL: http://www.census.gov/index.html
Department of Commerce. [08/05]
County
Business Patterns
URL: http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
U.S. Census Bureau. [08/05]
Congress
and the White House
Congress
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov
Thomas -- the Library of Congress website for Legislative
Information. Search for laws, bills, committee reports
and the Congressional Record. [08/05]
Expectmore.gov
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/
"The content on ExpectMore.gov is developed by the
U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal agencies.
Together, we assess the performance of every Federal program
and hold ourselves accountable for improvement. [06/06]
House
of Representatives
URL: http://www.house.gov
Committee descriptions, press releases, full-text bills,
information on current House floor debate, from the House
of Representatives website. [08/05]
Official
U.S. Executive Branch Websites
URL: http://www.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
Library of Congress links to Executive branch websites.
[08/05]
Results.gov
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/
Resources for the President's Team. [06/06]
Senate
URL: http://www.senate.gov
Searchable website with directory, legislative activity,
committee assignments, contact information. [08/05]
Thomas:
Government Resources
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/links/
Links to all legislative information. Library of Congress.[08/05]
White House
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov
Official White House website. [08/05]
Federal
Citizen Information Center
URL: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
A government website where consumers can find a wealth
of information, and many free Federal government publications.
[04/08]
OMB
Watch
URL: http://www.ombwatch.org/
Non-profit consumer watchdog - government policy. [08/05]
Documents
and Publications
American
Memory: Government, Law
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Government,+Law
Library of Congress online collection -- 20+ -- having
to do with government.[06/06]
American
Memory: Historical Documents
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html
Library of Congress online collection -- links to important
archival documents.
[06/06]
CFDA:
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
URL: http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
Government-wide projects, programs, services and activities.
[08/05]
Congressional
Reports
URL:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/index.html
Senate, House and Senate Executive Committee reports on
proposed legislation and issues under discussion.[08/05]
Copyright
Office [08/05]
URL: http://www.copyright.gov/
Government
Printing Office (GPO) [10/06]
URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov
National
Archives and Records Administration [08/05]
URL: http://www.archives.gov/index.html
National
Archives Experience: Charters of Freedom
URL: http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html
Gateway to our nation's important documents: United
States Constitution, Declaration
of Independence, Bill
of Rights, and more. NARA, the National Archives and
Records Administration. [10/06]
Our
Documents: A National Initiative on American History,
Civics, and Service
URL: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
Full text of 100 milestone documents compiled by the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) with the Corporation
for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom
Corps. Includes the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist
Papers, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, more. [08/05]
Primary
Documents in American History
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html
Historical documents. Library of Congress. [10/06]
Thomas
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Named after Thomas Jefferson, "Thomas" is the
name of the website where legislative information from
Congress is found such as bills, hearings, public laws,
the Congressional Record, congressional activity. [10/06]
Employment
Department
of Labor
[12/06]
URL: http://www.dol.gov/
Occupational
Outlook Handbook
URL: http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this excellent resource
gives descriptions of careers with forecasts, salaries,
job expectations, etc. [12/06]
Occupational
Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
[12/06]
URL: http://www.osha.gov/
O*Net
(Occupational Information Network)
URL: http://online.onetcenter.org/
Descriptions of occupations. [12/06]
Social
Security Online
URL:http://www.ssa.gov/
Social Security Administration.
[12/06]
Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA)
[12/06]
URL: http://www.epa.gov/
U.S.
Geological Survey
URL: http://www.usgs.gov/
"...reliable scientific information to describe and
understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property
from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy,
and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality
of life." [12/06]
Health
and Human Services
Department
of Justice: Office of Justice Programs
(DOJ)
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/
Includes the Bureau
of Justice Statistics. [12/06]
Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) [12/06]
URL: http://www.dea.gov/
Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
URL: http://www.fbi.gov
Mission statement, major investigations, history, congressional
affairs news, press releases, and excerpts from the
Uniform Crime Reports. [12/06]
Fedworld.gov:
Supreme Court Decisions Issued between 1937 and 1975
URL: http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
Fed World, 1700+ full-text decisions from 1937-1975
are searchable by keyword or case name. From FedWorld,
this page also offers links to the Cornell site, with
decisions from 1990 on, and to another Cornell offering
of a selected set of decisions. [12/06]
Legal
Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection
URL: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
Cornell University site includes a spotlight on recent
decisions; an archive of decisions by topic, author,
or party; and additional other historical and legal
resources. [12/06]
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service
URL: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/AlphaList.aspx
Alphabetical listing of publications and products. Also
see the topical
index. [04/08]
Social
Statistics Briefing Room (The Whitehouse)
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/crime.html
Executive branch country-wide crime statistics. [12/06]
Uniform
Crime Reports
URL: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Full text, includes the reports Crime in the United
States, Hate Crimes, Law Enforcement Officers Killed
and Assaulted, and National Incident-Based Reporting
System. [12/06]
U.S.
Courts: The Federal Judiciary
URL: http://www.uscourts.gov/
Links to the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District
Courts, and Bankruptcy Courts. [12/06]
Public Safety and National Emergencies
Federal
Emergency Management Agency
URL: http://www.fema.gov
FEMA. [12/06]
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
URL: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
NHTSA. Statistics on safety, vehicle information such
as recalls, research information. [12/06]
National
Transportation Safety Board
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/
NTSB. Transportation (all types) safety information and
regulations. [12/06]
Robert's
Rules of Order
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/176/
Robert's Rules
of Order are the definitive guide for parliamentiary practice
for deliberative assemblies. Pulbilshed in 1876 by General
Henry M. Roberts. [08/05]
Science and Technology
National
Air and Space Administration
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/
NASA. [12/06]
National
Center for Biotechnology Information [12/06]
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
National
Technical Information Service
URL: http://www.ntis.gov/
NTIS. "The largest central resource for government-funded
scientific, technical, engineering, and business related
information available today. Here you will find information
on more than 600,000 information products covering over
350 subject areas from over 200 federal agencies."
[12/06]
National
Toxology Program
URL: http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/
"The NTP is an interagency program whose mission
is to evaluate agents of public health concern by developing
and applying tools of modern toxicology and molecular
biology. More than 80,000 chemicals are registered for
use in the United States. Each year, an estimated 2,000
new ones are introduced for use in such everyday items
as foods, personal care products, prescription drugs,
household cleaners, and lawn care products. " Department
of Health and Human Services. [02/06]
FEDSTATS
URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/
Gateway to statistics from over 100 US Federal agencies.
[12/06]
The
National Databook: The 2006 Statistical Abstract
URL: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published
since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary
of statistics on the social, political, and economic
organization of the United States. [07/06]
Federal
Trade Commission
URL: http://www.ftc.gov/
FTC. [12/06]
FedWorld
URL: http://www.fedworld.gov/
U. S. Department of Commerce. "FedWorld Makes It
Easy to Locate Government Information." [12/06]
The
United States and the World
Bureau
of Consular Affairs
URL: http://travel.state.gov/
Department of State. [01/06]
Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA)
URL: https://www.cia.gov/
Information on the CIA and its departments, including
the history, mission, vision, and values of the CIA,
as well as links to reference sources and publications.
[01/06]
CIA
World Fact Book
URL: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Maps and detailed information about countries. [01/06]
Department
of State [01/06]
URL: http://www.state.gov/
Department
of State: Background Notes
URL: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Current notes from the State Department on countries
around the world in an alphabetical listing. Also
see Background Notes from prior
years. [04/08]
International
Information Programs
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/homepage.htm
News and information dispensed by the US Department
of State. [01/06]
Library
of Congress Country Studies
URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
For researchers, information pertaining to countires,
by Library of Congress. [01/06]
Portals
to the World
URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World.
Selected by the Library of Congress. [01/06]
U.
S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS)
URL: http://www.uscis.gov/
Formerly
the INS, now known as USCIS, formerly under the auspices
of the Dept. of Justice, now under the DHS - Dept.
of Homeland Security. Listing
of former departments. [10/06]
U.S
Customs and Border Service [04/08]
URL: http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/
State Government
Information
Note: Other
state resources may be available with their respective
subject.
Connecticut
City
Data: Connecticut [08/05]
URL: http://www.city-data.com/city/Connecticut.html
City
and Town Data: Connecticut [08/05]
URL: http://www.citytown.info/Connecticut.htm
Connecticut
General Assembly [08/05]
URL: http://www.cga.ct.gov/
Legislature information regarding the Senate and House,
as well as bills
and committees.
Additionally, a pictorial
history of the capitol building. [08/05]
Ct.gov
-- State of Connecticut: Online Access to Government
URL: http://www.ct.gov/
Main portal for all
government offices in CT, including the Department
of Motor Vehicles (DMV) [08/05]
Massachusetts
City
and Town Data: Massachusetts [10/05]
URL: http://www.citytown.info/Massachusetts.htm
City
Data: Massachusetts [08/05]
URL: http://www.city-data.com/city/Massachusetts.html
Mass.gov
-- State of Massachusetts: Online Access to Government
URL: http://www.mass.gov/
Main portal for all
government offices in MA, including the Registry
of Motor Vehicles (DMV). [10/06]
Government
Information for Other States
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