Government Information Resources
- Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
- The Background Notes series offers concise profiles of over 170 individual countries and selected international organizations. The national profiles feature basic geographic and demographic information as well as descriptions of the government, economy, and military/defense establishment. An overview of each country's political conditions, foreign relations, and travel/business climate is also provided. Updated periodically.
- http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html
- U.S. Census Bureau
- The Census Bureau's web site provides a one-stop portal to a variety of Census information, including news, data, and analysis tools. In addition to the 2000 and 1990 decennial census of population and housing, the site offers links to the economic census, the census of governments, data on agriculture, foreign trade, industries, and transportation, and a variety of mapping tools.
- http://www.census.gov
- Department of Education
- Summarizes information on initiatives of the department. Includes full text of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act plus links to a variety of other education-oriented sites.
- http://www.ed.gov
- Federal Web Locator
- The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web.
- http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
- Fedworld
- A comprehensive subject listing of government agencies and information.
- http://www.fedworld.gov/
- General Accounting Office Reports
- The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. It examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analyses, options, recommendations, and other assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy, and funding decisions. Its published reports cover a wide variety of topics and offer useful sources of information for many student research projects. This web page enables you to search and browse a database of reports issued since 1975; all reports issued since 1995 are available online in full text.
- http://www.gao.gov/audit.htm
- GPO Access
- Access to Congressional Bills, Congressional Record and Congressional Record Index, Federal Register, GAO Reports, History of Bills, Public Laws, Unified Agenda, and the United States Code.
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Provides information on the organization of NASA and links to the Administration's centers and program offices. Links to recent press releases, status reports and a searchable gallery of photo, movie, and audio archives.
- http://www.nasa.gov
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Archives
- http://town.hall.org/cgi-bin/srch-patent
- U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
- Links to searchable and indexed decisions of the Supreme Court from 1990 to the present. Includes notable earlier decisions as well.
- http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
- Thomas
- The Library of Congress access point to the proceedings of Congress.
- http://thomas.loc.gov
- The White House
- An introduction to the White House and the Executive Branch.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov
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