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Federal Department/Agency Sites
- Administrative
Decisions and Other Actions links to administrative
actions which are outside the scope of the Code of Federal
Regulations or the Federal Register.
- Department of Agriculture offers
current news, audio/video reports, and information on all aspects
and areas of interest to the Department.
- Census Bureau site provides
extensive statistical data as well as news releases and other
related information.
- Department of Commerce has
a huge site with an abundance of information; includes links
to web sites for all agencies within the department. Iraq Investment and Reconstruction Task Force provides information and counseling to companies pursuing business opportunities in Iraq.
- Defense Department site
with news, special reports, and other relevant information.
- Department of Education news,
statistics, directories, and other research materials.
- Department of Energy web
site includes statistics, prices, and current news dealing with
all types of energy matters.
- Department
of Homeland Security established by PL 107-296 on November
25, 2002.
- Environmental Protection Agency site
has legislation, rules and regulations, offices, news, publications,
and citizen information.
- FCC provides meeting notices,
daily updates, hot topics, links to bureaus and offices, and
other information.
- Federal Emergency Management
Agency site provides guidebooks about preparing for
disasters, an interactive map of the U.S. that outlines
counties designated for assistance in the wake of disaster
and emergency declarations, and information on FEMA's current
strategic plan, its history and hierarchy.
- Federal Labor Relations Authority offers
information about recent cases decided by the Authority, activities
and current staff roster.
- Federal Election Commission site
includes financial information about candidates and their parties,
announcements and news releases, and a national mail voter registration
form that can be downloaded.
- Federal Reserve Board
- Federal Trade Commission offers
news, special interest topics, hearings.
- GAO Government Accountability
Office (formerly General Accounting Office) site includes GAO
reports and testimonies, decisions of the Comptroller General,
Policy and Guidance materials, and publications information.
- Health and Human Services agency
protects the health of all Americans and provides essential
human services, especially for those who are least able to help
themselves.
- Department of Housing and Urban
Development provides information for citizens, businesses,
and non-profit organizations in the areas of home buying,
landlord/tenant problems, discrimination, and other related
topics.
- Department of the Interior site
includes Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) Decisions from its inception in 1970.
- Internal Revenue Service site
includes statistics, forms, publications, and tax news.
- International Trade Commission monthly
calendars, reports, news releases, and downloadable files like
the Harmonized Tariff Schedules.
- Justice Department offers
publications and documents online as well as comprehensive information
for individuals and communities.
- Department of Labor site includes
statistics, laws and regulations, employment news, and information
on various programs and services.
- Laws,
Policies, and Performance Measurements Relating to Federal
Agency Web Sites alphabetically lists and links to laws
and policies relating to federal agency web sites and also
lists performance measures useful in evaluating agency web
sites.
- Library of
Congress
- National Archives and Records
Administration provides information about the agency,
its location and hours, and a link to the Center
for Electronic Records.
- U.S. Commission
on National Security/21st Century is chartered to provide
the most comprehensive government-sponsored review of U.S.
national security in more than 50 years. The website is
designed not only to tell you what the Commission has worked
on, but also to get your feedback.
- OSHA information about publications,
services, and training.
- Patent and Trademark Office site
includes a searchable database of patent information and the
classifications.
- Postal Service offers information
on new stamp releases, mailing tips, procurement information,
zip+4 codes, etc.
- Securities & Exchange Commission with
news from the SEC, the EDGAR database of corporate information,
and SEC rules and enforcement actions.
- United States Small Business Administration site
includes information on starting a business, financing a business,
different business opportunities, and the laws and regulations
governing small businesses.
- Social Security Online information
concerning social secuity benefits and contact information.
- State Department provides
current news of interest, information related to travel and/or
living abroad, business-related information, and much more.
- Superintendent
of Documents site gives access to legislation, depository
library listings, and government printing information.
- Department of Transportation regulations,
safety information, current news, and other related topics.
- Treasury Department information,
publications, and bureau/office links.
- TRAC (The Transactional
Records Access Clearinghouse) provides independent information
on federal law enforcement; includes the FBI, INS, IRS, ATF,
and DEA.
- Office of Tribal Justice provides
a permanent channel of communication for Indian tribal governments
with the Department of Justice.
- Department of Veterans' Affairs comprehensive
site provides information on special programs, online applications
for compensation and services, appeals decisions since 1994,
and general information.
- Official
Federal Government Web Sites of the Executive Branch index
compiled by the Library of Congress.
- Federal Government
Agencies
- Agency
Index provides direct links to the agencies' homepage,
publications, organizational charts, electronic forms and
administrative decisions.
- Unified Agenda summarizes
the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects
to issue during the next six months.
- CyberCemetery provides
permanent public access to the electronic Web sites and publications
of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.
- U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission provides information on hearings,
testimony, reports, and archives.
Legislative Information
- Capitol
Questions (provided by C-SPAN) with four current Q's&A's,
as well as an archive of previously answered questions on
Congressional activities, membership, terminology, etc.
- Capitol Spotlight is
an online newsletter highlighting events and issues on Capitol
Hill.
- Congressional Research Tutorials from UC Berkeley include Internet resources.
- Congress Votes database of every vote in the United States Congress since the 102nd Congress (1991).
- Congressional
Documents and Debate 1774-1873 brings together the records
and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress through
the Forty-second Congress.
- Congressional
Pictorial Directory for the 109th Congress.
- Congressional Quarterly offers
a daily bulletin, a top breaking news story of the day, a daily
and weekly column, and indexes of the CQ since 1998.
- Congressional Research Reports available
on the web also available through FAS web
page.
- Congressional Votes information
on all votes in Congress, continuously updated.
- E-mail Overload in Congress, a report from the Congress Online Project
- Federal
Legislative Committees
- Federal
Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to
Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent explains
the steps for researching, compiling and sifting through
the legislative history documents of recent and historical
U.S. public laws.
- GPO Access comprehensive
legislative information.
- House of Representatives
- Legislation
Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001 listed,
by number and title, in four categories: Bills & Joint
Resolutions Signed Into Law, Other Resolutions Approved,
Legislation With Floor Action, and Legislation Without Floor
Action.
- Legislative Source
Book
- Office of the Clerk/House
of Representatives Information about Members and Committees
of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as the latest
congressional news and important links to congressional
information.
- Questions & Answers
in Legislative and Regulatory Research compiled by members
of the Legislative Research Special Interest Section of
the Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C.
- Quick
Links to House and Senate Committee Documents and Hearings
- The
Roll Call a survey of the 50 wealthiest members of congress.
- Senate Web Site
- Thomas legislative
information, including full-text Congressional Record and bills
from the 103rd Congress to the present.
- US Congressional
Bibliographies provides comprehensive lists of Senate
hearings, prints, and publications from 1983 to the present.
- U.S.
Legislative Information Sources on the Internet
Indexes to U.S. Government Information
- Constitutional Law Center with
historical documents and Supreme Court opinions.
- USA.gov is a government
website that provides the public with easy, one-stop access
to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.
- FedWorld is a comprehensive
central access point for locating and acquiring government information.
- Google US Government Search searches
only government-information sites.
- GOV.com is a partnership of
private enterprise and public-sector government news and information
bureaus.
- Government
Databases Available on the Web links to a selected number
of U.S. and Texas government databases that are considered
substantial research sources.
- Government Information Xchange developed
to facilitate the assimilation, sharing, and dissemination of
information resources among federal, state, and local governments.
- GPO Access is a comprehensive,
searchable, official database of government publications and
information.
- Medicare:
Nursing Home Compare allows users to compare and contrast
nursing homes based on a wide range of information.
- State of the Union addresses since 1992.
- US Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission includes federal laws prohibiting
job discrimination, how to file a charge against your employer
for discriminatory practices, small business information,
and data on the federal sector.
