Government Resources on the Web

This page provides links to several federal government agency web sites, meta sites, and online publications. (Check out the "flagged" sights.)

USA.gov - The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal: http://www.usa.gov/

Print Reference Resources

Several print resources provide extensive lists of government and statistical web sites. Use the Table of Contents and/or Index to quickly identify resources you may need.

CQ Researcher: H35.E353 LRC-R
See: A Brief Guide to Using the CQ Researcher
Finding Statistics Online: How to Locate the Elusive Numbers You Need: HA33.5.B47 LRC-R
Government Information on the Internet: ZA5075.N68 LRC-R
Statistical Abstract of the United States: (U.S. Census Bureau) HA202.S72

Internet Resources

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American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau): http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/
Centers for Disease Control (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): http://www.odci.gov/
CIA FOIA: Electronic Reading Room: http://www.foia.cia.gov/default.asp; "...provide the public with directions on how to request access to CIA information, and to provice electronic access to previously released declassified documents."
The CIA World Factbook Web Site: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Commission on Civil Rights: http://www.usccr.gov/
Current Population Survey: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/
Department of Agriculture (USDA): http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
Department of Commerce (DOC): http://www.doc.gov/
Department of Defense (DOD): Defense Technical Information Center: http://www.defenselink.mil/
Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
Department of Energy (DOE): http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
Department of Homeland Security: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/index.html
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): http://www.hud.gov/
Department of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov/
Department of Justice (DOJ): http://www.usdoj.gov/
Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics): http://stats.bls.gov/
Department of Transportation(DOT): http://www.dot.gov/
Department of the Treasury: http://www.ustreas.gov/
Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): http://www.faa.gov/
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): http://www.fbi.gov/
Federal Communications Commission (FCC): http://www.fcc.gov/
FEDSTATS: http://www.fedstats.gov/
U.S. government's metasite that directs you to "statistics from more than 100 U.S. Federal agencies."
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): http://www.fema.gov/
FedWorld (NTIS System for Access to Government Information): http://www.fedworld.gov/
General Services Administration (GSA): http://www.gsa.gov/
Global Change Master Directory: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Global Health.gov (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services): http://www.globalhealth.gov/
GovEngine.com: The Premiere Federal, State & Local Government Site on the Internet: http://www.govengine.com/
Indian Health Service (IHS): http://www.ihs.gov/
International Information Programs (U.S. Dept of State): http://usinfo.state.gov/
International Trade Administration (ITA): http://www.ita.doc.gov/
The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
National Academy of Sciences (NAS): http://www.nas.edu/
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): http://www.nasa.gov/
National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.nara.gov/
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/
National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development (IT R&D): http://www.nitrd.gov/
National Institute for Literacy (NIL): http://novel.nifl.gov/
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): http://www.nist.gov/
National Institutes of Health (NIH): http://www.nih.gov/
National Library of Medicine (NLM): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): http://www.noaa.gov
The National Park Service Southeast Archaeological Center: http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/seac.htm
National Science Foundation (NSF): http://www.nsf.gov/
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC): http://www.nrc.gov/
Nutrition.gov: http://www.nutrition.gov
Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/
(Provides extensive information on careers.)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): http://www.osha.gov
Small Business Administration (SBA): http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
Smithsonian: http://www.si.edu/
Social Security Administration (SSA): http://www.ssa.gov/
Statistical Abstract of the United States: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ (U.S. Census Bureau)
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet (Library of Congress): http://thomas.loc.gov
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): http://www.usaid.gov/
U.S. Air Force: http://www.af.mil/
U.S. Army: http://www.army.mil/
U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO): http://www.access.gpo.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC): http://www.usitc.gov/
U.S. Marine Corps: http://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/hqmcmain.nsf/frontpage
U.S. Navy: http://www.navy.mil/
The U.S. Government Manual: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): http://www.uspto.gov/
U.S. Postal Service (USPS): http://www.usps.com
Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research (by Gail Partin): http://www.llrx.com/features/supremectwebguide.htm
The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov
The World Factbook Web Site (CIA): http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.htm

Gateways

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Librarian's Index to the Internet: Government: http://lii.org/search/file/govlaw
Meta-subject Index to Government Information: http://www.isu.edu/library/docs/Subjects1.htm
The index includes approximately 20,000 terms that link to university and government libraries' subject guides