U.S.Government Sites

Executive Branch

White House: Offices and Agencies

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/

Executive Office of the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html

Bush Administration Nominations by Name
The White House. An alphabetical listing of current nominations, with alternate view by date of nomination. Nomination details available by clicking on last name.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/nominations/

Council of Economic Advisers
http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/

Council on Environmental Quality
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/

Domestic Policy Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/dpc/

Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/faith-based/

Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
http://www.whitehouse.gov/pfiab/index.html

Office of Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/

Office of National AIDS Policy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/onap/aids.html

National Economic Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nec/

National Security Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/index.html

Office of Management and Budget
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/

Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/

Office of Science and Technology Policy
http://www.ostp.gov/

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
http://www.ustr.gov/

The Cabinet

The President's Cabinet
http://www.politics1.com/cabinet.htm

U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov

U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.gov

U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp

U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.doe.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov

U.S. Department of the Interior
http://www.doi.gov/about.html

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov

U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov

U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov

U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov

U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov

Federal Agencies and Commissions

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
http://www.achp.gov

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov

Commodities Futures Trading Commission
http://www.cftc.gov/

Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov

Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
http://www.fdic.gov/

Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov

Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov

National Security Agency
http://www.nsa.gov

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/

National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
http://www.nclis.gov

National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.arts.gov

National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov

National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov

Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov

President's Council on Physical Fitness
http://www.fitness.gov/aboutpcpfs/aboutpcpfs.html

Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov

Small Business Administration
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov

Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov

Selective Service System
http://www.sss.gov

U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.info.usaid.gov

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/

U.S. International Trade Commission
http://www.usitc.gov

U.S. Office of Government Ethics
http://www.usoge.gov

U.S. Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov

Voice of America
http://www.voa.gov

Legistrative Branch
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov
Legislative Branch Internet Resources
Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet, a service of the Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov

CONTACT INFORMATION AND BIOGRAPHIES
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
United States Congress House Directory 107th Congress 2001-2002
Courtesy of the University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/congress/archive/hou01.txt
United States Congress Senate Directory 107th Congress 2001-2002
Courtesy of the University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/congress/archive/sen01.txt
Congressional E-Mail Addresses and Web Sites - 107th Congress 2001-2002
Courtesy of the University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/congress/conemail.txt
Congressional Committees and Subcommittees
Assignments for all congressional committees by Juan Cabanela.
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/committee_list.cgi?site=ctc

LINKS TO LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES
CapitolHearings
Distributes gavel-to-gavel audio coverage of U.S. Senate Committee hearings via the Internet.
http://www.CapitolHearings.org/

Center on Congress, Indiana University
Extensive information on the institution of Congress, its role in American life, the legislative process, and the various aspects of being a Member of Congress.
http://congress.indiana.edu/
Congress Link
http://www.congresslink.org

Congress.org: Issues & Action: Action Alert Search
Capitol Advantage. Posts and links to action alerts, browsable by issue area, from over 800 advocacy groups, corporations, associations, unions, state organizations and media.
http://congress.org/congressorg/issuesaction/alert/

Congressional Apportionment
U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
CRS WWW Accessible Reports-Government & Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress. Listing and linkage to web-based collection of nonpartisan CRS reports and issue briefs providing research and analysis on a wide breadth of topics. http://www.house.gov/shays/resources/leginfo/crs.htm

Glossary of Congressional Terms
The Capitol.Net. Glossary of common Congressional terms
http://www.thecapitol.net/glossary/

GPO ACCESS - Legislative
Government Printing Office. Access to fulltext official legislative publications, documents, and resources.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html

How Congress Works - Committee on Rules
http://www.house.gov/rules/

Legislative Branch
U.S. Government Manual
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_government_manual&docid=188578tx_xxx-3.pdf

Legislative Source Book: Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.
http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/fed-leg-hist.htm

The Legislative Process
http://www.house.gov/Legproc .html

The Legislative Process on the House Floor
http://www.house.gov/rules/95-563.htm

Speaker of the House
Discussion of the role of the Speaker of the House of Representative as a House Officer, Party Leader, and Representative
http://speaker.house.gov/

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov

U.S. Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/index.html

YourCongress.com
Created by a former Congressman, the site provides extensive, easy-to-understand information about Congress and its members, with some entertaining features. Includes comparison of make-up of Congress with the nation-at-large and popular FAQs.
http://www.YourCongress.com/

Judicial Branch

The Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov

U.S. Court
http://www.uscourts.gov

Overviews

Overview of Judicial Branch
From the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/judg.html

An Overview of the United States Sentencing Commission
http://www.ussc.gov/general.htm

Our American Government: The Judicial Branch, 2000 ed.
House Document 106-216, U.S. GPO: 2000. A popular introductory guide for American citizens and those of other countries who seek a greater understanding of our heritage of democracy. The question-and-answer format covers a broad range of topics dealing with the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of our Government as well as the electoral process and the role of political parties.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_documents&docid=f:hd216.106

Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions
U.S. Congressional Research Service. December 11, 2001. Discussion of the use of military commissions, instead of criminal statutes, to prosecute alleged perpetrators of terrorist acts.
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/7951.pdf

Understanding the Federal Courts, 1999 Edition
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/understand02/

The Courts

Brief Overview of the Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/briefoverview.pdf

Mediation and the Courts
U.S. Department of State, December 1999
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/1299/ijde /ijde1299.htm

How U.S. Courts Work
U.S. Information Agency, September 1999
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/0999/ijde /ijde0999.htm

Administration of the U.S. Courts

Federal Judicial Center - About the FJC
The research and education agency of the federal judicial system.
http://www.fjc.gov/

The Judicial Conference of the United States
http://www.uscourts.gov/judconf.html

Judicial Councils
http://www.uscourts.gov/understanding_courts/89915.htm

Administrative Office of the United States Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/adminoff.html

Directories

Glossary of Terms
http://www.uscourts.gov/library/glossary.html

Directory of U.S. Courts of Appeals
http://www.ntsb.gov/alj/appeal_dir.htm

Directory of U.S. District Courts
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/kidspage/usdcmap.html

State and Local Government

State & Local Government (Sources: Library of Congress, State Department, U.S. State & Local Gateway)

State and Local Government on the Net http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

Links to U.S. Government Resources

USA.gov
The first-ever government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.
http://www.usa.gov/

Govspot
Topical portal to"best and most relevant" government information online.
http://www.govspot.com

GPOAccess
U.S. Government Printing Office access to official, published documents, with highlights for new documents.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov

Library of Congress: Browse Government Resources
Library of Congress guide to useful government sites.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/news/extgovd.html

Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, University Library
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
U.S. Government Printing Office
http://bensguide.gpo.gov

CNN Inside Politics
Cable News Network
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/

Campaigns & Elections
The magazine for the people in politics
http://www.campaignline.com

CyberCemetery
University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. GOvernment Printing Office. Provides access to electronic Web Sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. Access is both alphabetically and by category.
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.html

The Democratic National Committee
The party committee plans the quadrennial presidential nominating convention and works with candidates and national, state, and local party organizations to meet the needs and espouse the views of the Democratic electorate. Includes history of the party, its charter and bylaws, the presidential election platform, press releases, issue summaries, and links.
http://www.democrats.org

Federal Telephone Directory
Federal Consumer Information Center, U.S. General Service Administration. Access to federal phone directories, cabinet agencies, and members of Congress by organization and popular topic.
http://www.info.gov/phone.htm

FedWorld.Gov
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce. Gateway to government information.
http://www.fedworld.gov/

Freedom of Information Act, Dept. of Justice
Gives background on requesting government records under the FOIA, providing links to most federal agency FOIA sites and to more detailed reports on the topic.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/index.html

Freedom of Information Center
University of Missouri-Columbia. Online collection of he FOIC reference and research library
http://www.missouri.edu/~foiwww/

Glossary of Congressional Terms
The Capitol.Net. Glossary of common Congressional terms.
http://www.thecapitol.net/glossary/

Google Uncle Sam Search
Search engine limited to U.S. government topics
http://www.google.com/unclesam

GovSearch
Carroll Publishing Company's extensive, and frequently updated, guides to government decisionmakers and key staff at all levels of government. By subscription only.
http://www.carrollpub.com/govsearch.asp

Infomine Government Information Resources
The Regents of the University of California. Annotated and indexed links to scholarly Internet resource collections, with numerous access points through browsing and searching.
http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/govpubsearch.phtml

My Facts Page - U.S. Government Resources
Refdesk.com, a personally-assembled, widely recognized collection of quality Internet sites.
http://www.refdesk.com/factgov.html

National Center for Policy Analysis
A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization seeking private sector solutions. Topical access materials on a broad array of issues.
http://www.ncpa.org/

National Constitution Center
An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, with wide-ranging resources to increase awareness and understanding of the U.S. Constitution, its history, and its relevance to daily life.
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

Official U.S. Executive Branch Web Sites
A Library of Congress Internet resource page
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html

OpenSecrets.org - Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections
Center for Responsive Politics. Includes detailed tracking and summary reports, surveys, and studies on contributions in politics, and their effect on elections and public policy
http://www.opensecrets.org/

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
An independent opinion research group that provides surveys, studies, and commentary on attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues. Especially known for its research program, The People, The Press & Politics, featuring a division of the American electorate into distinct voting groups, attempting to identify basic values and attitudes, and resulting political behaviors.
http://people-press.org/

Public Diplomacy Foundation
This web site is designed to inform anyone interested in U.S. foreign affairs regarding the important role public diplomacy has played, and is playing, in supporting U.S. foreign policy and in safeguarding and advancing U.S. interests.
http://www.publicdiplomacy.org/

Political Advocacy Groups
A privately compiled directory of U.S. lobbying organizations, with topical and alphabetical access to directory information and a brief description of over 400 organiations.
http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/browse/law30.10.10/

PoliticalInformation.com
A targeted, non-partisan search engine of over 5,000 web sites for political and policy information and resources.
http://politicalinformation.com/

PollingReport.com
Independent, nonpartisan resource reporting on a variety of trends in American public opinion.
http://pollingreport.com/

Republican National Committee
Home page of the Republican Party, providing party history and rules, current platform, biographies of leaders, news and press releases, and links to affiliated organizations.
http://www.rcn.org

U.S. Blue Pages
On-Line Directory of U.S. government services and programs on federal, state, and local levels. http://www.usbluepages.gov/

U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection
Columbia University. Subject arrangement of the most frequently used depository document titles at Columbia University Libraries. Some documents available full-text.
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/govt-docs.html

U.S. Government Information Resources
National Technology Transfer Center. Links to federal web sites and the official web sites of the fifty states.
http://www.nttc.edu/resources/government/govresources.asp

United States Military Commissions: A Quick Guide to Available Resources
Stephen Young is a reference librarian at The Catholic University of America, Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library. Extensive guide to statutory authority, judicial decisions, and significant writings and websites on military.
http://www.llrx.com/features/military.htm

University of Michigan Documents Center
A central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html

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