Federal
Selected Government Websites
Web Portals
- USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
- Federal Citizen Information Center
- FedWorld (National Technical Information Service, U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
- FirstGov (now renamed USA.gov)
- GovSpot
- GPO Agency Web site - The new Web pages will help inform the public about and lead the public to Federal depository libraries. The redesigned site includes links to FDsys, GPO Access, the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the Federal Depository Library Directory, The FDLP Desktop, Ben's Guide, and more, as well as Web pages for each of the agency's departments.
Congress
- Congress.org - this non-partisan website aims to facilitate civic participation. Features include contacts for federal, state, and local officials (by ZIP code) and local and national media.
- Congressional Record - the official record of the proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress. Website includes Congressional Record issues from 1989 (the 101st Congress) to the present.
- House of Representatives
- Senate
- THOMAS (Library of Congress) - includes information on bills and resolutions, roll call votes, schedules, committees, nominations, treaties, and more.
Data & Statistics
- Census Bureau
- American FactFinder - set up population tables or maps
- Guide to using American FactFinder
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 (Part 1)
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 (Part 2)
- College Navigator (National Center for Education Statistics)
- Congressional Budget Office - current budget and economic projections
- Data Gov. - Data.gov includes a searchable data catalog that includes access to data in two ways: through the "raw" data catalog and using tools.
- Department of Energy Data Explorer
- FedStats
- Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia)
- Statistical Abstract of the United States: The National Data Book - social, political, and economic statistics
- Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
- STAT-USA (Dept. of Commerce)
- USA.gov Data and Statistics
- USA.gov Family History and Genealogy statistics
- U.S. Economic Indicators
Directories
- A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
- Federal Agencies Directory (Louisiana State University)
- Who's Who in the Federal Government (University of Memphis)
- Yahoo! Government Directory
Elections
- Congress.org Election Guide
- Election 2008 (Univ. of Michigan)
- Election 2008 (Univ. of Vanderbilt)
- Electoral College
- FactCheck.org
- Federal Election Commission
- Project Vote Smart
- Voting America: U.S. Politics 1840-2008 (Univ. of Richmond)
Federal Agencies & Departments
- Cross Agency Portals
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- USAID DEC -is the largest online resource for USAID-funded international development technical and programmatic documentation.
Foreign Affairs
- Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
- Department of State Foreign Affairs (DOSFAN) Electronic Research Collection (Univ. of Illinois)
Government Manuals
- U.S. Government Manuals (1995-present)
- U.S. Government Manuals (1935-1951) (University of Minnesota)
Government Printing Office (GPO)
Libraries & Archives
- CyberCemetery (University of North Texas and GPO): archive of government websites that have ceased operations
- Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Desktop
- Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) of the American Library Association
- Library of Congress
- National Archives
- Presidential Libraries
- Wirtz Labor Library of the U.S. Department of Labor
Science
- Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund)
- Government databases in science & technology (St. Mary's University)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Research
- National Weather Service: site includes weather warnings, forecasts, and historical data
- Science.gov: a gateway to over 50 million pages of science information provided by U.S. government agencies
- U.S. Geological Survey: focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water
- WorldWideScience.org: a global science gateway to national and international scientific databases and portals
Search Engines
- Google: U.S. Government Search
- GovEngine.com
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections for Government Information
- SearchGov.com: searches government websites (.gov)
- SearchMil.com: searches military websites (.mil)