Frequently Used Sites

Related to
U.S. Federal Government Information

Federal Documents Task Force (FDTF)
Government Documents Round Table (GODORT)
American Library Association (ALA)

This is a collection of links to many sites that I have collected and compiled since 1996. As a result some links may have changed because I have not kept up with each site location over the years. Keep in mind, if a link does not work you could still do a search using the title I have given the link. this is a comprehensive resource for federal, state and local information.

Subject Index: Major Indexes | Business and Economics | Census | Congress | Consumer Information | Copyright, Patents, Trademarks | Crime and Justice | Education | Foreign Countries | Health and Welfare | Impeachment | Laws and Regulations | Natural Resources | President and Executive Branch | Scientific and Technical Reports | Statistics | Supreme Court | Tax Forms | Travel | Voting/Elections

Major Government Indexes

The Federal Web Locator--Ken Mortensen, Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy
Over 600 links to federal web sites.

FedWorld Information Network--National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Comprehensive central access point ("one-stop shopping") for locating and ordering federal government information, including job announcements and tax forms; access to WWW sites, more than 130 government dial-up bulletin boards, and other U.S. government information sources.

GOVBOT: Database of Government Web Sites--The Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval / Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
Indexes over 600,000 web pages from U.S. government and military sites. Funded by U.S. Dept. of Defense.

Government Information Locator Service (GILS)--Pathway Services, U.S. Govt. Printing Office (GPO)
A single point of entry to access, or link to, all U.S. Federal GILS databases, which identify public information resources within the federal government, describe the information available in these resources, and assist in obtaining the information.

GPO Access--U.S. Govt. Printing Office
Search and retrieve full-text from more than 50 online databases. The Database List includes a general search page for searching across databases and specialized search pages for a detailed search of individual databases. See also the Description of Databases, Finding Aids, and What's New.

Interactive Citizen's Handbook--White House Web Server
Search government web sites by agency or subject.

Migrating Government Publications--Univ. of Memphis
Tracks printed government publications converted to electronic format on the Internet; provides URLs and links them directly to the electronic documents; arranged by SuDocs number and by title.

[Monthly] Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT) [via GPO Access]--U.S. Govt. Printing Office
The most comprehensive finding aid for U.S. government documents; a catalog of all documents received by GPO. Includes author, title, subject, and keyword title indexes; uses LC subject headings; covers 1994 to present.

Thomas--Library of Congress
Congressional bills, laws, and reports; Congressional Record; how bills become law, C-SPAN; and House and Senate Web services.

U.S. Government Manual Online via GPO Access--National Archives and Records Admin. (NARA)
Official handbook of the federal government; provides comprehensive information on federal government agencies, for each of which it gives a list of principal officials, a statement of purpose and role in the government, a brief history, legislative or executive authority, and a description of its programs and activities. Search by keyword within each publication or browse through a list of sections, each with ASCII text and PDF files.
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Business and Economics

U.S. Business Advisor--NTIS/Fedworld
Provides business with one-stop access to federal government information, services, and transactions.

White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
Current statistics about output; income; employment, unemployment, and earnings; production and business activity; prices; money, credit, and securities markets; transportation; and international statistics.

Commerce Business Daily--U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information; issued every business day. GPO Access version provides keyword and field searching; Loren Data Corp. provides individual daily issues with a backfile to 1995.

U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Their bureau and agency web sites include Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Economics and Statistics Admin., and International Trade Admin.

U.S. Dept. of Labor
Their bureau and agency web sites include Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Training Admin., Occupational Safety and Health Admin. (OSHA), and Women's Bureau

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Includes the EDGAR Database of Corporate Information and Investor Education and Assistance .

U.S. Small Business Admin.
Starting, financing, and expanding your business; about the SBA; business links.

STAT-USA/Internet--U.S. Economics and Statistics Admin.
General economic, fiscal and monetary, financial market, price and productivity, industry, employment, and regional statistics. Includes National Trade Data Bank, Commerce Business Daily, Economic Bulletin Board, Bureau of Economic Analysis economic information.
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Census

U.S. Bureau of the Census
Social, demographic, and economic information, including news, access tools, statistics on subjects a-z, and publications.

American FactFinder--U.S. Bureau of the Census
Quick access to community profiles, frequently requested data for given geographic areas, maps, and industry and business facts.

Census Bureau Map Stats--U.S. Bureau of the Census
Click on your state, your region in your state, and your county to get a map, and demographic and business information about your county.

1990 Census Lookup--U.S. Bureau of the Census
Census data from the Summary Tape Files (STFs).

Government Information Sharing Project--Oregon State Univ.
Includes 1990 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape Files (STFs) 1 & 3; Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1987-1996; Earnings by Occupation and Education: 1990; 1992 Economic Census; Equal Employment Opportunity File; U.S. Imports/Exports History: 1992-1996; Population Estimates by Age, Sex, and Race, 1990-1994; Regional Economic Information System (REIS), 1969-1996; and USA Counties.

United States Historical Census Data Browser--Univ. of Virginia
Data on the people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790 to 1970. Produced by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) from U.S. Bureau of the Census data.

Interactive Data Resources at SSDC--Univ. of Virginia Social Sciences Data Center (SSDC)
Includes County and City Data Books (1988 and 1994); County Business Patterns (1977 to date); National Income and Products Accounts Tables (1959 to date); Regional Economic Information System (REIS) (1969 to date); State Personal Income (1958 to date); U.S. Imports and Exports (1989 to date); and Uniform Crime Reporting Data (1990 to date).

PDF Publications--U.S. Bureau of the Census
All recent Census publications that are available for free in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF).

Social Science and Government Data Library-- Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Includes 1990 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape Files (STFs) 1 (questions asked every household) & 3 (questions asked of 1 in 7 households weighted to represent the total population). Also includes Subject Summary Tape Files (SSTFs) 2, 3, and 5.

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1995-1998--U.S. Bureau of the Census
View each individual section in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Congress

United States Congress [via GPO Access]--U.S. Govt. Printing Office
Search and retrieve full-text of Congressional bills (from 1993) and history of bills (from 1983); the Congressional Directory (from 1995); a limited selection of Congressional hearings (from 1997); the Congressional Record (from 1995) and its index (from 1983); public laws (from 1995); Senate and House calendars (both from 1995); Senate, House and Executive Reports (from 1995); and Senate, House and Treaty Documents (from 1995).

Thomas--Library of Congress
Search Congressional bills, laws, and reports; Congressional Record; how bills become law, C-SPAN; and House and Senate Web services.

Congressional Budget Office--U.S. Congress
Provides Congress with economic and budgetary information--studies, reports, and cost estimates.

Congressional E-mail Directory--Jeffrey Hoffman and WebslingerZ--arranged by state.

FECInfo--Tony Raymond
Non-partisan federal candidate campaign money page, 1993-94 to date; political-action-committee and individual contributor by candidate: "who gave what to which Federal candidates when." Based on U.S. Federal Election Commission data.

U.S. House of Representatives
Member, committee, and leadership directory; House floor schedule; House committee hearings schedule; roll-call votes; the legislative process.

U.S. Senate
Information on Senators and leadership; committees; recent and scheduled legislative action; Senate historiy, procedures, and terminology.

See also the Laws and Regulations and the Voting/Election Information sections below.
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Consumer Information

Applications/Forms --Federal Yellow Pages--Government Information Exchange
Copyright, federal employment, immigration, social security, student aid, tax, veterans, voter registration, and other forms.

Consumer Information--Federal Yellow Pages--Government Information Exchange
One-stop directory of federal consumer sites.

Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO 81009--U.S. General Services Admin.
Full-text versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications.

U.S. Consumer Gateway
One-stop shopping for consumer information; at bottom of Gateway page choose food, health, home, transportation, children, buying smart, product safety, your money, education, and other topics.

Federal Job Announcement Search--NTIS/FedWorld

Forms from the Feds--Univ. of Memphis
Forms for copyright, taxes, passports, immigration, and others.

healthfinder--U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Consumer information, topics a-z that direct you to dozens of sites and groups on numerous topics, such as AIDS, Allergies, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease & Stroke, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse

U.S. Internal Revenue Service--includes Forms and Publications

Occupational Outlook Handbook--U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
For each occupation lists the nature of the work, working conditions, number of jobs in what industries and what areas, training, other qualifications, advancement, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources of additional information.

Postal Rates and Postal Rate Calculators, both from the U.S. Postal Service.

See also the Tax forms and publications section below.

Travel Publications--U.S. Dept. of State
Includes Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets and Passport Services--application, where to apply, related information. See also CDC Home Travel Information Page--U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

ZIP+4 Code Lookup--U.S. Postal Service
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Copyright, Patents, Trademarks

U.S. Copyright Office--Library of Congress
Includes PDF files for Copyright Basics, Copyright Information Circulars and Form Letters, and Copyright Registration Procedures.

IBM Patent Server
Search U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent descriptions since 1971 and patent images (not downloadable) since 1980.

Patents and Trademarks--Government Information Xchange
List of sites compiled by U.S. General Services Admin.

U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Includes a freely searchable database of front page information from U.S. patents issued from 1976.
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Crime and Justice

U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)--U.S. Dept. of the Treasury

U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics--U. S. Dept. of Justice
Statistics about crime, offenders and victims, the justice system, special topics.

U. S. Dept. of Justice

Civil Rights Division

Drug Enforcement Admin. (DEA)--drug data, programs, publications, etc.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)--history, employment opportunities, investigations and most-wanted, testimony before Congress, law enforcement support; and Uniform Crime Reports

DOJ Hot Topics--health-care fraud, disabilities (ADA), missing children, gangs and youth violence, other topics, and statistics.

DOJ: Reports and Documents--arranged by agency; reports on violence against women, FBI information, Attorney-General's annual report, child support, civil rights, violent crime, disabilities (ADA), affirmative action, other information.

Justice Information Center--U.S. National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs, international resources, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research and evaluation, and victims, and National Drug Control Strategy--Office of National Drug Control Policy--goals and objectives to reduce drug use and its consequences in America.

U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy--White House Web Server
Drug abuse treatment and prevention, domestic law, and interdiction and international drug trade.
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Education

Ask ERIC--Syracuse Univ. for ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology
Education information for teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and parents; includes keyword searching of ERIC Database

U.S. Dept. of Education
Priorities, funding opportunities, programs, publications, research, and statistics.

Education Statistics--White House Social Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
collects and analyzes statistics on U.S. education and international comparisons. Statistical compendia includes major NCES publications, such as

Digest of Education Statistics--the basic compilation of education statistics

The Condition of Education--more policy relevant and problem oriented; focuses on 60 indicators judged to be significant national measures of the condition and progress of education. See also Supplemental and Standard Error Tables.

Projections of Education Statistics--ten-year projections of statistics on enrollment, graduates, classroom teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

Student Financial Assistance (SFA)--Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education (OPE/ED)

Student Guide to financial aid from the U.S. Dept. of Education

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which you can file electronically.

Title IV School Codes

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Foreign Countries/International Information

U.S. Agency for International Development (AID)

Arms Control and International Security/Political Military Affairs--U.S. Dept. of State
Includes fact sheets, remarks, and statements on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, anti-personnel land mines, related information.

U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Fact sheets, speeches, treaties, reports, and historical documents

CIA World Factbook--U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Basic information about every country in the world: communications, defense, economy, flag and map, geography, government, people, and transportation.

DefenseLINK--U.S. Dept. of Defense
Links to all branches of the military, defense issues, organization and functions, publications, news releases, speeches, and Bosnia and the Persian Gulf.

U.S. Dept. of State

Background Notes--hot topics, press briefings, organization, international policy by region and issue, budget, travel, services to business, careers, and other information.

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor--Includes Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, fact sheets, statements, speeches, testimony, press releases, and reports on human rights abroad, covering religious freedom, racism, intolerance, slavery, torture, children's rights, and women's rights.

Dispatch Magazine--current issues; provides major speeches and congressional testimony from the State Department; PDF files.

Policy--hot issues; other topics of international policy by region and issue; remarks, testimony, and briefings; organization; publications; and digital diplomacy for students. See also Hot Topics in U.S. Foreign Policy--Earth Day, Chemical Weapons Convention, international women's issues, 1996 international narcotics control strategy report, Report to the Congress on the Enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, international affairs budget, Middle East peace process, U.S. policy on Bosnia, Holocaust assets, and "in the news."

Regions--statements, communiques, speeches, and testimony, related sites, embassy contacts, and other country/regional information for African Affairs; East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP); European Affairs; Near Eastern Affairs; New Independent States of the Former USSR; Western Hemisphere Affairs.

Services--business, travel, career opportunities, per diem rates, living overseas.

Foreign Exchange Rates--Federal Reserve Board. Or Currency Rates and Information--Washington Post

Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbooks
Covers social life, economy, history, government and politics, and national security. Issued for more than 70 countries. Prepared for Dept. of the Army.

World News Connection--U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
The latest two years of full text and summaries of foreign newspaper articles, speeches, TV and radio broadcasts, books, and reports translated into English. Requires password.

The Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) International Documents Task Force (IDTF) created two very useful sites, now maintained by Northwestern Univ.:

Links to Foreign Governments

Links to International Organizations

Yugoslavia Sites:

Kosovo [selective list]--Kevin Reynolds, Univ. of the South

Kosovo [comprehensive list]--Grace York, Univ. of Michigan

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Health and Welfare

Health--U.S. Consumer Gateway
Aging/elder care, dieting/weight control, disease (AIDS, alcohol, cancer, heart, etc.), drugs, exercise/fitness, medical procedures, product recalls, safety/accident prevention, smoking, nutrition.

Health Information--National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

healthfinder--U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Consumer information, including search--three search options direct you to dozens of sites and groups on topics such as AIDS, Allergies, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse.

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Admin. on Aging

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)--"The Nation's Prevention Agency."
Includes National Prevention Information Network (CDC NPIN) (formerly known as the National AIDS Clearinghouse) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Food and Drug Admin. [Internet FDA]

Health Care Financing Admin.--U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
General information for consumers and beneficiaries and specific professional/technical information for researchers and analysts on Medicare and Medicaid

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institutes of Health

For drug and alcohol abuse information, see:

Prevline (Prevention Online)--U.S. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)

U. S. National Institute on Drug Abuse--information on drugs of abuse, community guide and other publications, Marijuana Facts, teaching material.

U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy--White House Web Server--drug abuse treatment and prevention, domestic law, and interdiction and international drug trade.

[The 1998 Green Book: Overview of Entitlement Programs--] House Ways and Means Committee Prints [via GPO Access]--U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Program descriptions and historical and current data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation; to search for documents in the 1998 Green Book, select "WMCP: 105-7 -- 1998 Green Book" before entering your search.

Health, United States, 1998 with Socioeconomic Status and Health Chartbook--National Center for Health Statistics--annual report on the health status of the United States

Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics (ORES)--U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Includes Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin and Social Security Programs throughout the World.

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)--U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Occupational Safety and Health Admin. (OSHA)--U.S. Dept. of Labor
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Impeachment Sites

Independent Counsel Report (the Starr Report) and Responses

Independent Counsel's Report to the United States House of Representatives--Kenneth Starr. Includes the Report, the Appendices, and the Supplemental Material

Preliminary Memorandum Concerning Referral of Office of Independent Counsel
--David E. Kendall, et al., Sept. 11, 1998

Initial Response to Referral of Office of Independent Counsel
--David E. Kendall, et al. / Office of the White House Counsel, Sept. 12, 1998

[House] Judiciary Committee Report--U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary via The Washington Post--with supporting and dissenting views, with appendices, and resolution and articles of impeachment

Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton--University of Michigan Documents Center
Senate trial, House committee documents and floor debates, independent counsel reports, grand jury documents, historical materials, and other information

Guide to Impeachment and Censure Materials Online--JURIST: The Law Professors' Network
Impeachment primers, Constitutional and statutory provisions, Andrew Johnson and Watergate, impeachment procedures, Supreme Court cases, censure: Clinton, academic opinion and public opinion polls, and recommended books and articles

LII Backgrounder on Impeachment--Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell Law School

Investigating the President--CNN (Cable News Network) Interactive
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Laws and Regulations

GPO Access--U.S. Govt. Printing Office
Search and retrieve full-text from more than 50 online databases, including:

New federal laws are first issued individually as Public Laws (available from 1995). Laws currently in force are arranged by subject (codified) in the United States Code (USC).

New and proposed regulations issued by federal agencies are first published in the Federal Register (available from 1994). The new regulations later are arranged by subject (codified) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), a compilation of regulations currently in force. Both are produced by the National Archives and Records Admin. (NARA).

Congressional Bills (from 1993) and History of Bills (from 1983)

Congressional Record (from 1995)--transcript of House and Senate floor debates

Constitution of the United States--searchable database of analysis and interpretation

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

Federal Budget Publications and Economic Report of the President [Online via GPO Access] --U. S. Office of Management and Budget--includes citizen's guide, supplements, analytical perspectives, historical tables, and appendix, as well as the Economic Report of the President. Click here for alternative site. Search by keyword within each publication and download individual sections or download in PDF or download tables in spreadsheet format.

Thomas--Library of Congress
Congressional bills, laws, and reports; Congressional Record; how bills become law; C-SPAN; and House & Senate Web services. See also Larry Schankman's Legislative Research with Thomas.

Municipal Codes Online--Seattle Public Library
Links to United States city and county codes of laws for selected municipalities.

See also the Congress section above.
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Natural Resources

U.S. Dept. of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)--earth science information: natural resources and the environment: geology, national mapping, water resources, biology.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service--responsible for migratory birds, endangered species, marine mammals, fish, the National Wildlife Refuge System, wetlands, protecting habitat, conserving coastal areas, and environmental contaminants.

U.S. National Park Service Parknet

DOE Information Bridge--U.S. Dept. of Energy and U.S. Govt. Printing Office
Access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental cleanup, energy technologies, and other topics.

USDA Forest Service--U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Forests, people, and sustainable multiple-use land management.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
News, projects, programs, and publications about protecting human health and safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land.

National Atlas of the United States of America--U.S. Geological Survey
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President and Executive Branch

Executive branch departments: Agriculture | Commerce | Defense | Education | Energy| Health and Human Services | Housing and Urban Development | Interior | Justice | Labor | State | Transportation | Treasury | Veterans Affairs

See also the Impeachment Sites section above.

U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory--Smittie Bolner, Louisiana State Univ.

U.S. Government Manual Online via GPO Access--National Archives and Records Admin. (NARA)
Official handbook of the federal government; provides comprehensive information on federal government agencies, for each of which it gives a list of principal officials, a statement of purpose and role in the government, a brief history, legislative or executive authority, and a description of its programs and activities. Search by keyword within each publication or browse through a list of sections, each with ASCII text and PDF files.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents [via GPO Access]--National Archives and Records Admin. (NARA)
Statements, messages, and other Presidential material.

White House Web Server
Includes Interactive Citizens' Handbook to government; virtual library of documents, speeches, and press releases; and briefing room of latest news and statistics. Includes:

The President of the United States [and the Executive Office of the President]--covers White House offices and agencies, Presidential initiatives, Presidential accomplishments, and selected public addresses

President's Cabinet--links to the fourteen Departments' home pages.

[Independent] Federal Agencies and Commissions

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Scientific and Technical Reports

Center for Aerospace Information (CASI) Technical Report Server--National Aeronautics and Space Admin. (NASA)
Bibliographic citations and abstracts for publicly available aerospace documents, journal articles, and conference proceedings. Some recent full-text reports produced by the NASA centers are also included.

DOE Reports Bibliographic Database--U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE)
Citations for Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored scientific and technical reports covering Jan. 1, 1994 to present.

DOE Information Bridge--U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Govt. Printing Office (GPO)
Access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental cleanup, energy technologies, and other topics.

National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)--U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Catalog of over 5000 EPA publications available in hardcopy and multimedia product.

NTIS OrderNow� Online--National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Database of information products added to the NTIS Collection within the last 90 days. Items available include technical reports, CD-ROMs, datafiles, videotapes, and audiocassettes.

xxx.lanl.gov E-Print Archive from the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Access to a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers beginning in August 1991. Covers physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computational linguistics, and neuroscience.
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Statistics

Major U.S. Government Statistical Agencies
Bureau of Economic Analysis [BEA] | Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS] |
Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] | Bureau of Transportation Statistics [BTS] |
Bureau of the Census | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] |
Economic Research Service [USDA ERS] | Energy Information Administration [EIA] |
Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] | Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] |
Federal Election Commission | Fedstats |
Internal Revenue Service | National Agriculture Statistical Service [USDA NASS] |
National Center for Education Statistics [NCES] | National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS] |
White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room [ESBR] |
White House Social Statistics Briefing Room [SSBR] |
Principal U.S. Federal Statistical Agencies and International Statistical Agencies [Fedstats] |

Broad Subject Areas
Agriculture: [Fedstats], [USDA NASS] , [USDA ERS] |
Crime: [FBI Uniform Crime Reports], [Fedstats], [SSBR] |
Demographics: [SSBR], [Fedstats] |
Economic: [Fedstats] | Economy at a Glance: [BLS] |
Education: [Fedstats], [NCES], [SSBR] |
Energy: [EIA], [Fedstats] |
Environment: [EPA], [Fedstats] |
Health: [CDC], [Fedstats], [NCHS], [SSBR] |
Income: [Fedstats] | International: [ESBR] |
Justice: [BJS], [Fedstats] | Labor: [Fedstats], [BLS] |
National Accounts: [Fedstats] | Natural Resources: [Fedstats] |
Safety: [Fedstats] | Transportation: [BTS], [ESBR], [Fedstats] |

Economic Indicators
Consumer Price Indexes [BLS] |
Energy Prices [EIA] | Employment [ESBR] |
Gross Domestic Product [BEA] | Income and Expenditures [ESBR] | International Trade [Census] |
Money, Interest Rates [ESBR] | Output [ESBR] | Per Capita Income [BEA] |
Poverty [Census] | Prices [ESBR] | Producer Price Indexes [BLS] |
Production, Sales, Orders and Inventories [ESBR] | Productivity [BLS] | Unemployment [BLS] |

Social Indicators
AIDS [CDC] | Diseases [CDC] | Drugs and Crime [BJS] |
Envirofacts Warehouse [EPA] | Guns in School [NCES] | Health Care Costs [NCHS] |

Individual Publications
Agriculture Fact Book [USDA] | Budget of the United States [OMB] | CIA World Factbook |
The Condition of Education [NCES] and Supplement |
County and City Data Books, 1988 and 1994 [Census / Univ. of Virginia Social Sciences Data Center |
Digest of Education Statistics [NCES] | Economic Report of the President [OMB] |
EDGAR Database of Corporate Information [SEC] | Election Statistics, 1920- [Clerk of the House] |
FECInfo [Federal Election Commission] | Foreign Exchange Rates [Federal Reserve] |
Green Book (Entitlement Programs) [House Ways and Means Comm.] | Projections of Education Statistics [NCES] |
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics [BJS / Univ. at Albany (SUNY)] |
STAT-USA/Internet [Economics and Statistics Admin.] | State and Metropolitan Area Data Book [Census] |
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1995-1998 [Census] | USA Counties [Census / Oregon State Univ.]

General sites

Fedstats--Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
Easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by more than 70 federal agencies--search through topic list (A to Z), enter search terms, or use site map. Broad topics include: Agriculture, Crime, Demographic, Economic, Education, Energy, Environment, Health, Income, Labor, National Accounts, Natural Resources, Safety, and Transportation.

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1995-1998--U.S. Bureau of the Census
The basic annual compendium of federal statistics; includes almost 1,600 tables, of social, economic, and political statistics, and a guide to other statistical publications and sources. View each individual section in Portable Document Format (PDF)

STAT-USA/Internet--U.S. Economics and Statistics Admin.
Assembles economic, business, and international trade information from hundreds of federal agencies. Includes State of the Union (current economic, monetary, employment, manufacturing, and construction indicators) and National Trade Data Bank (international trade, country and market research, opportunity leads). Password may be required.

White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
Current statistics about output; income; employment, unemployment, and earnings; production and business activity; prices; money, credit, and securities markets; transportation; and international statistics.

White House Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)
Current statistics on crime, demographics, education, and health.
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Supreme Court Decisions

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions [U.S. Reports 150-, 1893-]--Findlaw Internet Legal Resources
Browsable by year and U.S. Reports volume number and searchable by citation, party name, and full text.

FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions Homepage [U.S. Reports 300-422, 1937-1975]--National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Search U.S. Reports 300-422, 1937-1975, by case name or by full-text keyword.

LII Hermes [Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court]--Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell Law School
Since 1990, with selected earlier cases, indexed by topic and party name.

Search Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975, Online via GPO Access [U.S. Reports 300-422, 1937-1975]--U.S. Govt. Printing Office
Search by full text, case name, or case number.

USSC+ OnLine [Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court]--InfoSynthesis
Search decisions, 1953 to date, by citation, name, subject, full text, docket.
06/05/98

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Tax Forms and Publications

U.S. Internal Revenue Service

Forms and Publications

Tax Regs in Plain English--list of tax regulations issued since August 1, 1995, with references to plain language summaries where available. Includes Internal Revenue Bulletins.

FedWorld's Tax Form Search

Get It Quick--if you know the form or publication number you need.

FedWorld File Transfer Protocol Search and Retrieve Service--FTP site for tax forms for earlier years and for 10,000 other data files.

State Tax Agency Forms--Internal Revenue Service / Federation of Tax Administrators
Includes downloadable state tax forms

See also the Consumer Information section above.
05/19/99

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Travel Information

Bureau of Consular Affairs--U.S. Dept. of State
Travel warnings, passport and visa information, embassy and consulate information, and more.

CDC Home Travel Information Page--U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Health information for travelers.

Place Name Servers on the Internet--Linda Zellmer, Arizona State Univ.
Links to gazetteers of United States and Non-U.S. place names and "Out of This World (Planetary)" place names.

Recreation.GOV--National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Interagency one-stop resource for information about recreation on federal lands. Offers information from all of the federal land management agencies and allows searching for recreation sites by State, by agency, or by recreational activity.

Visit Your National Parks--U.S. National Park Service
Preparing for your trip, phone numbers, fees and reservations, "Find a Park."
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Voting/Election Information

Campaigns & Elections Magazine--Congressional Quarterly

Elections U.S.A.--"all the elections, all the results, all the time..."

Election Central--League of Women Voters Education Fund

Election Statistics--Clerk of the House
Official vote counts for 1920 to date for federal elections from the official sources of the states and territories.

FECInfo--Tony Raymond
Non-partisan federal candidate campaign money page, 1993-94 to date; political-action-committee and individual contributor by candidate: "who gave what to which Federal candidates when." Based on U.S. Federal Election Commission data.

U.S. Federal Election Commission--campaign laws; financial information about candidates, parties, & political action committees. Also see Federal Elections and Voting Statistics--official 1996 Presidential primary and general election results, voter registration and turnout.

opensecrets.org--Center for Responsive Politics--online source for money in politics data. See also 1998 Congressional Candidate Profiles--Center for Responsive Politics--arranged by state.

Politics1: State & Congressional Candidates--Ron Gunzburger

Project Vote Smart: Candidates & Elected Officials--biographies, campaign finances, issues positions, performance evaluations, and voting records for federal and state elections

Roll Call Politics--news scoops, politics, commentary, policy briefings

Voting Assistance Guide [Primary Site--not accessible 07/28/99] or Voting Assistance Guide [Secondary Site]--Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP)--U.S. Dept. of Defense
State-by-state information for citizens requesting registration and an absentee ballot; appendixes list 1998 primary elections

VoteNet: Who's Running Where

Washington Post: Campaigns

Web White and Blue--Markle Foundation
2000 U.S. national election

Campaign 2000 Forum-- ONElist--links to Presidential candidate sites

Election 2000 briefs--allpolitics.com / CNN
Latest stories and links to candidate Internet sites.
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