Government

Key documents

• Constitution of the U.S. (GPO Access)
• Constitution of the U.S. (National Archives)
• Declaration of Independence
• Key policy fact sheets

General information

• About America: how the U.S. is governed (Dept. of State)
• Awards, honors & medals (U.S. Senate)
• Ben's guide to government for kids (USGPO)
• Budget & economic outlook: FY2008 to 2017 (CBO)
• Budget of the U.S. government (USGPO)
• Citizen's almanac: fundamental documents, symbols, & anthems of the U.S. (USCIS)
• Foreign relations of the United States (Dept. of State)
• Freedom of Information Act Guide (Dept. of Justice)
• Freedom of speech & press: exceptions to the First Amendment (April 2007)
• Government (White House)
• Guide to U.S. law (Law Library of Congress)
• Honorary citizens of the U.S. (U.S. Senate)
• Library of Congress
• Medal of Honor recipients 1979-2007
• National Archives & Records Administration
• National atlas of the USA
• National continuity policy: a brief overview (June 2007)
• National Governors Association
• Our American government (USGPO)
• Our flag
• Outline of the U.S. government (Dept. of State)
• Outline of U.S. history (Dept. of State)
• Plum book: USG policy & supporting positions (USGPO)
• Say how? a pronunciation guide to names of public figures (Library of Congress)
• Student jobs: info on USG job opportunities
• Those who have lain in state or in honor in the Capitol Rotunda (Architect of the Capitol)
• Timeline of U.S. diplomatic history (Dept. of State)
• U.S. Code (USGPO)
• U.S. flag: federal law relating to display & associated questions
• U.S. Government Manual 2006-2007 (USGPO)
• U.S. Government RSS Library
• USA spending.gov
• USG photos & multimedia
• USG RSS library
• U.S. diplomacy: an online exploration of diplomatic history & foreign affairs
• U.S. laws, codes, statutes (Justia)
• Weekly compilation of presidential documents (USGPO)
• Welcome to USA: celebrate citizenship, learn about America

Statistics

• American factfinder
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Census Bureau
• Energy statistics
• Federal sentencing statistics by state, district & circuit
• Fedstats
• Fire statistics
• Historical census statistics on the foreign-born population of the U.S. 1850-2000
• Immigration statistics
• International trade statistics
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Statistical abstract of the U.S.
• Tourism - basic market analysis
• Tourism - inbound
• Tourism - monthly arrivals
• Tourism - outbound
• Uniform crime reports

Executive branch

• 2008 budget
• Budget for fiscal year 2008 (March 2007)
• FY2008 budget documents: internet access & GPO availability (Feb. 2007)
• Boards, commissions & committees
• Cabinet
• Direct assaults against Presidents, Presidents-Elect & candidates
• Executive branch resources
• Executive Office of the President: an historical overview (Nov. 2006)
• Federal executive branch
• Historic places commemorating the Chief Executives of the U.S.
• Index to Presidential Signing Statements 2001-2007 (Aug. 2007)
• Official U.S. executive branch websites
• Portraits of the Presidents & First Ladies
• President George W. Bush
• Presidential claims of executive privilege: history, law, practice & recent developments (Sept. 2007)
• Presidential directives: background & overview (April 2007)
• Presidential libraries
• Presidential visits abroad
• President Bush's management agenda
• Presidents of the United States
• Public Papers of the Presidents (National Archives)
• Public papers of the Presidents (USGPO)
• Recess appointments FAQs
• Regular vetoes & pocket vetoes: an overview (June 2007)
• Secretaries of State, 1789-2005
• State of the union message: FAQs
• State of the union speeches
• State of the union speeches (C-Span)
• Timeline of Presidents & First Ladies
• Vice-president Richard B. Cheney
• War powers resolution: after 33 years (CRS May 2007)
• White House
• Weekly compilation of Presidential documents

Legislative branch

• 110th U.S. Congress: guide to House & Senate members
• Official alphabetical list of the House of Representatives 110th Congress
• List of [all] committees [and committee members] of the House of Representatives 110th Congress
• Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-
• Black members of the United States Congress: 1870-2005
• Chronological list of U.S. Senators 1789-present
• Congress Now
• Congress's contempt power (CRS 24 July 2007)
• Congress's contempt power: a sketch (CRS 1 August 2007)
• Congressional Record
• Current House floor proceedings
• Enactment of a law (Senate)
• Federal legislative branch
• Federal Register
• Government Accountability Office
• Govtrack
• Guide to House & Senate members: 110th Congress
• How our laws are made (House of Representatives)
• Legislative branch resources
• Legislative process
• Legislative process: how a Senate bill becomes law
• Legislative sourcebook (LLSDC)
• No confidence votes & other forms of Congressional censure of public officials (June 2007)
• Office of the Law Revision Counsel
• OpenCongress.org
• Public & private laws (GPO Access)
• Regulation tracker (Justia)
• Salaries of members of Congress: a list of payable rates & effective dates, 1789-2006
• Selected CRS reports on Congress & its procedures (LLSDC)
• Statutes at large (Library of Congress)
• Thomas: legislative information on the internet
• Tracking current federal legislation and regulations: a guide to resources (Feb. 2007)
• U.S. Code
• U.S. Congress & the federal legislative process (Library of Congress)
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. House of Representatives rules & manual
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Senate manual
• U.S. Senate recent floor activity
• Veto override procedure in the House and Senate (April 2007)

Judicial branch

• Federal Judicial Branch
• Federal Judicial Center
• Judicial branch resources
• Outline of the U.S. legal system
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Supreme Court nomination hearings 1971-
• Supreme Court nominations (Library of Congress)
• Supreme Court nominations, 1789-2005: actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committe, & the President
• Understanding the Federal Courts
• U.S. courts
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Supreme Court Center (Justia)

Links to CRS reports

• Archive for CRS (Docuticker)
• CRS reports (Memory Hole)
• CRS reports (University of Oregon)
• CRS reports (University of North Texas Libraries)
• Information about CRS reports (LLRX)
• Index (Zfacts)
• Links compiled by U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy
• Links to other CRS reports on the internet (LLSDC)
• Open CRS: Congressional research reports for the people
• Reports & issue briefs (Foreign Press Center, Dept. of State)
• Reports on environment & related topics (National Library for the Environment)
• CRS reports on selected topics (Federation of American Scientists)
• Selected Congressional Research Service reports
• WWW accessible reports (Gary Price)

Search engines & portals

• A to Z index of departments & agencies
• Federal resources organized by topic
• FedForms
• FedWorld
• Google government search with state filtering
• GPO Access
• GPO Access Catalog
• Military Domain Search
• Regulations.gov
• USA.gov
• USASearch.gov
• U.S. government sites by topic (Oklahoma State Univ.)