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and GovernmentPublications Division, Library of Congress and is,
of course, perpetually under construction. See also U.S.Legislative
Branch Internet Resources, and Thomas,
searchable full-text of bills and the Congressional Record.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
for Kids
- Government Catalogs,
Indexes, and Databases
- Consumer.gov
- EconData.Net
- Embassy.org General information
on Washington, D.C. based embassies, as well as pointers to existing
embassy Web sites.
- Emory University School of Law.
Includes Circuit Courts of Appeals Cases (Fourth, Sixth, and Eleventh
Circuits), Federal Law and Information, and Georgia Law and Information.
- Federal Citizen Information Center's
National Contact Center (FCIC) Includes government telephone numbers.
(You can also try 1-800-FED-INFO)
- Federal Gateway "America's One-Stop
Resource For Government Information." ( Business Contracts Council,
Inc.)
- Federal Web Locator.
- Fednet Congressional information.
- FinanceNet. Financial
Management in Government.
- FirstGov, the official portal
to the U.S. government.
- Full-Text
U.S. Government Documents
- GPO Access
- GPO Gate University of California
- Google (Uncle Sam)
Search Google for .mil and .gov sites only.
- GovSpot.
- The Government
By Sterby. A homemade list of U.S., State and foreign government
links by Ira Sterbakov. Also includes links for finding laws and jobs.
- Government Information Locator Service
(GILS)
- Government
Resources on the Internet (an HSLC seminar presented by Cindy
Pitchon and Genie Tybursk)
- Heritage:
Examining the Roots of Constitutional Government (from "LeftJustified",
Las Cruces, N.M.) Includes text of the U.S. Constitution and Bill
of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, The Federalist, and other
historical documents.
- Internet and
Online Sources of Legislative and Regulatory Information (Law
Librarians Society). Look for this publication on the page.
- Internet Legal Research
Compass Villanova University School of Law
- Larry Schankman's guides
to internet resources. (Now
part of the Mansfield University North Hall Library. Scroll
down page to "Government Guides.")
- Law and Politics: Internet Guide
- Military
Information. Washington post article, Feb. 11 2000.
- Military
Information. Washington Post article, March 24 2000.
- Military
Information, Where to find (Naval Postgraduate School Library)
- NTIS (National Technical Information
Service).
- State Web Locator.
- Science.gov.
- US Technical
Reports
- U.S. Federal Government
Agencies Directory (from LSU).
- University of Michigan
Documents Center Excellent site.
- US Gov Info/Resources
(about.com).
- Yahoo Government
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- Advocacy Groups
(interest groups, lobbyists)
- Congress.org Information
about members of Congress.
- National Journal
limited to subscribers.
- Opensecrets.org Has industry-by-industry
breakdown of PAC spending, even to the specific firm, has a searchable
database by lobbyist, firm, client and candidate. In its section on
individual and soft money donors, it also has a searchable database
of current Federal Election Commission data.
- PoliticalMoneyLine Campaign
financing information.
- Politics 1
- Polling Report
- Project Vote Smart Tracks
the performance of over 13,000 political leaders.
- Public Agenda (Polls
can be found under "The Issues" on the left side of the screen.)
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