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FirstGov
The first-ever government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.
http://www.firstgov.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. Documents may be searched by title, topic, or branch of government.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

Federal Gateway
Small Business Contracts Council, Inc. A "one-stop resource" for United States federal, state, and local government information, through an agency index and topical approach.
http://fedgate.org/

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. This acronmym directory also provides links to the official website for most of the agencies or programs listed.
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
U.S. Government Printing Office's educational component of GPO Access. The site offers age appropriate access for K-12 students, parents and teachers to resources about the U.S. government and how to use them.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov

Citizen's Handbook: Your Guide to the U.S. Government
The White House website's guide to on-line resources about Federal programs, benefits, and services for topics that are served by several executive departments and agencies: safety, travel, learning, education, and training, employment, health, housing, and consumer affairs.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/handbook/

CNN Inside Politics
Cable News Network's site for 24-hour coverage of political news stories. Includes a searchable archives of news features and background information, access to live video streaming, and audio packages of selected broadcasts.
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/

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

Federal Citizen Information Center
U.S. General Services Administration. The Federal Citizen Information Center provides the answer to questions about the Federal government and everyday consumer issues. The site provides access to the current Consumer Information Catalog and the full text of all the publications listed in it.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov

National Contact Center
Federal Citizen 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

The Federal Times
Access to limited stories from this commercial weekly publication for government managers and employees, with emphasis on management issues and information technology.
http://www.federaltimes.com/

FedWorld.Gov
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce. Gateway to a variety of government information sources including federal government employment openings, directory of scientific and technical research and development fronm all government agencies, and key government science and technology web resource sites.
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/04foia/

Freedom of Information Center
University of Missouri School of Journalism. University of Missouri-Columbia. The online collection of this reference and research library provides articles and documents about access to information at all levels of government, a topical guide to online FOIA documents and resources, and a guide to media law research.
http://www.missouri.edu/~foiwww/

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

GrayLIT Network
Federal interagency partnership portal to provide access to hard-to-find science and technology reports generated through federally funded research and development projects. Participating agencies are DOD/DTIC, DOE, EPA, and NASA.
http://www.osti.gov/graylit/

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. NCPA Idea House provides topical access to 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/

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

U.S. Blue Pages
Online Directory of U.S. government services and programs on federal, state, and local levels, with access by state, city, area code, agency or service, and keyword.
http://www.usbluepages.gov/gsabluepages/default.aspx

U.S. Government Documents
Lehman Social Sciences Library. Columbia University. Site provides access to a variety of federal and state resources through subject guides & internet resources. Full text of many popular U.S. documents are included in the topical subject guides. Also provides electronic versions of federal and New York state government serial publications.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/guides.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

Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information
Federal Documents Task Force, Government Documents Roundtable, American Library Association. Links to frequently used federal resources. Created by librarians, the annotated links are accessible by level of government or broad subject, or through keyword and field searches. Results can be sorted by title or date.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/



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