Government Information - United States

What's New

Official websites relating to the Deepwater Horizon Incident and cleanup; they link directly to their respective oilspill websites.: BP, Transocean and U.S. Government; The White House; Enviornmental Protection Agency; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PR Newswire: A wire service for news from the U.S. government and other public policy news sources.
U.S. Government Printing Office's What's New Page

General Sources

Embassy of the United States of America - Ottawa, Canada
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information.: A listing by broad subject areas.
Federal Agency Directory: A comprehensive gateway to federal web sites, compiled by Louisiana State University Libraires.
GPO Access: A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to important information products produced by the Federal Government.
State and Local Government on the Net: Provides links to all 50 states as well as many county and city governments. Links to U.S. Commonwealth and External territories and North American Indian governments are also included.
State and Local Governments: This Library of Congress site contains links to all 50 states as well as a number of other websites that provide state and local government information.
New England Governors' Conference Inc.: Provides information about the NEGC, biographies of the governors, New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers conferences, recent publications, projects, state economic development, tourism contacts and state and regional links.
The United States Government Manual: The Manual contains comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions and committees.
The White House

Search Engines

FedWorld: United States Federal Government Information provided by NTIS (National Technical Information Service).
USA.gov: The official U.S. Government portal to millions of pages from federal, state and territorial governments as well as international organizations and foreign governments.
Global Information Locator Service (GILS): Identifies and describes information resources throughout the American Federal government and provides assistance in obtaining the information.
U.S. Government Search - Google: Indexes pages in the .gov and .mil domains.
GovEngine.com: Portal to federal, state and local governments with links based on organizational structure.
science.gov: A gateway to U.S. government science and technical information on websites and databases.
SearchGov: Indexes web pages with the top level domain.gov. The main page links to top-level federal agencies and links to state and local government resources.

Executive Branch

Executive Office of the President (White House)
Office of Management and Budget: Provides links to the current Federal Budget and other OMB publications.
The Executive Branch: Links to U.S. government departments, agencies, boards, commissions and committees.

Legislative Branch

States Resource Centre: Links to state and county agencies with a special emphasis on legal systems.
U.S. Congress: Presents links to information about members, committees, Congressional organizations, e-mail addresses, calendars & schedules, floor proceedings, legislation, House and Senate rules, Congressional Record, voting records, executive business of the Senate, the legislative process, Congressional news and analysis, Congressional Internet services and the history of Congress.
U.S. Congressional Bibliographies: A comprehensive list of Senate hearings, prints and publications since 1983, and lists of House Committee Meetings recorded since 1985.
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate

Judicial Branch

United States Courts: Links to the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, D.C. Circuit and First - Eleventh Circuit.
Federal Judiciary: The purpose of this site is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.
Supreme Court Decisions: Decisions made since May of 1990 and links to collections of pre 1990 decisions.
Federal Judicial Center: The Center's purpose is to conduct research and study of the operation of the courts of the United States. The site provides links to publications, education programs and court-related links.
United States Court of International Trade: The court that makes decisions regarding Canadian - U.S. trade disputes.

Legislation

U.S. States and Territories: Links to legal and general resources on every state and territory.
GPO Access - Legislative Branch Resources: Includes the Congressional Bills, Bill Status, the Congressional Record, the United States Code, Public Laws, and other on-line federal documents.
FedLaw: Links to the United States Code, Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, Bills, Federal Courts and state laws.
Thomas, the site for U.S. Legislative Information: Provides access to Bills, the Congressional Record, Congressional Committee Reports and information about the legislative process.
Findlaw: Internet Legal Resources: An Internet guide to U.S. case law, law codes, law review articles, state and international law.
United States Code: A browseable U.S. Code that lets you browse down to the section level.

Patents

Patent and Trademark Office: Describes patent and trademark law and provides subject access to patents since 1971. Full text of patents available since 1976, full page images since 1790.

Catalogues and Indexes

Monthly catalog of U.S. Government publications, 1895 - June 1976 User Guide: Internet access available to MUN users only.
Coverage: 1895 - June 1976
The U.S. G.P.O.'s monthly catalog comprises records describing reports, studies, fact sheets, maps, handbooks, conference proceedings, etc. issued by all U.S. federal government agencies, including the U.S. Congress. It contains information on a wide range of topics including agriculture, economics, energy, food, earth sciences, natural resources, technology developments, public policy, tax reform, business law, transportation & infrastructure, health, and many other subjects. Links to reports which are available online are provided.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications: Coverage: July 1976 - November 4, 2011
Contains titles published by U.S. Government agencies and catalogued by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Includes links to those documents freely available online. But note that no content has been added to this database as of November 4, 2011. It is continued by the Federal Digital System (FDsys) that will eventually replace this database sometime in 2012.
USGS Publications Warehouse: A searchable online archive of USGS (United States Geological Survey) publications going back to the 1880s. Many citations include fulltext and most will be freely available online.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS): The official resource for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.
United States Library of Congress: Provides access to the LC catalog, the text and images from major exhibitions, the THOMAS database of current and historical information on the U.S. Congress.
PUBLICLIBRARIES.COM: Brings together links to state libraries, state library agencies, state library networks, or state library commissions across the United States.
EPA's National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) database: A searchable collection of over 24,000 fulltext Environmental Protection Agency documents.

Statistics

CensusScope: A site that lets you chart and map demographic trends in the US at the federal, state and metropolitan levels.
Digest of Education Statistics: Statistical information on U.S. education from prekindergarten through graduate school.
Federal Statistical Sources: Topical links to federal statistical sources.
USA.gov: Topical index to federal statistics.
Health, United States: Annual report on trends in health statistics.; A link to the Economic Statistics Briefing Room and the Social Statistics Briefing Room, providing access to current federal economic indicators and social statistics. Only current and previous publication date available.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: Links to the U.S. National Data Book, a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 1997-1998: Contains statistics on social and economic conditions at the State and metropolitan area levels.
Uniform Crime Reports: Includes general and hate crime statistics fand assults on police.
US Census: Official U.S. Census Bureau site, providing access to the 1990 and 2000 census.
United States Historical Census Data Browser: Historical data from 1790 to 1960.
State of the Cities: Historical data from 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census.
Fedstats: The U.S. Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide access to statistics produced by over 100 U.S. federal government agencies.
Other U.S. government statistical sources

Political Parties

The Democratic Party
Republican National Committee

November 22, 2011