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- Key reports
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- Legislative branch
- Judicial branch
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Key documents
Key reports
- Advancing freedom & democracy report
- Country reports on human rights practices
- Foreign relations of the United States
- International narcotics control strategy report
- International religious freedom report
- Supporting human rights & democracy: the U.S. record
- Trafficking in persons report
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 of the U.S. government (USGPO)
- Citizen's almanac: fundamental documents, symbols, & anthems of the U.S. (USCIS)
- Connect to Government
- Effective FOIA requesting for everyone (GWU)
- Federal Register
- Foreign relations of the United States (Dept. of State)
- Freedom of Information Act Guide (Dept. of Justice)
- Global views of the U.S. (Pew Research Center)
- Government (White House)
- Guide to U.S. law (Law Library of Congress)
- Honorary citizens of the U.S. (U.S. Senate)
- Library of Congress
- Maps by topic
- Medal of Honor recipients 1979-2008
- National Archives & Records Administration
- National atlas of the USA
- National Governors Association
- Our American government (USGPO)
- Our flag (USGPO)
- 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)
- 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 (USGPO)
- U.S. Government RSS Library
- USA spending.gov
- U.S. diplomacy: an online exploration of diplomatic history & foreign affairs
- U.S. laws, codes, statutes (Justia)
- 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
- Data.gov
- Data Ferrett
- 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
- American Presidency Project
- American President: an online reference resource (Univ. of Virginia)
- Boards, commissions & committees
- Cabinet
- Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Direct assaults against Presidents, Presidents-Elect & candidates (Jan. 2008)
- Executive branch resources
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal executive branch
- Historic places commemorating the Chief Executives of the U.S.
- In Obama's words: keyword searchable index of key speeches (Washington Post)
- Official U.S. executive branch websites
- Portraits of the Presidents & First Ladies
- Presidential directives: background & overview (Nov. 2008)
- Presidential inaugurations
- Presidential libraries
- Presidential visits abroad
- Presidents of the United States
- Public Papers of the Presidents (NARA)
- Public papers of the Presidents (USGPO)
- Secretaries of State
- State of the union message: FAQs
- State of the union speeches
- State of the union speeches (C-Span)
- Timeline of Presidents & First Ladies
- White House
Legislative branch
- 111th Congress
- Membership of the 111th Congress: a profile (July 2010)
- Congressional pictorial directory
- Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-
- Chronological list of U.S. Senators 1789-present
- Congress Now
- Congress's contempt power (April 2008)
- Congressional Bills
- Congressional Documents
- Congressional Hearings
- Congressional Record
- Congressional Reports
- CRS & the American legislative process (March 2008)
- C-SPAN video library
- Current House floor proceedings
- Enactment of a law (Senate)
- Federal legislative branch
- Federal Register
- Federal statutes: what they are & where to find them (Jan. 2009)
- The first day of a new Congress: a guide to proceedings on the House floor (Oct. 2008)
- The first day of a new Congress: a guide to proceedings on the Senate floor (Oct. 2008)
- Government Accountability Office
- Govtrack
- How Congress works: House of Representatives
- How Congress works: Senate
- How our laws are made (House of Representatives)
- Legislative branch resources
- Legislative process
- Legislative process: how a Senate bill becomes law
- Legislative sourcebook (LLSDC)
- Legistorm
- Office of the Law Revision Counsel
- OpenCongress.org
- Party leaders in the United States Congress 1789-2009
- Public & private laws (GPO Access)
- Regulation tracker (Justia)
- Salaries of members of Congress: a list of payable rates & effective dates, 1789-2006
- Sources for finding mandated reports to Congress by U.S. federal agencies
- 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. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- Women in the U.S. Congress 1917-2009 (Dec. 2009)
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, 1789-2009: 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
- 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
Search engines & portals
- A to Z index of departments & agencies
- America.gov
- Blogs from the U.S. government
- Defense Technical Information Center
- Federal Digital System
- Federal resources organized by topic
- FedForms
- FedWorld
- Google government search with state filtering
- GovFresh
- GPO Access
- GPO Access Catalog
- Military Domain Search
- Regulations.gov
- Science.gov
- USA.gov
- USASearch.gov
- U.S. government sites by topic (Oklahoma State Univ.)
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