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Answers.USA.gov
At this federal site you can search for an answer among frequently asked questions (FAQs), email a question or pose your question through live web chat (M-F 8 am to 9 pm). - MarciveWeb DOCS Catalog (in library only)
- Federal Depository Library Program (FDPL) Desktop
- FDPL Electronic Collection
- GPO (U.S. Government Printing Office)
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GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)
provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes. - Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- National Technical Information Service
- USA.Gov
Return to the topCabinet Level Departments:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Veteran Affairs
Census Information:
- North American Industrial Classification System
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United States Historical Census Data Browser
(Univ. of Virginia) - U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Census Bureau: American FactFinder
Executive Branch:
- The White House
- Budget of the United States Government
- Executive Orders (1937 to present at the National Archives, Federal Register)
- White House Briefing Room (includes Executive Orders)
- Compilation of Presidential Documents (1992 to present)
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- OMB Earmarks
Federal Commissions and Agencies:
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Commission on Civil Rights
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Drug Enforcement Adminstration (DEA)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Reserve System
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- General Accounting Office (GAO)
- General Services Administration (GSA)
- Government Prinitng Office (GPO)
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- International Trade Administration
- National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration (NASA)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration
- National Parks Service
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Security Agency (NSA)
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Peace Corps
- Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Small Business Adminstration (SBA)
- Smithsonian Institution
- Social Security Adminstration (SSA)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- United States Postal Service
- U.S. Customs & Border Protection
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- U.S. Forest Service
- Whitehouse Federal Agencies & Commissions
Health and Consumer Information:
- Center for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC)
- Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Consumer.gov
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Healthfinder
- Medline Plus
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Health Information Center
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Judicial Branch:
- Federal Judicial Center
- Federal Judiciary
- FindLaw
- FindLaw Supreme Court Decisions (1893-present term)
- Legal Information Institute (Cornell University)
- Supreme Court (recent decisions)
- Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975)
- Supreme Court Decisions (1992-2000)
- U.S. Courts: Court Locator
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Legislative Branch:
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Congressional Record (1989-present)
- General Accounting Office (GAO)
- U.S. Congresional Documents and Debates 1774-1873
- Public and Private Laws (1995-present)
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- U.S. Code (1994-present)
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
Libraries and Archives:
- Library of Congress
- National Agriculture Library
- National Archives and Records Adminstration
- National Library of Education
- National Library of Medicine
- Presidential Libraries
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright:
Ready Reference Titles:
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- County & City Data Book 2007 (U.S. Census)
- Consumer Price Index
- Federal Business Opportunities
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- United States Government Manual
- CIA World Fact Book
Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Register (1995-present)
- List of Sections Affected
