Government
Federal Government

• Access to Archival Databases -- online access to electronic records from more than 30 archival series of electronic records, which include over 350 data files totaling well over 50 million unique records. The series selected for AAD identify specific persons, geographic areas, organizations, or dates. Some of these series serve as indexes to accessioned archival records in non-electronic formats. The AAD system does not, however, support quantitative or statistical analysis of data.
• Active Legislation in the U.S. Senate -- This list arranges active bills by subject and provides bill numbers to facilitate your research in THOMAS. Updated weekly while the Senate is in session.
• American Fact Finder -- create your own custom data sets from census bureau data. A fabulous site!! (Click on 'data sets' on left menu bar)
• Ask the White House -- "online interactive forum allows you to interact with Bush administration officials" and ever-present 'friends' of the White House.
• Bureau of the Public Debt -- talks about the debt and how deficits in government work, plus more...
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications -- a more friendly interface, many full text.
• Code of Federal Regulations, searchable
• Constitution of the US: Analysis and Interpretation: Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
• Congressional Directory --  contains members of Congress, Biographies, Office Listings, and District Descriptions arranged by state. Scroll down.
• Congresspedia -- "designed to be a place where you can get a closer look at representatives in Congress and a better understanding of the environment in which they work. Because this site is a wiki, it’s open for anyone to edit or add new information, so you can share what you know with everyone else. To help insure fairness and accuracy, Congresspedia is overseen by a paid editor."
• Cross-Agency Portals -- "gateways that bring together federal information and services from multiple agencies about a particular topic or for a particular customer group,"
• Current U.S. House Floor Proceedings - updated daily while in session, with hyperlinked Bill numbers which show status and full-text.
• Department of State Electronic Reading Room--texts of most frequently released documents with links to other government department's reading rooms.
• FCC Telecommunications Act Page: text of legislation; also will include regulations, analysis, challenges, etc.
• Federal Budget-- Line by line, how our tax dollars are spent. See the most current pending and ones going back to 1997 are available. Searchable. Click here for an understanding of the Budget and it's process, quick facts and public opinion polls.
• The Federal Budget: Understanding the Issue -- The Understanding the Issue section lays out the facts and policy alternatives, while the Public Opinion section offers a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue.
• Federal Courts: An Overview -- from Cornell Law School
• Federal Gateway -- links to every federal agency, as well as a reference center.
• Federal Reserve Bulletin -- lots of financial data here!
• Federal Register --not fun, not exciting, but it is really useful.
• Federal Resources Organized by Topic  -- publications for sale too.
• Fedworld
• FirstGov--a search engine that searches ONLY in government databases. Outstanding for tracing legislation, court decisions and regulations.
• FirstGov Topic Guide--a user friendly index guides you to frequent topics.
• Free Government Public Record Sites -- "locate resources for civil records, criminal records, driving records, federal court documents and more."
• Government Benefits  -- the official (.gov) government benefits website that for free helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive.
• Government Information Online - Ask a Librarian -- Sometimes the answers you need are only available in hard-to-find
  government publications, so if you don't have a government documents
  librarian right at hand, you can use this "free national online
  information service supported by nearly thirty public, academic, and
  state libraries throughout the United States. Participating librarians
  specialize in finding government information sources of all kinds, and
  will try to answer your questions through chat or email."
• Government Information XChange--a site designed for the exchange of information between federal, state and local government about common problems.
• Government Technology--this monthly magazine keeps you up to date on how federal, state and local government agencies are using technology to improve services
• GPO Search--one of several good tools for searching Federal Register, court decisions, US Code, legislation.
• Historic Election 2004 -- loads of information from the U.S. Dept. of State, including just how the Electoral College works (or doesn't work).
• Income Tax Law: An Overview
• LegalEngine.com--This service allows you to either search with LawFinder or go into specific bodies of law to search--federal case law, supreme court, etc. It includes Court TV live video and Supreme Court Audio as well.
• National Budget Simulator: you too can try to balance the federal budget.
• National Archive-- Includes exhibits, National Audiovisual Information Locator (which searches NARA's huge collection of stills, motion pictures, videos, audio recordings), and the government information locator, and individual files like the JFK assassination records.
• Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives -- obtain copies of House documents, including public disclosure forms and find historical information about the House of Representatives and information about its Members and Committees
• Plain Language -- improving communication from the Federal Government to the Public. How to unlock the language of Government!
• Presidential Libraries -- links to all the current Presidential libraries. 
• President's Agenda for Tax Relief -- a summary of President Bush's agenda for tax relief.  Includes charts & graphs and a side-by-side comparison of the current tax code and the Bush plan.
• Researching U.S. Treaties and Agreements -- provides information on how to find U.S. Treaties and Agreements and includes links to full-text treaties on the Internet.
• Selected Congressional Research Service Reports  -several hundred authoritative reports and backgrounders on public issues 
• The U.S. Senate Virtual Reference Desk -- general information on the Senate, the legislative branch and process, &  on the federal government, by alpha subject.
• Social Security: Understanding the Issue -- The Understanding the Issue section lays out the facts and policy alternatives, while the Public Opinion section offers a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue.
• Supreme Court -- official web site of the U.S. Supreme Court. Includes court calendar, opinions, docket information, court rules, etc.
• Supreme Court Decisions
• Tax Policy Center -- news and reports and more...
• THOMAS: U.S. Congress on the Internet--including current bills, committee reports, hearings schedule, public laws, roll call votes, and historical documents, including historical congressional debates 1774-1873
• University of Michigan Government Documents Center
• US Code
• US Code of Federal Regulations
• US Government Documents Repository --major government data collections, law, and handbooks, arranged by broad subject area. Incredibly useful.
• U.S. Government Information -- an excellent site from the University of Virginia's prestigious Law School.
• US Government Manual--your guide to every agency of the US government, why it exists, what it does, and where it can be found. Keyword searchable. View or download in pdf format.
• US Legislative Information Sources on the Internet -- from Bowling Green State University, includes voting records, campaign contribution information, status of legislation, miscellaneous information about Congress and its members.
• U.S. Legislative Statistics, 1983-2002 -- a twenty year comparison of Legislative activity. in .pdf format.
• U.S. Presidential Election Maps, 1860-1996 -- includes both popular vote and electoral vote maps
• U.S. Public Laws Index-- allows you to do a key word search for the laws, find the Public Law number, then find out full name of act, date passed, and page number in statutes book.