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Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government

http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html

Contains more than 500 federal government acronyms with links to corresponding web sites.

Author: Kelly Smith (kelsmith@iupiu.edu)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

About.Com: U.S. Government Information/Resources

http://usgovinfo.about.com/

"Presents the form and function of federal government through its many Internet resources. Original articles. Huge index of government web sites. News. Much more. Updated daily." Includes an extensive guide to Federal Government Employment Resources.

Author: Robert Longley (usgovinfo.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Resources

American Law Sources On-line (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/

A collection of free legal resources for the United States (both federal and individual states), Canada, and Mexico. The documents include codes, cases, constitutions, and legislation. Many of the documents are searchable and/or browsable. Some documents, such as municipal codes, are available on the city and county level.

Author: Lawsource, Inc. (webmaster@lawsource.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Law

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US State & Regional

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: codes; cases; constitutions; legislation

Bureau of the Public Debt

http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/bpd/bpdhome.htm

Information from the United States Treasury Department about the Public Debt, Savings Bonds, and Treasury Notes. It includes The Public Debt to the Penny, updated daily.

Author: Bureau of the Public Debt (OAdmin@bpd.treas.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Money; T-Notes

Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)

http://www.odci.gov/csi/

CSI is a governmental organization charged with researching the history of the American intelligence community. Their site includes a variety of online texts and documents, most covering the period of the Cold War.

Author: Center for the Study of Intelligence

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Intelligence; CIA; Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

"The Code of Federal Regulations is the official, subject matter order, compilation of the Federal regulations of a general applicability and legal effect, that are currently in force. In accordance with section 1510(d) of title 44 of the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations is compiled by the Office of the Federal Register of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Code is divided into 50 titles by subject matter. Each title is divided into sections. Sections within a title may be grouped together as subtitles, chapters, subchapters, parts, subparts, or divisions. Titles may also have appendices which may be divided into sections, rules and/or forms." Searchable.

Author: GPO Access (gpoaccess@gpo.gov)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Laws & Regulations

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/coredocs.html

Texts of historical and current government documents, including: Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the U.S., Articles of Confederation, Gettysburg Address, Supreme Court Decisions, Economic Indicators, Government Manual, Statistical Abstract of the United States, and the federal budget.

Author: U.S. Government Printing Office (wwwadmin@gpo.gov.)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Historical Documents

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents

Keywords: federal government documents and publications; democracy

FedBuzz

http://www.fedbuzz.com/

"Hotlinks to the Federal Facts of Your Life." FedBuzz produces federally-oriented news reports and formats federal content and databases for ease of use. "By organizing our federal omnisite according to your activities, not cabinet departments or organization charts, we allow you to more easily find federal data for your needs and your situations. Furthermore, FedBuzz will enhance this data in many cases, formatting searchable databases or giving you one-click access to hidden data treasures." Links to agencies, government news and information, links to government services.

Author: LA Communications, Inc. (editor@govwire.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Federal Commincations Commission (FCC)

http://www.fcc.gov/

"The mission of this independent government agency is to encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest. In response to direction from the Congress, the FCC develops and implements policy concerning interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable" Searchable site includes news, hot topic issues and other communications information.

Author: United States Federal Communications Commission (fccinfo@fcc.gov)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Entertainment & Leisure--Television

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Federal Gateway

http://fedgate.org/

"Been confused by the Internetıs hundreds of individual Federal, State, and Local Government locations--with their own unique addresses and formats? Federal Gateway is a new Web breakthrough that consolidates all these agencies into one Internet site thereby greatly simplifying the task of acquiring United States Federal, State, and Local Government information." There are also special sections on news and US government-related acronyms.

Author: SBCC, Inc. (comments@fedgate.org)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US State & Regional

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: executive; judicial; legislative; states

Federal Government Resources on the Web

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/federal.html

Guide to U.S. government resources online, organized by topic, alphabetical index, and searchable.

Author: Grace York (graceyor@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Federal Government Resources: Historical Documents

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedhis.html

A portal to government documents from throughout American History, hosted by the University of Michigan Documents Center.

Author: Grace York (graceyor@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: United States; American; History; Documents; Federal

Federal Web Locator

http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/

"The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web. This list is maintained to bring the cyber citizen to the federal government's doorstep." Intended to be a comprehensive source to Federal Government information, but seems to be strongest in agency and sub-agency information, arranged hierarchically. Lists all known Federal Government web servers.

Author: Center for Information Law and Policy (hallman@law.vill.edu)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

FirstGov

http://www.firstgov.gov/

"FirstGov is intended to be your first resource to find any government information on the Internet, with topics ranging from business and economy to money and benefits to science and technology - and everything in between!... FirstGov allows users to browse a wealth of information and enables users to conduct important business online - such as applying for student loans, tracking Social Security benefits, comparing Medicare options and even administering government grants and contracts."

Author: Office of FirstGov

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US State & Regional

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Washington; D.C.

FirstGov for Seniors

http://www.seniors.gov/

"[This site was designed] to provide senior citizens, and anyone who works on their behalf, with one site where they can access government services and information. The emphasis here is on SERVICE: we want to provide people with the option of conducting their business with the government online, without having to visit an office or call an 800 number." Access to government agencies, including information about social security benefits, health and nutrition, taxes, and consumer protection.

Author: Office of FirstGov

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Social Sciences--People by Age Group--Seniors

Keywords: federal; agency; government

Getting Grants - Help for Grant Writers

http://granthelp.clarityconnect.com/

A site providing tips, techniques, and books related to grant writing. Resources include a list of Internet resources, quick tips, a glossary, a list of acronyms, and news.

Author: Frank Evangelisti (granthelp@clarityconnect.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Non-Profit Organizations

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Reference

Keywords: grant writing; fundraising; grants; funding

Google UncleSam

http://www.google.com/unclesam

A version of the popular Google search engine which restricts its results to sites and pages from the United States Federal Government.

Author: Google Inc. (webmaster@google.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: search engine

GovBot: Database of Government Web Sites

http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ciirdemo/Govbot/

This is a search engine that has indexed over 600,000 Web pages from U.S. government and military sites. You can search on general terms, and/or restrict to terms in document titles and URLs.

Author: The Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Search Engine

Government Documents

http://www.sosu.edu/lib/govdocs/home.htm

Guides, search tools, reference service and subject guides for governmentinformation. Of particular interest to students, faculty andlibrarians. Includes Especially for Kids and Especially for Teacherssections.

Author: Neta L. Cox (ncox@sosu.edu)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--International Government & Intergovernmental Groups

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents

Keywords: government documents; Oklahoma

Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/

"The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is an effort to identify, locate, and describe publicly available Federal information resources, including electronic information resources. GILS records identify public information resources within the Federal Government, describe the information available in these resources, and assist in obtaining the information. GILS is a decentralized collection of agency-based information locators using network technology and international standards to direct users to relevant information resources within the Federal Government." Use this site to search for government documents by subject or keyword.

Author: U.S. Government Printing Office (wwwadmin@gpo.gov.)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job--Law & Government Documents Libraries

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents

Keywords: Government documents

Government Information Xchange

http://www.info.gov/

A US government site that leads to other commonly requested federal government sites. The Federal Directory portion of the site arranges links by branch of the federal government (executive, legislative, and judicial). The Yellow Pages organizes links by topic, such as applications/forms, health, and money/finance.

Author: Center for Emerging Technologies (gix@gsa.gov)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Government's 50 Greatest Endeavors

http://www.brook.edu/GS/CPS/50ge/50GE_hp.htm

"Governmentı s 50 Greatest Endeavors of the Past Half Century is a project on what the United States federal government tried to do and what it achieved. The project began with a cataloging of major laws passed since World War II, followed by the grouping of these statutes by their objective, and the selection of the top 50 endeavors for a national survey of historians and political scientists. The survey results identify governmentıs greatest achievements and failures taking success, difficulty and importance into account." See which achievements ranked in the Top 10, read the report of the survey results, read a detailed description of each of the fifty endeavors, and see results of the survey by demographic group.

Author: The Brookings Institution

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Reforms; Rights; Marshall Plan; Laws

GovWire

http://www.govwire.com/

"Timely official press releases from the United States Government." While the federal government is one of the major generators of news andinformation, it has a fragmented system of providing that news. GovWire collects all federal news releases each day and presents them all in one, centralized location. Material is updated during the day.

Author: LA Communications, Inc. (editor@govwire.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Reference--News & Current Events

HiCitizen

http://www.hicitizen.com/

Find and download forms from U.S. federal and state governments. Auto, business, taxes, travel, retirement, moving, military, employment, education and more.

Author: Imagitas

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Tax

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US State & Regional

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

INFOMINE - Government Information Resources

http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?govpub

Large annotated collection of Internet resources related to United State Federal and California state government. Resources have been determined to be "'of use' as a scholarly information resource in research or educational activites at the university level." Collection can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword or title. Part of The Library of the University of California, Riverside's INFOMINE.

Author: Lynne Reasoner (reasoner@ucrac1.ucr.edu)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US State & Regional

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: California

Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is a seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Historical Documents

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Indians; Treaties; executive; order; law

The National Security Archive

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

"The National Security Archive is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." View selected documents at this site on topics ranging from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Nixon-Elvis meeting.

Author: The George Washington University (www@www.gwu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Historical Documents

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents--Historical

NationalIssues.com

http://www.nationalissues.com/

"nationalissues.com is a non-partisan, issue-oriented research web site that provides information to individuals, voters and students who are interested in truly understanding the major issues facing our nation today. Designed to be an efficient resource for people short on time, nationalissues.com presents summary information on each topic as well as a compilation of experts' views on each of the issues... nationalissues.com gathers the best articles and research fromleading think tanks, news sources, advocacy groups and individual policy analysts and presents the information in one easily accessible site."

Author: nationalissues.com

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--20th Century History

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Politics

Keywords: National Issues; Political Issues; Controversy; Controversies; Social Security; Taxes; Gun Control; Foreign Policy

The Political Graveyard

http://politicalgraveyard.com/

Amazing directory of over 32,000 former United States Presidents, Congressmen, Cabinet members, federal judges and other political figures giving the location of their final resting place. Numerous entry points: alphabetical, by state or office, by birth or death date, and many others.

Author: Lawrence Kestenbaum (polygon@potifos.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Reference--Biographies--Politicians & Rulers

Keywords: United States; Government; Cemeteries

SciTechResources.gov

http://www.scitechresources.gov/

"A catalog of government science and technology resources." Created for "the scientist, engineer, and science aware citizen."

Author: National Technical Information Service (webmaster@ntis.gov)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Science & Technology

Search Full-Text U.S. Internet Government Periodicals

http://198.252.9.95/home/govper.html

"This page provides access to full-text Internet government periodicals." Search with a certain subject area, by SUDOC number, or within certain titles.

Author: Paul A. Arrigo and Dee Barker, Washburn University Law Library (zzarri@washburn.edu)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Reference--Periodical Directories

Search Systems

http://www.pac-info.com/

A directory of freely available public information databases for the United States, individual U.S. states, and Canada. Availability varies from state to state, but databases frequently cover such topics as legislative information, sex offender registries, corporate filings, property records, obituaries, and the like.

Author: Pacific Information Resources, Inc. (webmaster@pac-info.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US State & Regional

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--Other National Governments--Canada

SearchGov.com

http://www.searchgov.com/

A seach engine restricted to Web pages in the .gov (U.S. federal government) domain, covering millions of pages. Sorts results via popularity and keeps cached versions of indexed pages (both a la Google).

Author: MaxBot.com (webmaster@searchmil.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Social Security Online

http://www.ssa.gov/

This site tells you all you need to know about Social Security Administration in the United States. There are social security forms, frequently asked questions and information about how to contact the administration. There is also an option for viewing the site in Spanish.

Author: Social Security Administration

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Social Sciences--People by Age Group--Seniors

Keywords: Social Security Administration; Government Agencies; United States

ThisNation.com

http://www.thisnation.com/

ThisNation.com offers a free online American government & politics "textbook," a historical & political documents archive and other resources for students, teachers and those generally interested in "this nation." The site includes a library of such items as the text of presidential inaugural addresses, important documents in US political history--i.e. the Constitution, Amendments, important Supreme Court decisions--and image and sound files of important political figures. Site contains a search function.

Author: Jonathan D. Mott, Ph.D. (profmott@thisnation.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Politics

Keywords: Document; Constitution; Declaration; Supreme Court; Proclamation

Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/index.html

A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book containing documents detailing "U.S. government accounts of the infamous military assault by the Chinese government on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989." The previously classified documents also cover "the student demonstrations in late 1985 and 1986 that, in hindsight, were signs of the events to come, the period leading up the PLA's use of force, and post-crackdown assessments of the events and their significance."

Author: Jeffrey T. Richelson and Michael L. Evans

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents

Keywords: US-China relations; foreign affairs; Chinese government; China

U.S. Business Advisor

http://www.business.gov/

"The U.S. Business Advisor exists to provide business with one-stop access to federal government information, services, and transactions." Sections available include: Common Questions, How-to and News. Searchable.

Author: U.S. Small Business Administration

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: United States; Government

U.S. Court Forms

http://www.uscourtforms.com/

Court and other legal forms from the U.S. Federal Goverment and the individual states (including Puerto Rico & Washignton D.C.). Browse by branch of government and topic, or search within each individual jurisdiction. There are over 40,000 forms in all, available in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.

Author: American Legalnet, Inc. (webmaster@uscourtforms.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US State & Regional

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Judicial

United States Government Manual

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html

"The United States Government Manual database contains comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial and executive branches. The Manual also includes information on quasi-official agencies;international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions and committees. Documents are available as ASCII text and as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.{1} The UnitedStates Government Manual is updated annually. "

Author:

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Judicial

Keywords: Agency; Legislature

USGovSearch Free Edition

http://usgovsearch.northernlight.com/publibaccess/

"Comprehensive collection of millions of web pages from government and military sites for authoritative information by and about the US government." Simple and advanced search options, or search by government agency.

Author: Northern Light Technology LLC. (cs@nlsearch.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

washingtonpost.com: The Federal Internet Guide

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/fedguide/fedguide.htm

"Directory of federal sites, with related news features." Organized by government branch and alphabetically. Other features include Resources for Federal Workers and Federal Job Finder.

Author: The Washington Post Company

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Net Resources; Executive; legislative; Judicial; Independent; Boards and Commissions

Workers.gov

http://www.workers.gov/

"We created Workers.gov so you can easily find government resources for workers and their families, even if what you want crosses traditional bureaucratic boundaries. Direct and easy access to government information and services in 9 core categories: Jobs, Learning, Family & Health,Transportation & Housing, Money Management, Rights & Protections, Disabilities Resources, Citizenship, Recreation & Travel."

Author: U.S. Department of Labor and the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (contact@workers.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Social Sciences--Social Issues and Social Welfare--Disabilities

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