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		FOR A QUICK SEARCH OF GOVERNMENT WEB PAGES TRY: USA.gov or SearchGOV Sources of Government Information of Broad Scope: Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids CongressRatings.com EconData.Net Embassy.org General information on Washington, D.C. based embassies, as well as pointers to existing embassy Web sites. Embassies and buildings interactive map. FDSys. Federal Digital System. Browse by collection. Fednet Congressional information. GovEngine.com GovSpot i360Gov.com. News about the federal government Health Statistics - Resources to locate international, national and local health statistics Law and Politics: Internet Guide Law Librarians' Society of DC Legislative Source Book. Military Bibliographies (Knox Library) NTIS (National Technical Information Service). FedWorld. NTIS. Order U.S.Government Reports, Includes U.S. Government Job announcements. Science.gov Small Business Association ThisNation (historical documents, educational) USA.gov, the official portal to the U.S. government. A-Z Index. USAspending US Technical Reports (U of North Texas). US Government Info (about.com). US Government RSS Library We The People - create a petition, sign a petition The White House Yahoo Government List. Other Sources of Federal Government Information: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (via GSA) US Census: American Fact Finder CensusScope Decennial Censuses. 1790- (Census Bureau) Decision Making Information: Census 2000 (Proximity) Historical Census Browser (U of Virginia) National Historical Geographic Information System (U of Minnesota) Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts (Census Bureau) Center for Defense Information. A Washington DC based research and education organization, not part of the Federal Government. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Congress: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (from the Clerk Web site). Bills and amendments (from Thomas). Floor proceedings The Hill House Votes Roll Call Congressional Quarterly Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports: CRS reports, a comprehensive article by Stephen Young, with many links. from the Federation of American Scientists a Google search for just CRS reports (from Steve Stoft.) from OpenCRS from the University of North Texas from the University of Oregon National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Justice Department. FedinPrint. Federal Reserve research publications. Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Fedstats statistics from more than 70 Federal agencies. Foreign Relations of the United States 1863 through 1958/1960 so far. (U of Wisconsin) GAO: U.S. Government Accountability Office Government News RSS Feeds, News and Web Links compiled by High Class Blogs directory and information source. Government Printing Office-disseminated data and related information: Bookstore (GPO) Budget of the United States Claitor's. (Sells GPO documents.) Compilation of Presidential Documents Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (via Cornell) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (via GPO) Commerce Business Daily (CBD) Congressional Directory Depository Library List FDSys. Federal Digital System. Browse by collection. Federal Register Government Manual Hearings Monthly Catalog Pictoral Directory of Members of Congress PlumBook Public & Private Laws Public Papers of the Presidents by Sudoc number (courtesy of the Illinois Institute of Technology) Supreme Court Decisions 1992- (via GPO) GulfLINK Department of Defense Persian Gulf War Illnesses Home Page Human Rights Reports (State Department) LegiStorm Congressional salaries, trips, and more Military Periodicals, Index to OMB Circulars (Selected) Presidential recordings. (Scripps Library, University of Virginia) Public Papers of the Presidents, 1929-present. (American Presidency Project) Public Papers of the Presidents, 1991-present. (GPO) Publications.USA.gov Pueblo, Colorado. Savings Bonds Statistical Abstract Supreme Court Decisions (Cornell) Tax Forms Toxic Release Inventory US Mission Geneva Includes links to human rights reports. Vital Statistics (by State) US Politics American Presidency Project Congress.org Information about members of Congress. National Journal. Opensecrets.org Has industry-by-industry breakdown of PAC spending, even to the specific firm, has a searchable database by lobbyist, firm, client and candidate. In its section on individual and soft money donors, it also has a searchable database of current Federal Election Commission data. PoliticalMoneyLine Campaign financing information. Politics 1 Polling Report Project Vote Smart Tracks the performance of political leaders. Public Agenda U.S. Congress Votes Database (Washington Post) International Information CIA World Fact Book Constitutions (Solon Law Archive) Country Studies (Library of Congress) International Monetary Fund Lex Mercatoria an international commercial law monitor (includes GATT and other treaties and conventions) Newseum - Check out today's front cover of 938 newspapers from 89 different countries! Social Indicators of Development (from the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Networkand The World Bank) Trends in Developing Economies (from the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network and The World Bank) UNdata, , data from the United Nations World Tables (from the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network and The World Bank) SOURCE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS For further information contact Sonya Durney, Leader of our Business and Government Team at durney@portland.lib.me.us or 871-1700 x729