Argus on Government & Law
Use the "Government & Law" link to find information about government, intellectual property, law and regulation, military, and politics and elections.

Atlas of US Presidential Elections
Election results for years from 1789-2000, with detailed pages (maps, charts, voter turnout, etc) for each year between 1932-2000. State-by-state results available for years between 1892-2000, and county-by-county results between 1960-2000. Also has 2000 primary results and 2002 gubernatorial results, as well as information on election law and history.

Browse Topics
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, Browse Topics arranges Federal Web sites by topic. The main list of topics is based upon the current Guide to U.S. Government Information, also known as the Subject Bibliography Index.

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Economic statistics, analysis and announcements, from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Useful statistics about crime, including homocide, prosecution and expenditure trends. Part of the U.S. Justice Department, BJS "is the Nation’s primary source for criminal justice statistics. BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to Federal, State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. BJS also provides financial and technical support to State governments in developing State capabilities in criminal justice statistics, improving criminal history records, and implementing crime identification technology systems."

Bureau of Labor Statistics
What's New at the BLS: news releases, labor economic reports, data.

CancerLit
This bibliographic database provides access to more than 1.3 million citations and abstracts from cancer literature. More than 4,000 sources are consulted, including biomedical journals, reports, proceedings, and theses, to create this database, dating from 1963. The National Cancer Institute updates CANCERLIT with more than 8,000 records a month.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The Catalog of United States Government Publications, from the U.S. Government Printing Office, indexes information distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program and is available for online searching as part of the GPO Access Federal Locator services. Once a publication is identified, a link is available to locate depository libraries that receive that publication. The database contains cataloging records published in the Catalog since January 1994 and is updated daily. The print and CD-ROM counterparts of this index is the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, sometimes referred to as MOCAT.

Census State Data Centers
A U.S. Census site linking to the state data centers. Get to know yours.

CensusCD+Maps
An excellent CD-ROM (not free) with the entire 1990 U.S. census of population and housing, with later estimates. With simple maps. The best features: will give census figures for a circle in a radius around any address, and will rank geographic areas by attributes.

Center for Ethics in Government:
If you're looking for registered lobbyists, contact the people listed here in order to get comprehensive, up-to-date information on who is doing what in any state. From the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Central Intelligence Agency
CIA's official site. Search by keyword or category.

CIA Publications
Access reference material, CIA and other government reports and CIA publications.

Code of Federal Regulations
Regulations published in the Federal Register by the executive agencies and departments of the federal government.

Code of Federal Regulations at LII
U.S. regulations in context, linked to the official site to stay current. From Cornell Law.

Code of Federal Regulations search
Several ways to search or browse U.S. regulations. From the Government Printing Office.

CodeTalk
A U.S. interagency site. Information for and about Native Americans.

Commonly Requested Federal Services
A White House list of popular Gederal Web pages.

Congressional Budget Office
The Congressional Budget Office, which is both nonpartisan and highly regarded, is making its reports available online.

Congressional E-mail Directory
E-mail for the U.S. Congress. Pick a state, or searchable by name.

Congressional Record Filter
Every newsroom can use this free tool to keep track of new mentions of the local Congressperson, or river, or city, or business, in the Congressional Record, the official proceedings of the U.S. Congress. Instead of searching anew at Thomas (what the Library of Congress calls its Web service, in honor of Thomas Jefferson), you can save your Thomas search queries, then check back periodically to see new items only. Allows a comprehensive search of items from 1993 to date. This is a personalized search extension of the Thomas service from the Library of Congress, provided by the University of North Carolina. The catch: You must fill out a questionnaire to play.

Congressional Research Service
Congressional research, and research by state research agencies, compiled by Gary Price.

Core Collections for Depository Libraries
This site is a finding guide to the online versions of the most popular or essential items found in most Federal depository libraries. From the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Deficit Watch
A tool for reporters dealing with economic issues, Deficit Watch is a bi-monthly report on mounting government and private sector deficits. U.S. DEFICIT WATCH is the Authoritative Monitor of Government and Other Deficits compiled from public records and budget documents. Fairly new site, but the limited number of reports they have are excellent and cut research time drastically.

Department of Defense DefenseLINK
Good starting point for a military search. Links to official information about current U.S. military missions, and allows search by special interest topics.

Digest of Education Statistics
An annual compilation that serves as a snapshot of education in the U.S.: the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, employment and income of graduates, libraries, and international education. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education comparisons, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends. Much of the information comes from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Direct Search
Gary Price's collection of stuff you won't find in search engines.

Distribution of Major Herbicides in Ground Water
A report from the U.S. Geological Survey.

DOE Information Bridge
Provides bibliographic records and the full text of sponsored scientific and technical information from the U.S. Department of Energy, from 1996. This includes information from DOE, its laboratories, energy centers, and contractors.

DOJ FOIA files
Guides to using the Freedom of Information Act for FBI files and other information from the U.S. Department of Justice. Also a list of contact people for FOIA at agencies.

Douglass
"Douglass is an electronic archive of American oratory and related documents. It is intended to serve general scholarship and courses in American rhetorical history at Northwestern University."

Economagic
Economic data series from many sources, with Excel spreadsheet files of each! "This page is meant to be a comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data useful for economic research, in particular economic forecasting." A lot of the data are state and local employment data.

Environmental Health Information Service
EHIS, a service of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is the most extensive international database of searchable information on the environment, toxicity, and cancer. Search and retrieve full text from Environmental Health Perspectives and its supplements, Chemical Health and Safety Database, carcinogens reports, toxicology technical reports, and the Tumor Incidence in Historical Control Animals Report. Portions of this service cost for access. Depository librarians can assist you with this service.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
The Educational Resources Information Center is a national information system providing access to an extensive body of education-related literature. It is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and the National Library of Education. Contains abstracts of report literature in education. First published in paper in Office of Education Reports, 1956 – 65 and as Resources in Education (RIE), a monthly index with semiannual cumulations, from 1966 to date.

FBI
FBI main page.

FBI Crime Statistics
Includes statistics on major crimes, hate crimes, terrorism and the FBI's most wanted.

FBI Electronic Reading Room
Information from the most-requested FBI files: John Wilkes Booth, J. Edgar Hoover, John Lennon, the Rosenbergs, John Steinbeck, UFOs, Weatherman Underground, even John Wayne.

FDIC Banking Review
The FDIC Banking Review is a quarterly publication that provides original research on issues related to banking and deposit insurance. Recent issues have presented research on topics such as small business lending, the year 2000 problem, the banking crisis of the 1980s, interstate banking, electronic money, and the problems facing the Japanese banking system. Each issue also contains a summary both of actions taken by the various bank regulatory agencies and of state and federal legislation that affects the financial services industry.

FDIC Institution Directory
Look up a bank or bank holding company, by location or size.

Fed Catalog of Public Information Materials
A comprehensive guide to all online, printed, and audio-visual materials available from the Federal Reserve.

Federal Citizen Information Center Phone Contacts
Lists main number for and links to many government agencies and their directories, plus has a section with congressional phone numbers.

Federal Consumer Information Center
Visitors can read, print out or download the text of more than 200 federal publications on topics such as cars, money, children, education, home, travel, small business, food and health. The site features all of the publications listed in the current Consumer Information Catalog and others that are not inlcuded in the catalog, or that were featured in previous editions of the catalog. The site also features a consumer help section, listings of current scams and recalls, links to hundreds of government, corporate, nonprofit and other helpful web sites, and the latest news from federal agencies. The site also has a page where the media can sign up for regular FCIC alerts.

Federal Grand Jury
Reporters not already familiar with how grand juries work in the U.S. can find a short explanation of why grand juries will be employed in the cases of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Law professors Susan Brenner and Lori Shaw at the University of Dayton provide this Federal Grand Jury site, with frequently asked questions and info on both state and federal grand juries.

Federal Legal Information Through Electronics
Search for Supreme Court decisions from 1937-1975 by case or keyword.

Federal Register
Full-text access, up to date, to the Federal Register, the official daily publication of federal regulations: rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.

Federal Register archives
Archives of the U.S. register of government regulations and actions.

Federal Reserve Economic Data
FRED has economic time series on employment, money supply, interest rates, producer prices, gross domestic product, et al. From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Federal Resources for Education Excellence
Information on educational excellence, from many U.S. government agencies. Start with the site map.

Federal Web Locator
A comprehensive list of federal agencies. From the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Fedstats
A one-stop shop of U.S. government statistics from 70 agencies, searchable by topic. Or browse the "A to Z" list for ideas on any topic.

FedWorld
A portal for U.S. government sites. Full text of Supreme Court decisions, Customs rulings, EPA Clean Air Act Database, a few others. And pointers to much more. Searchable.

First Amendment Center
Devoted to monitoring the state of the first amendment; has all the latest headlines pertaining to the subject, as well as a large topic database containing information on subjects ranging from school uniforms to cameras in the courtroom to abortion protests. Has a library of reports on the amendment, as well as court records that can be searched.

FirstGov
A new (September 2000) one-stop shop for U.S. government Web sites, especially broad ones for consumers. If you search, pile on many search terms, or else you'll get way too much.

FOIA Contacts at Federal Agencies
Freedom of Information contacts at U.S. agencies.

Gov.Search
A free (for now) searchable index of U.S. government Web sites.

Government Information Locator Service
The Government Printing Office maintains a series of GILS records describing the information of Cabinet-level and major independent Federal agencies, called Pathway records, that are designed to assist depository libraries and their users locate and access Federal information.

Government Search (via Google)
A metasearch of many government Web sites, using the Google metasearch tool.

GPO Access
Access to much of the bureaucratic paper in Washington, electronically, from the Government Printing Office. Search and retrieve the full text from more than 70 databases and indexes, including the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Economic Report of the President, Economic Indicators, Commerce Business Daily, U.S. Code, Congressional bills, GAO reports, Supreme Court decisions, and more. A list of databases with content descriptions and search hints is available. Time coverage for the databases varies. Print versions of many of these databases can be found in depository libraries.

GPO Finding aids
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, these tools allow you to browse titles or documents at various federal sites.

GPO Subject Bibliographies
This index matches general topics with the approximately 150 subject bibliographies that are used to categorize the publications, subscriptions, and electronic products for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). All subject bibliography listings are paired with numbers, which may be used to order free print copies of subject bibliography catalogs.

HealthFinder
A U.S. interagency site of health information for the public. Directs consumers to reliable information. Ranked by the Medical Library Association among the Top 10 consumer medical sites.

Historic Supreme Court Decisions -- by Topic
Alphabetical list of Supreme Court cases by category. From the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.

House Green Book
Information on welfare payments, births, deaths, poverty, child support enforcement, etc. From the House Ways and Means Committee. Searchable.

HUD Data Sets
American Housing Survey, fair market rents, State of the Nation's Cities, and other databases from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

HUD Recent Research Reports
Reports from HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research. Topics in housing and urban development.

IGnet Federal Inspectors General
Links to inspectors and training materials for GAO, OMB, AGA, etc. Includes a directory of federal inspectors general, standards, legislation, Y2K plans, audit guides.

Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. immigration information. Also check out the INS statistics section and immigration and naturalization laws.

In Plain English Guide to the Federal Reserve
Making sense of the Federal Reserve. A lofty goal.

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Data on college enrollment by race, ethnicity and sex; salaries; tuition; revenue and expenditures; and other topics. From the National Center for Education Statistics. Find college enrollment data through the "1998 Survey Response Status" link.

Internet Legal Research Compass
Comprehensive links to U.S. Federal courts, state courts, state statutes, state agencies, state rules. From the Villanova University School of Law.

Introduction to Census 2000 Data Products
A quick summary of the schedule of data products upcoming from the U.S. Census Bureau. In PDF file (requires the Adobe Acrobat reader).

Investigators' Guide to Sources of Information
Guide for investigators. From the Office of Special Investigations.

IRE Database Library
List of databases from Investigative Reporters and Editors, for journalists only.

IRS Tax Statistics
Internal Revenue Service compilations on taxpayers: individuals, corporations, partnerships, tax-exempt organizations, estates, international, etc.

Judicial Opinions
Search for state and federal court decisions by cicuit court or by state. From the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.

JURIST guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
Court calendar, orders, cases, justices, procedures, statutes, clerks, et al. From the law professor's network and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Landings Certified Pilots Database
A nearly current database of 600,000 pilots registered with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Library of Congress
Library of Congress home page.

MABLE/Geocorr Geographic Correspondence Engine
Lets you correlate Census data, building custom lists that, say, relate census tracts to metro areas, or ZIPs to census blocks, or block groups to congressional districts.

Mapstats
A one-stop shop for U.S. government statistics -- broad ones, anyway -- organized by state and county. Gives basic info on agriculture, population, business, crime, education, energy, and miscellaneous information.

Monthly Labor Review
Monthly Labor Review is the principal journal of fact, analysis, and research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Monthly Labor Review: The Editors Desk
Most recent news and analysis from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

NAICS (Newer than SICs)
SICs are being replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), which consolidates the U.S., Mexican and Canadian systems under NAFTA.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Leads you through a step-by-step process for accessing more than 550 downloadable data collections about criminal justice.

National Archives and Records Administration
Includes US presidential and other government documents. Also the Federal Register, documents for public inspection, and links to resources on the Holocaust and JFK assassination.

National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2002
Reports on a U.S. project to assess the state of literacy. Through 2002, the project will report data on literacy by demographic group and region.

National Criminal Justice Reference Database
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Also check out the full-text collection in the NCJRS Virtual Library.

National Incident-Based Reporting System
The replacement to the Uniform Crime Report will include 22 categories of crime, with information on each incident -- not just aggregate data from each jurisdiction. This is an overview with links.

National Personnel Records Center
Military and civilian personnel records for the U.S., except what was lost in a fire. Read the details on its collections and its "disastrous fire" in 1973.

NativeWeb
Resources on indigenous cultures around the world. Hundreds of links in a well-organized directory, from native-owned businesses and gambling to economic development and culture.

NonProfit Gateway
This interagency site from the U.S. government is designed as a central starting point to help nonprofit organizations access online Federal information and services. Linked to all Cabinet departments and many agencies, it contains information about grants, regulations, taxes, and other services as well as information on a wide range of other topics and programs.

NTIS Database
This database provides full descriptive summaries of more than 2,000,000 titles NTIS has received from government agencies since 1964. It offers unparalleled bibliographic coverage of U.S. government and worldwide government-sponsored research.

Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
Trade information by industry sector, states, metro areas, etc.

Official U.S. Time
Gives the official time for U.S. time zones. From the atomic clocks of the National Institute of Standards and the U.S. Naval Observatory. The agencies claim that Web users can expect readings that are accurate to much better than one second.

PACER
The official dockets of most U.S. Federal courts (District, Bankruptcy and Appellate) are available on a dial-up, pay-per-use service called PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). Requires a computer and modem and communications software. Each court has a different modem number; all that is centralized is the billing. Most courts charge 60 cents a minute. The PACER Service Center on the Web is the Federal Judiciary's centralized registration, billing, and technical support center for this service. Also see the U.S. Party/Case Index, which can be searched on the Web, for a fee. Many courts also now have links to RACER (Real-Time Access to Court Electronic Access), which gives copies of the court documents. See the court list.

PACER U.S. Party/Case Index
A new service, operated by PACER, allowing national or regional searches of court records by name and Social Security Number in the bankruptcy index, party name and nature of suit in the civil index, and party name in the criminal index. "Not all federal courts participate in the U.S. Party/Case Index." The fee is 7 cents per page. A login and password are required. Billing is quarterly.

Partnerships Against Violence Network
Information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from seven different Federal agencies. Searchable. Designed to help states and local communities.

Pesticide National Synthesis Project
Reports on pesticides and U.S. water systems.

POTUS
Everything you ever wanted to know about any president of the U.S. Well indexed.

Price's List of Lists
If there's a list on the Web, Gary Price has found it.

Recreational opportunities on Federal lands
Information about national parks, wildlife refuges, forests, and sites managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Army Corps of Engineers, and Bureau of Reclamation.

Regional Economic Information System
Local economic data for states, counties, metro areas for 1969-. By the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Includes personal income, employment, transfer payments, and farm income and expenses.

Sales Product Catalog
From the Government Printing Office, an index of government information for sale. Updated daily. Includes items not yet published.

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
STAR provides abstracts of aerospace-related reports from Government agencies, research institutions and industry worldwide, including reports on aeronautics, space, and supporting disciplines. Electronic access began in 1996. For prior years consult the printed index available at some depository libraries. One of five collections in NASA's RECONplus database.

Scorecard
How Toxic is your community? Research chemical releases by company or by any local area across the U.S., properties of more than 6,800 chemicals, polluter and city pollution rankings, and the health effects of chemicals. From the Environmental Defense Fund, based mostly on the U.S. Toxic Release Inventory.

Search for SICs
Labor Department info on Standard Industry Classifications.

Search the Federal government
The Pathway Indexer searches more than 1,300 U.S. government agencies and military Internet sites. A prior link was given with more specific info. (http://gather.access.gpo.gov/Harvest/brokers/Pathway/query.html) but it cannot be opened.

Search the Federal Register
Text search of the archives of the U.S. register of government regulations and actions.

Searchable agency databases
A short list of the main search sites of the U.S. government.

SIC codes described
U.S. Census info on Standard Industrial Classifications. Used in many databases to put businesses in categories.

SIC codes list
Download and import.

Social Security Death Index
Free search of deaths of U.S. citizens since 1932. Warning: Not all deaths are here, and some people listed here are still alive! Includes only those for whom a lump sum death benefit was paid. Includes first name, last name, Social Security number.

Social Security Office of Policy
Summaries of data on Social Security recipients, and U.S. workers generally.

Speech and Transcript Center
Links to speeches by government and corporate executives, TV and radio programs, government transcripts, historical papers. By Gary Price.

State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Info
Go through this list to see how the states stack up against each other when it comes to allowing the public to see electronic records. Also has useful appendices of government contacts.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Uncle Sam's reference shelf. Provides graphs, charts and other information on more that 30 topics, ranging from population to elections to agriculture.

Statistics Webliography
A good starting list from Louisiana State U. Data sources and info on statistics, demography, etc.

Supreme Court (via Cornell)
Cornell University's searhable repository of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, party name tables, print citations, and case summaries.

TechPolitics: Congress
Tracks census data and key votes for current Congress session; covers issues by providing tables and analyses of demographics. Up-to-date, comprehensive, user-friendly system.

Terrorism Knowledge Base
Search for incidents or statistics related to incidents worldwide or use their chonology tool to find out about past events.

The Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the U.S.
From the National Cancer Institute. Covering 1950-1994, this book of maps, text, tables and figures shows the geographic patterns of cancer death rates throughout the United States for about 40 cancers.

The Right Site: Census Searches
Free searches (registration required) of Census 2000 data, compiled into simple maps and tables. For a fee, 2003 updates are available. A good way to find basic information and display it for better understanding in order to answer initial questions and get direction before delving more deeply.

Thomas legislative information.
From the Library of Congress, full-text access to bills and resolutions under consideration in the current Congress and the two previous Congresses. Search bills and summaries, roll call votes, laws, the Congressional Record of statements in the Congress.

Today's Federal Register
Text of listings in the U.S. register of proposed regulations and other governmental actions.

U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Links to updated data, graphs and charts on transportation statistics. Also has state freight profile and other cargo information.

U.S. Business Advisor
A combined resource from Federal agencies that provide services and information for businesses.

U.S. Census Bureau
The official site for demographic, economic and social information. Browse the "Subjects A to Z" list for story ideas.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control mailing lists
The CDC offers 14 mailing lists, on infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, morbidity and mortality, minority health, and national health surveys.

U.S. Constitution text
Text of the document.

U.S. Consumer Gateway
An interagency list of links for U.S. consumers.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
You can automatically get product recall notices from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

U.S. Department of Agriculture alerts
Everything from chickens to cranberries. The Ag Department has 70 E-mail information services, including information on imports, exports, prices, chemicals, milk, and walnuts.

U.S. Department of Justice FOIA Office
The central federal contact for FOIA information and resources. Links to principal FOIA contacts at federal agencies. Its "FOIA Update" is an annual newsletter from the Office of Information and Privacy. Also publishes a "DOJ Guide to the FOIA," a 500-page book interpreting the federal FOIA.

U.S. Federal & State Courts Finder
Search by federal district courts. From Emory University Law School.

U.S. Federal Communications Commission
The FCC Daily Digest provides a synopsis of Commission orders, news releases, speeches, and titles of public notices. The Digest is published every business afternoon. A searchable archive is on the Web site.

U.S. Federal Courts List
An official list of links to federal courts.

U.S. Federal Government Agencies
An up-to-date list of federal agencies on the Internet, from Louisiana State U. With keyword search. Based on the U.S. Government manual. "No annotation will be provided. This index is for people who know where they want to go, but don't know the address."

U.S. Federal Government Agency List
An annotated list (quite thorough) of main items at selected U.S. government agencies. Also from Louisiana State U.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The FDA sends out safety alerts, public health advisories, and other FDA safety notices. To subscribe, send mail to fdalists@www.fda.gov with the text, "subscribe dev-alert."

U.S. Government Accountability Office
Previously known as the General Accounting Office. A lot of journalists use this one. The GAO Daybook is a daily update on reports, documents and testimony. It comes in two forms: an announcement by title and number of pages; and, a few days later, with a URL to the GAO site.

U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
U.S. and state laws, laws of other nations, treaties, etc.

U.S. Patent Database
Search databases of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent Bibliographic Database provides information on patents issued since January 1, 1976. The AIDS Patent Database provides the full text and images of patents for AIDS-related devices issued by Japanese, European, and U.S. patent offices. Depository libraries may have earlier print and microfiche materials or current CD-ROMs to assist you.

U.S. Tax Court
Now you can search for tax cases involving individuals and companies at the U.S. Tax Court. You can look up an individual by name with "docket inquiry," or see newest cases with "today's opinions," or see all the opinions from a particular time frame with "historical opinions." Let's say you want to see all the opinions from a certain month; the asterisk (*) wildcard can be used in the date field; to search for all opinions released in January 2002, enter 01/**/02 in the date field. You can't see the documents online, but you can find a status and attorney's names (click on "parties" when you see a case).

Uniform Bank Performance Report
The great unknown document for comparing banks is the Uniform Bank Performance Report, which compares institutions (a) over time, and (b) against their peer group of same-sized institutions. You can buy UBPR's, or read them for free at a Federal Reserve library. But now they're online.

United States Government Manual
Find an executive or program.

USDA reports schedule
Latest data and analysis from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its agencies: Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Foreign Agricultural Service, and the World Agricultural Outlook Board.

USGS National Map
The US government department's definitive presentation of US topography, with viewers that allow you to view the maps in numerous different ways to get the exact picture you need. The USGS site is also a good hub of links to other government sites (biology, geology, etc).

Veterans Administration 1-Stop Inquiry
Information on VA programs and benefits.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
From 1995 forward, searchable.

Welfare Reform links
Extensive links to state health departments from State and Local Government on the Net, a directory of official websites.

White House briefing room
White House press releases and briefings. To subscribe to White House press releases, call the White House press office, (202) 456-2580.

World Population
See the world population increase before your eyes.

Yahoo! Government
Directory of links to government and politics

ZIP Codes database for sale
Where do you get a database of U.S. Postal Service ZIP Codes and cities?