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Agricultural Fact Book 2000 -- http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/fbook00/contents.htm
Gives basic facts on U.S. agriculture, including its structure, the farm sector and rural America. Gives an overview of USDA and description of its programs.

Communications for a Sustainable Future -- http://csf.colorado.edu/
Computer networking to enhance communications, with the objective of working through disparate views and ideologies to secure a more promising future.

ERS Electronic Publications -- http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/
Include periodicals, research reports, statistical bulletins, and other monographs.

Federal Bulletin Board -- http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov
Provides access to information from the White House and Executive Branch agencies (includes independent agencies) to the public.

Funding Resources -- http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ruralres/funding.htm
Links to financial resources on the Internet.

Federal Citizen Information Center National Contact Center -- http://www.info.gov/
Links to Federal, state and local government benefits information.

Map References -- http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html
Links to maps in the U.S.--national, state, city and regional. Also world maps, foreign countries as well as geographic references and library and book information.

National Agricultural Library (NAL) -- http://www.nal.usda.gov
Part of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The library is a major source for agriculture and related issues.

Rural Information Center -- http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric
Provides information and referral services to local government officials, community organizations, health professional organizations, rural telephone and electric cooperatives, libraries, businesses and rural citizens working to maintain the vitality of America's rural areas.

Rural Information Resources -- http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ruralres/resource.htm
This site has links to other rural resources on a variety of topics-including federal information, business, education, funding, health, job training, welfare and others.

The Civic Network -- http://www.civic.net:2401/
An evolving collection of online resources dedicated to supporting civic life and citizen participation. The Civic Network is a project of the Center for Civic Networking.

U.S. State and Local Government Gateway -- http://www.firstgov.gov/Government/State_Local.shtml
A one-stop web site of Federal information for state and local governments. The Gateway was developed by Federal agencies and associations representing sate and local officials and employees in collaboration with Vice President Gore's National Performance Review.

White House News -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
Public access to documents, including transcripts of the President's speeches and press conferences, press briefings, policy statements, fact sheets and announcements of nominations.

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