The following list suggests the best sites to find government information available online for federal, state, international, and foreign levels of government.

Federal Government: General Information

• USA.gov: Official U.S. government Web portal
• Core Documents of Our Democracy (U.S. Government Printing Office)
• Government Web Resources (Library of Congress)
• U.S. Government Information: Resources by Subject (Vanderbilt University Libraries)
• A–Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies (USA.gov)
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• The White House

Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information

• FDsys Federal Government Digital System (U.S. Government Printing Office)
  FDsys is currently transitioning to Govinfo (U.S. Government Printing Office)
• Congress.gov: United States Legislative Information 
• Resources A–Z (Library of Congress — Congress.gov)
• Congress.org [non-governmental, non-partisan advocacy and engagement site] (CQ Roll Call)
• U.S. Code (Office of the Law Revision Counsel)
• U.S. Code (Legal Information Institute at Cornell)
• Regulations.gov: Your voice in federal decisionmaking [rulemaking materials and comment forms] (eRulemaking Program Management Office)
• FederalRegister.gov (U.S. Government Printing Office and National Archives and Records Administration)
• The Federal Register (U.S. Government Printing Office)
• Code of Federal Regulations (U.S. Government Printing Office)
• e-CFR: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (U.S. Government Printing Office)
• Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
• Law Subject Guide (University of North Texas Libraries)

State Information

• State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell University Law School — Legal Information Institute)
• State Government Collections—try one of the following:
  • American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!) (LawSource.com)
  • State Resources (FindLaw for Legal Professionals)
  • State and Local Government on the Net (HelloMetro Group)
• State List: The Electronic Source of State Publications (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• State Government (USA.gov)

International and Foreign Information

• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• EUROPA: The Official Website of the European Union (EU)
• Foreign Governments (Northwestern University)
• International Governmental Organizations (Northwestern University)
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• U.S Department of State [see also U.S. State Department Archive]
• United Nations (UN)

Statistical Resources

• FedStats [Statistics and information produced by U.S. federal government agencies]
• Data and Statistics (USA.gov)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Department of Labor)
• Census Bureau (U.S. Department of Labor)​
• National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education/Institute of Education Sciences)
• National Center for Health Statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• UN Statistical Data (United Nations)
• Statistical Data (University of North Texas Libraries)

Additional Resources

• The "Agency Approach" To Locating Government Information on the Internet: A Tutorial (Western Illinois University)
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (U.S. Government Printing Office)
• Professional Resources (ALA GODORT)
• PURL Information Page (U.S. Government Printing Office)

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