Government Information Web Page Template
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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