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American Factfinder (US Census Bureau) - Your source for
population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Center
for Disease Control and Prevention - the lead federal
agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad,
providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting
health through strong partnerships.
Department of Defense - providing official, timely and
accurate information about defense policies, organizations, functions and
operations. DefenseLINK is the single, unified starting point for finding
military information on-line.
USA.gov: the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal - "Whatever you want
or need from the U.S. government, it's here on USA.gov. ... Our powerful
search engine and ever-growing collection of topical and customer-focused
links connects you to millions of web pagesfrom the federal government,
local and tribal governments and to foreign nations around the world." From
the U.S. General Services Administration. (Formerly FirstGov.gov.)
GPO
Access - The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates
official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
IRS
e-File - File your Federal taxes online here, make
payments, print tax
forms, find mailing addresses by state, contact information for local
offices, answers to
frequently asked questions. Find out the
status of your refund.
Library of Congress - Site of the "largest library in the world, with
[over one hundred million] items," including books, recordings, photographs,
maps, and manuscripts. Contains searchable Library catalogs, guides to
research centers, and introductary overviews of the Library designed for
researchers, law researchers, librarians and archivists, children and
families, publishers, and persons with disabilities. Includes a FAQ, exhibit
information, and a brief history of the "nation's oldest federal cultural
institution." Searchable.
THOMAS
- Databases providing access to the full texts of bills and laws from the
United States Congress, the daily Congressional Record, relevant proceedings
and proposed legislation, committee reports, and roll call votes, variously
available from the present back to the 93rd Congress (1973). The site
includes links to major U.S. legislative Web sites.
U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office - Search for patents and
trademarks, learn about copyrights, patent laws and rules, trademark laws,
Internet domain names and much more
Project Vote Smart - a citizen's organization dedicated
to serving all Americans with accurate and unbiased information for
electoral decision-making.
Ready.gov - From the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, a website devoted to citizen preparedness.
Social
Security Online - Extensive site that includes:
Disability information; Employment support for people with disabilities;
Medicare information; Benefit payments; Forms; Rules & regulations; Laws &
legislation; a section just for Kids; information in Spanish; FAQs; and all
their publications.
The White House - Find current news about the President,
learn about life in the White House, the Vice President, First Lady,
history. Even a page for the kids. |
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