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Entries for UNITED STATES

1990 U.S. Census Lookup   Full Record
From the US Census Bureau.

Agricultural Research Service   Full Record
USDA research bureau. Provides access to agricultural information.

American Civil War Research Database   Full Record
This fee-based service is worth the money.

Archiving Early America: Historic Documents from 18th Century America   Full Record
Numerous links to historic American Documents such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence (Freedom Documents). Many original scanned images are also available.

Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History   Full Record
Scholarship from English professor at U. Delaware.

Bureau of Economic Analysis   Full Record
The Bureau of Economic Analysis is an agency of the Department of Commerce. Along with the Census Bureau and STAT-USA, BEA is part of the Department's Economics and Statistics Administration.

Bureau of Export Administration   Full Record
Official site. The Bureau of Export Administration enhances the nation's security and its economic prosperity by controlling exports for national security, foreign policy, and short supply reasons. They administer the Export Administration Act by developing export control policies, issuing export licenses, and prosecuting violators.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics   Full Record
BTS data on aviation, commerce, trucking, boating, vessels, and more.

Census Bureau PDF Publications   Full Record
Listing of all titles available from the Census Bureau in PDF format.

Census of Agriculture   Full Record
From the U.S. Census Bureau.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)   Full Record
The official home page includes Scientific Data and Statistics.

Congressional Budget Office   Full Record
Official site.

Congressional Hearings   Full Record
GPO Access provides access to a limited number of House and Senate hearings.

Congressional Record (via GPO Access)   Full Record
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.

Congressional Record Index (via GPO Access)   Full Record
The Congressional Record Index is a publication of the Joint Committee on Printing, Congress of the United States.

Congressional Record Index (via THOMAS)   Full Record
The Index to the Congressional Record covers 1994 to the present.

Congressional Record Text   Full Record
Via THOMAS. 101st Congress (1989) onward.

Constitution of the United States (via GPO Access)   Full Record
This is Senate Document No. 103-6.

Construction Statistics   Full Record
From the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Includes building permits, housing starts, housing completions, new home sales, expenditures for residential improvements, and Census of Construction Industries.

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy   Full Record
Easy to use.

County and City Data Book   Full Record
Find the latest official statistics for 1,078 cities, all 3,141 U.S. counties, and 11,097 places of 2,500 or more inhabitants.

County and City Data Books   Full Record
This resource provides access to the electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 County Data Books.

County Business Patterns   Full Record
From the official site, the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

County Business Patterns   Full Record
County Business Patterns data base provides county, state, and national level business data for 1977-1994.

Current Population Survey   Full Record
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Daily Washington File (USIA)   Full Record
United States Information Agency.

Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents   Full Record
From the Library of Congress.

DefenseLINK   Full Record
Official U.S. Defense Department site. Links to all branches of the military.

Diplomatic List   Full Record
The official list of U.S.-based diplomatic missions.

Dispatch   Full Record
US State Dept. official publication.

Economy-Wide Sources from the U.S. Bureau of the Census   Full Record
Official site includes explanation of NAICS (successor to SIC Codes), County Business Patterns, statistics of U.S. businesses, enterprise statistics, and many other resources.

Electronic Research Collection (ERC)   Full Record
State Dept. materials archived at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Export-Import Bank of the United States   Full Record
Official US government site.

Federal Government Resources Electronic Publications   Full Record
Alphabetical links to United States federal agencies.

Federal Judicial Center   Full Record
Official site. Congress established the FJC by statute in 1967 as a separate organization within the federal judicial system at the request of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Federal Judiciary Home Page   Full Record
This page is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts. Offers a very clear explanation of the "third branch" of the US government. Includes access to current press releases.

Federal Web Locator   Full Record
One stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web

Federal Web Locator   Full Record
Search or browse for United States federal Web sites.

FedStats   Full Record
More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. This site provides access to many of these statistics.

Fedworld Information Network   Full Record
From National Technology Information Service (NTIS); includes Government Information Locator Service.

For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan   Full Record
From the Library of Congress.

Foreign Consular Offices in the United States   Full Record
Compiled by the U.S. Department of State.

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)   Full Record
This major work archives the documents and speeches of US foreign relations.

Foreign-Born Population   Full Record
From the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

GAO Reports (via GPO)   Full Record
Via GPO Access.

GAO Reports and Testimony (via GAO)   Full Record
Official Web site.

General Services Administration   Full Record
GSA is one of the three central management agencies in the Federal Government.

GovBot: Database of Government Web Sites   Full Record
Search government and military Web pages.

GovBot: Database of Government Web Sites   Full Record
This site is maintained by the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Government Information Locator Service (GILS) (via GPO Access)   Full Record
The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is a new way to identify, locate, and describe publicly available Federal information resources, including electronic information resources.

GPO Access on the WEB   Full Record
Via Thorplus. Purdue University has mirrored much of the content of the Government Printing Office's Web pages.

Great American Web Site   Full Record
Guide to US government on the Web.

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States   Full Record
This resource comprises the basic records of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Federal Government and consists of millions of documents in paper, film, and electronic form that illustrate the workings of a democracy. The documents, conveying as much information about the citizens served as they do about public service, are preserved in 27 archival repositories and Presidential libraries managed by the National Archives and Records Administration at sites across the nation from Anchorage, Alaska, to Waltham, Massachusetts.

Historical Documents [of the United States]   Full Record
From the Library of Congress. Browse or search early Congressional documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, or the Constitution of the United States.

International Accounts Data   Full Record
This is not the complete government document, but excerpted tables via the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts   Full Record
US Department of State listing of key officers by country.

Manufacturing, Mining, and Construction Statistics   Full Record
Manufacturing page from the U.S. Census Bureau. Contains Current Industry Reports, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Census of Manufactures, and Census of Mining Industries.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications   Full Record
Via GPO Access.

National Archives and Records Administration Exhibit Hall   Full Record
Among the full text and scanned images available here are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Emancipation Proclamation.

National Center for Education Statistics   Full Record
Official site. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations.

National Institutes of Health   Full Record
Begun as a one-room Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887, the National Institutes of Health today is one of the world's foremost biomedical research centers, and the Federal focal point for biomedical research in the U.S.

National Performance Review   Full Record
The National Performance Review is the Clinton-Gore Administration's initiative to reform the way the federal government works.

National Security Council   Full Record
The National Security Council is the President's principle forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.

Office of Science and Technology Policy   Full Record
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) provides expert advice to the President in all areas of science and technology.

Population and Housing Unit Estimates   Full Record
Existing data series such as births, deaths, federal tax returns, medicare enrollment, and immigration, are used to update the decennial census counts. Census Bureau population estimates are used in Federal funding allocations, in setting the levels of national surveys, and in monitoring recent demographic changes.

Population Projections   Full Record
From the U.S. Census Bureau. Population projections are estimates for future dates and illustrate plausible courses of future population change based on assumptions about future births, deaths, international migration, and state-to state migration.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States   Full Record
In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents.

Presidential Directives and Where to Find Them   Full Record
Presidential directives are signed or authorized by the President.

Search Commerce Business Daily   Full Record
Via University of California GPO Gate.

Selected Listing of Bibliographies Compiled at Air University Library   Full Record
Broad coverage of war and peace studies.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics   Full Record
From Bureau of Justice Statistics.

State and County Demographic and Economic Profiles   Full Record
From the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Through a series of clickable maps, find data and data maps concerning counties and cities.

Statistical Abstract of the United States   Full Record
The 1996 Statistical Abstract is a collection of over 1400 tables and graphs on social, economic, and international subjects. Files are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration   Full Record
An HHS agency.

Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975 (via GPO Access)   Full Record
This database is being made available to the public as a finding aid to the "official" version in the United States Reports.

Technology Administration   Full Record
Under the Dept. of Commerce.

Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation   Full Record
From the Library of Congress.

The Architect of the Capitol   Full Record
History, drawings, photos.

The Gettysburg Address   Full Record
From the Library of Congress.

The National Security Archive   Full Record
An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

The Political Graveyard   Full Record
This is an amazingly extensive database of historic cemeteries that tell where dead politicians are buried.

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection   Full Record
National Archives and Records Administration

The Time Page: American History Sites   Full Record
Links to dozens of sites.

The Washington Post   Full Record
National and international news.

TIGER Digital Map Database   Full Record
Sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The goal of this service is to provide a public resource for generating high-quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the United States, using public geographic data.

U.S. Direct Investment Abroad   Full Record
This is not the complete government document, but excerpted tables via the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

U.S. Federal Agencies Directory   Full Record
A list of federal agencies on the Internet.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Highlights   Full Record
From Census Bureau.

Unified Agenda   Full Record
Via University of California GPO Gate.

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics   Full Record
The official home page.

United States Census 2000   Full Record
Official Bureau of the Census description of the objectives and strategies of the 22nd decennial census of the U.S. in the year 2000.

United States Department of Agriculture   Full Record
Official site. Contains current news releases and Agriculture Fact Book 1996. Links to all the USDA agencies as well.

United States Department of Commerce   Full Record
Official site to promote American business and trade. Responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship.

United States Department of Education   Full Record
Official site. Contains statistics, full text of reports, news releases, etc.

United States Department of Energy   Full Record
Official site. The DOE provides the technical information and scientific and educational foundation for technology, policy, and institutional leadership necessary to achieve efficiency in energy use, diversity in energy sources, a more productive and competitive economy, improved environmental quality, and a secure national defense. Includes links to National Labs and Facilities.

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)   Full Record
This is the official home page. The HHS is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

United States Department of State   Full Record
The official site for the foreign affairs of the U.S.

United States Dept. of Justice Press Releases   Full Record
Official press releases from 1994 to the present.

United States Dept. of the Interior   Full Record

United States Food and Drug Administration   Full Record
The official site contains information about foods, human drugs, animal drugs, cosmetics, toxicology, and tobacco.

United States Government Manual   Full Record
Via University of California GPO Gate.

United States Government Manual   Full Record
Via GPO Access.

United States International Trade Administration   Full Record
Official site. Helps U.S. businesses compete in the global marketplace. Their Commercial Service contains research and provides export assistance.

United States Trade Representative   Full Record
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and leading or directing negotiations with other countries on such matters. The U.S. Trade Representative is a Cabinet member who acts as the principal trade advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson for the President on trade and related investment matters.

US Government Information Sources   Full Record
This list is maintained by the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC).

USA Counties 1998   Full Record
USA Counties, from the Census Bureau, compiles useful demographic, economic, and governmental information spanning several years and sources for county comparisons and profiles. Contains a clickable map of the United States. From Oregon State University.

USDA Economics and Statistics System   Full Record
Nearly 300 datasets.

Vietnam Era Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Database   Full Record
Via Library of Congress.

Washington File   Full Record
From the US State Dept.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents   Full Record
1993 to present.

White House Briefing Room   Full Record
Official site.

Modified 2/11/01