Sid's Collection of References and Resources
Government
With some topic- related  unofficial sites
The HEAVY HITTERS
A select compilation of links to the biggest and best LISTS-of-LISTS
and REFERENCE / RESOURCE PORTALS
American Government:  The Owner's Manual  From John Armor

CLICK - Fed Citizen Info center

The free online library of constitutional source documents:
CLICK for CONSOURCE
CLICKfor USA Gov
Search .mil and .gov with
CLICK to Search Google Mil/Gov
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal,
state, and local government web resources and services.
All about
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The Presidential Project
"The American Presidency Project, was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Their) archives contain 87,758 documents related to the study of the Presidency."
Links to all U.S.Presidents via INFO.com Research

George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush·
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Official U.S. Government Info At Your Fingertips
Access databases including THE FEDERAL REGISTER,  THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL BILLS and more via GovPrintOffice

GPO Access     Federal Locator Services
Locate Federal Depository Libraries
by State or Area Code

The Government Information Xchange

FEDSTATS   It's All Here

U.S. Consumer Gateway: Home Page

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF US GOVERNMENT
WEBSITES   via about.com
, . THE WHITE HOUSE - Site map

CAPITAL QUESTIONS VIA C-SPAN
All kinds of trivia and minutae are noted, such as how many members of Congress served in the military prior to their terms, a demographic description of the current Congress, the story of the Capitol dome's statue, which colleges have produced the most Members of Congress, how many First Ladies have addressed Congress, a definition of "Blue Dog" Democrats, a Congressional discography a definition of the "Cloakroom,"  and more. Some entries even include picture and there's a link to C-SPAN's Congressional Glossary.

University Of Michigan's
Documents Center Web Site Directory


Official Federal Government - EXECUTIVE BRANCH

The Federal Judiciary

Library of Congress Home Page

Library of Congress - SiteMap
GOVERNMENT LINKS - via infoUSA

Very comprehensive
via THOMAS   .....
U.S. Congress on the Internet
The United States Senate
Also at THOMAS:
Government Resources

Links to Congressional information from official and non-official sources.

BILLS IN THE NEWS via THOMAS
For Bills before Congress go to THOMAS and use the SEARCH
 , NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE at GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Many declassified documents

STATELINE.ORG
Operated by the Pew Center on the States, a research organization administered by the University of Richmond, and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

University Of Michigan's
Documents Center Web Site Directory
U.S. House of Representatives
CONTACTING THE CONGRESS


Lookup Representative

The WOODROW WILSON CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
 ,
THE INTERNET LAW LIBRARY was formerly hosted by The US House of Representatives -- it is now maintained at many volunteer websites.
Governments on the WWW
Starting With USA
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 14000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories as of January 2000.   Frequently updated.
 , House - VETERANS' AFFAIRS (COMMITTEE)
Senate - VETERANS' AFFAIRS (COMMITTEE)

Return To VETERANS - Page Two

U.S. Government Documents Depository 
Columbia University

LSU Libraries - Federal Agencies Directory
 "Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land. Kinda cool. "
Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor, The New York
Times, July 5, 1998


Copy of: Executive Order (6 April 2000) - Attorney General to replace the Secretary of Defense In implementing the Emergency Response Assistance Program.
Commonly known as the "Domestic Preparedness Program,"  Effective date 1 October 2000
 , via ibiblio.org
Presidential Libraries IDEA Network
Go HERE and click on their Mission Statement

Via the CATO INSTITUTE
1)  How Presidents Have Come to "Run the Country"
by  usurping Legislative Power
2)  The Impact of Executive Orders on the
Legislative Process: Executive Lawmaking
 THE  FEDERAL REGISTER via the  National Archives
Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Privacy Act Issuances, Public Laws, United States Government Manual, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, U.S. Congress Information, GPO Access Search Page

US Code of Federal Regulations
via Cornell U.
 , From the University of Memphis
Uncle Sam Internet Resource Guides
A major source of goverment document and forms.

SBA

FEMA
Social Security Online
US FDA / CFSAN
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
 FDA - Top page

AJAX     US and  International Government Military
Intelligence and  Law Enforcement Agency
Access.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
OSHA
NIOSH Public homepage
NYS Dept of Labor
EPA-TOP PAGE
NIST Standard Reference Data Products Catalog
Bureau of the Public Debt Homepage
Census Bureau - Population Clocks
CIA DOCUMENTS - FOIA
 , U.S. General Services Administration - GSA
GSA REGIONS OVERVIEW
IRS
Government Executive Magazine
Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Park Service
SEC EDGAR Database
U.S. Business Advisor
U.S. Dept of State - Government Web Sites
United States Postal Service
Freedom Forum
Better Business Bureau
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Project Visa - Access Embassy links - All Countries
Financial Crimes Enforcement
STATES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State of Alabama
State of Alaska
State of Arizona
State of Arkansas
State of California
State of Colorado
State of Connecticut
State of Delaware
State of Florida
State of Georgia
State of Hawaii
State of Idaho
State of Illinois
State of Indiana
State of Iowa
State of Kansas
State of Kentucky
State of Louisiana
State of Maine
State of Maryland
State of Massachusetts
State of Michigan
State of Minnesota
State of Mississippi
State of Missouri
State of Montana
State of Nebraska
State of Nevada
State of New Hampshire
State of New Jersey
State of New Mexico
State of New York
State of North Carolina
State of North Dakota
State of Ohio
State of Oklahoma
State of Oregon
State of Pennsylvania
State of Rhode Island
State of South Carolina
State of South Dakota
State of Tennessee
State of Texas
State of Utah
State of Vermont
State of Virginia
State of Washington
State of West Virginia
State of Wisconsin
State of Wyoming

Try this one -  THE 50 STATES -   An outstanding resource
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