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

Sections

1. Federal Government: General Information
2. Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information
3. State Information
4. International and Foreign Information
5. Statistical Resources
6. Additional Resources

Federal Government: General Information

• Documents Center (one-stop shopping from the University of Michigan)

• Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information (ALA GODORT FDTF)

• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory (locate all federal agencies via LSU)

• US House of Representatives

• US Senate Home Page

• White House Home Page

• The Cabinet
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of the Treasury
• U.S. Department of Transportation

Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• Congress.Org (searchable member directories and current awareness)
• Federal Register
• Finding Government Documents (published by Wayne State University)

• GPO Access (search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office)

• Legislative Branch (guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch)

• Library of Congress and American Memory (American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.)

• Thomas (search & retrieve legislation from the 103^rd to current congresses)

• Government Information Connection (Univ. of North Texas)

• United States Copyright Office

• United States Patent & Trademark Office

• United States Code (Cornell University Law School)

• Supreme Court Information (Cornell University Law School)

• The Federal Judicial Center

• Independent Agencies

• • Central Intelligence Agency
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Federal Citizen Information Center
  • NASA Homepage
  • National Endowment for the Arts Homepage
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • The National Science Foundation

State Information

• State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell University)

• State Government Collections -- try one of the following:

• • American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO!)

  • Virtual Law Library (Indiana University: Bloomington)

  • FindLaw

  • State and Local Government on the Net

• Michigan Resources

• • Michigan's Executive Branch

  • Michigan's Judicial Branch

  • Michigan Legislature

  • Secretary of State

  • Michigan State Government

  • Governor Jennifer Granholm

  • Michigan House of Representatives

  • Michigan State Senate

  • Michigan In Brief

  • Law Library

  • Michigan Supreme Court

  • A Citizen's Guide to State Government (pdf)

  • Senior Brigade (A Michigan Seniors Website) - includes legal forms

International and Foreign Information

• Country Studies (Library of Congress)

• International Agencies and Information on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)

• Foreign Governments (Northwestern University)

• Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine (ALA GODORT International Documents Task Force)

• Non-Governmental Organizations Search Engine (ALA GODORT International Documents Task Force)

• US State Department Home Page

• United Nations

Statistical Resources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• EconData.net
• InfoNation (United Nations CyberSchoolbus)
• Government Information Connection (Univ. of North Texas)
• US Census Bureau

Additional Resources

• "Agency Approach" To Locating Government Information on the Internet (tutorial)

• GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (search for government documents)

• USA.gov

• Google Uncle Sam

• Migrating Government Publications (full-text docs via the University of Memphis)

• Government Documents Brochures & Pamphlets (via the University of Buffalo)

• Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians (ALA GODORT)