| CIA | CIC | CPSC | FBI | FIC |
| FTC | FedWorld | GILS | GPO | HUD |
| IRS | LOC | NOAA | SSA | White House |
America's Job Bank, New York, New York. A service
of the U.S. Dept. of Labor.
Census Bureau, Washington, DC. Collecting and disseminating
data about the people and economy of the United States. TTY: 800-341-1310 or 301-457-2435.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia.
Promoting health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
CDC National AIDS Hotline TTY Service. Open
Monday through Friday, from 10 AM to 10 PM, Eastern Time. HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs). Staff trained in English, Spanish and American Sign Language (ASL). All calls are free and private.
TTY: 800-243-7889.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Langley, Virginia. Supporting
the President, the National Security Council, and all who make and execute U.S. national security policy
by providing foreign intelligence related to national security and conducting counterintelligence activities,
special activities, and other functions related to foreign intelligence and national security as directed by
the President.
The CIA. Worldfactbook for the most recent
year available - A free traveller's reference. Now updated with text links.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Bethesda, Maryland.
An independent Federal regulatory agency to help keep families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death
from consumer products. TTY Hotline: 800-638-8270.
Corporation for National Service, Washington, DC. Incorporating
VISTA, Americorps and related service volunteer opportunities. TTY: 202-634-9256.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Washington, DC.
Promoting equal opportunity in employment through administrative and judicial enforcement of federal civil rights
laws and through education and technical assistance. TTY: 202-663-4494.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Washington, DC. Protecting
national security and performing criminal investigations of federal crimes. TTY: 800-326-2996 or 202-324-1016.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Washington, DC. Managing
and coordinating use of the electronic information spectrum.
Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC), Pueblo, Colorado. Instead
of buying all those pamphlets that you'll just throw away eventually, you can read them online here. If you prefer,
you can still purchase them. A good example is the
Consumer's Resource Handbook, available in several formats, containing up-to-date information on what
to do and who to contact for various consumer-related issues and problems. (Updated annually.)
FCIC National Contact Center is a single point of contact
for people who have questions about Federal agencies, programs, and services. The FIC currently responds
to about 2 million calls per year via its nationwide, toll-free number. The FCIC is open for public inquiries from
9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The toll-free numbers
are TTY: 800-326-2996, Voice: 800-688-9889.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - responding to
disasters nationwide.
Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS),
Richland, Washington. An integrated system that provides planning, coordination, response, and exercise support
for emergency management personnel.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Washington, DC.
FedWorld Information Network. Providing centralized access
to U.S. government websites.
Federal Jobs Announcement Service: search
abstracts of open U.S. Federal Government Jobs. This national database is updated every Tuesday through
Saturday at about 9:30 am Eastern U.S. time.
Finance Net - information on the sale of all manner
of public assets from real property and loans to planes, boats, cars, jewelry, and just about anything that
any government, Federal, state, local or International, will be offering for sale to the general public
electronically.
Government Information Exchange (GIE): Locate public agencies
or federal employees.
Global Information Locator Service (GILS): Government Information Locator.
The goal is to make it easy for people to find information of all kinds, in all media, in all languages, and over time.
Government Printing Office (GPO), Superintendent of
Documents, Washington, DC.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - you can get instructions
and details about all of your tax forms, and download them in PDF format.
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Information and a virtual
tour of the library's resources. The Thomas Guide to legislative information is located online here.
National Parks Service - Information about the National Park System.
National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, Virginia. The National Science
Foundation funds research and education in science and engineering through grants, contracts, and cooperative
agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, and other research and/or education institutions in all
parts of the United States.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), Washington, DC. An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIA is the Executive Branch's
principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues.
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Washington, DC.
Promoting industrial and technological progress in the U.S. by advising and administering on matters of
patents and trademarks and protecting trade aspects of intellectual property.
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. An opportunity for U.S.
residents to volunteer for a period of time to work overseas in countries where their skills are needed.
Sallie Mae, Agency responsible for managing U.S.
government college loan programs; parents and students can download information and forms here.
Forms are in Adobe Acrobat and Postscript formats.
Social Security Administration and version
En Español. Publications are
available by ftp, mostly in PDF or Postscript, but some in
plain text format. They are indexed by SSA publication number.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), enhancing the quality
of life for the American people by supporting agricultural production.
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection (APHIS)
Missing Pet network
USDA News Releases
U.S. Department of Defense Sites:
Defense LINK - the official web site for the Department of
Defense and the starting point for finding U.S. military information online.
Air Force LINK
Army LINK
Dept. of the Army: Country Studies:
Information about each country, available from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Bosnia LINK
Defense Technical Information Center. Providing access to and
facilitating the exchange of scientific and technical information.
Defense Technical Information Web and
Defense Technical Information Web Locator.
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Weather Service.
U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
U.S. Dept. of State, serving the President in matters of foreign affairs.
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
U.S. Department. of Housing & Urban Development. Publications online
include: Info About HUD Homes, which explains about
buying or selling HUD-listed homes; HUD Home Buying
Guide, which explains why people should have their own home, and describes the home-buying process
from start to finish.
HUD User, Rockville, Maryland. The Office of Policy Development
and Research (PD&R) is responsible for providing advice and information to the Secretary to further his
policy agenda; for maintaining current information to monitor housing needs, housing market conditions, and
the operation of existing programs; and for conducting research on priority housing and community-development issues.
The U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
U.S. Postal Service. To buy stamps call 800-782-6724, or purchase
at Stamps Online.
The U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
The White House. This may be as close as you can get to
the president, particularly since Pennsylvania Avenue NW has been CLOSED to vehicles.
California Department of Consumer Affairs
California Department of Education Specialized Programs
Branch: links to special education, state schools for the Deaf, etc.
California Department of Motor Vehicles
California Department of Rehabilitation
California Franchise Tax Board
California Governor's Committee For
Employment of Disabled Persons
California Job Bank and a companion
site CalJOBS. Requires registration with
a local state employment office before you may use it.
California Legislature: State Assembly and
State Senate.
California Office of Deaf Access,
Sacramento, California.
California Office of Emergency Services
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
California Seismic Safety Commission
California State Home Page
California State Lottery
Federal Yellow Pages
50states.com: The 50 U.S. States and other information.
Govspot: national, state, and local government pages and related information.
Native American Governments, from the library of the University of Missouri-Rolla.
U.S. Small Business Administration
Federal and State Web pages.
Federal Government and Native American Resources, compiled by the library of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Federal Telephone Directories
Government Information on the Internet by Subject, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.
Government On The Web: very extensive list that includes both the U.S. and other countries.
Government Resources On-Line by the National Coalition Against Censorship. Especially useful if you need to look up a federal law, as it lists many databases.
U.S. Government: another comprehensive list which also includes legal databases.
The WWW Virtual Law Library State Government Servers: links to state law resources.
Yahoo! Government
