Web
Resources
Government Sites
USA.Gov
http://www.usa.gov/
U.S. Government Printing Office Access Home Page
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.gpo.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
U.S. Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Thomas - US Legislative Information
http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. government sites/Google
http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
Boston College Government Documents Collection
http://www.bc.edu/libraries/collections/collinfo/a-zlist/govdocs.html
Univ. of Michigan Libraries/Mega site by subject
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/
Federal agencies directory
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
http://www.hud.gov/
Building the American Dream
http://www.hud.gov/about/secretary/accomplishments/factsheet/index.cfm
HUD factsheet about recent accomplishments at the agency
State of the Cities (U.S./HUD)
http://socds.huduser.org/index.html
Searchable database of demographic and economic data on U.S. cities & towns.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
http://uscis.gov
Federal Government agency (formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service)
Federation for American Immigration Reform
http://www.fairus.org
organization working to reform current U.S. immigration policies
U.S. Census Bureau: The Black Population in the United States
www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html
information, statistics, and charts from the annual population survey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
information and resource links for many environmental problems from the EPA
CDC - Environmental Health
http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/
information about health issues associated with environmental problems
WaterWatch (USGS)
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/
current water resources conditions from the U.S. Geological Survey
Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection
http://www.mass.gov/dep/dephome.htm
local state information about pollutants, groundwater, and air quality
CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Library of Congress Country Studies
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc
U.S. State Department
http://www.state.gov/countries/
U.S. State Department Post Reports
http://www.ediplomat.com/np/post_reports/post_reports.htm
NOTE: The State Department has removed post reports from the Internet, so this link accesses older versions available elsewhere. Updated post reports are available on the State Department intranet and can be e-mailed by choosing "view complete report," clicking the printer icon, and using the "File/Send Page by E-mail" option.
U.S. State Department Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn
Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Federal Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Statistical Abstracts of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov/
U.S. Census: American Fact Finder
http://factfinder.census.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
International Statistical Agencies
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/
Child and Family Statistics
http://www.childstats.gov/