Government information - United States

Tax Forms

Federal, Iowa, or Other States

Indexes to U.S. Government Publications

GPO Access (GPO) - Provides access to the official, published versions of government information. Allows searching of a quickly growing number of databases from all three branches of government.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (via GPO Access 1994-) - provides access to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies.
Forms.gov - The US government's official hub for federal forms.
FedWorld (NTIS) - online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government.
Marcive (1976-) - (ISU only) Index to publications issued by GPO.
LexisNexis Congressional (1789-) - (ISU only) access to current and historical information about Congressional hearings, public issues, and legislation. Also includes Committee reports, bill tracking reports, Congressional documents, the Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, The Hill and Roll Call.
LexisNexis Government Periodicals (1988-) - (ISU only) index to 170 current Federal publications.
LexisNexis Statistical (1973-) - (ISU only)data produced by the U.S. government since 1973; important international intergovernmental organizations since 1983; and knowledgeable professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.

Search Engines

FirstGov - the U.S. government's official web portal.
Google Unclesam - searches .gov and .mil sites.

Major Government Sites

White House - view executive orders, documents, speeches, press releases, policies, and photos and videos.
U.S. House of Representatives - Includes summary of debate for the current legislative day, floor schedule for the week, roll call votes, information on the legislative process, directory of phone numbers and addresses and committee memberships.
U.S. Senate - Links to committee and member home pages, a directory of e-mail addresses, Daily Calendar of Business, and general information about the Senate and the legislative process.
U.S. Supreme Court

Guides to Finding Other Government Sites

Federal Agencies Directory (LSU) - hierarchical and alphabetical access
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Government Information (GODORT) - access by level of government and by subject
Government Information on the Web Subject Index (St. Mary's University) - topical index
Meta-Subject Index to Government Information (Idaho State University) - guide to subject indexes which have been created for the purpose of identifying government internet resources in a given subject area
U.S. Government Information Sources on the Internet (University of Colorado)- topical index to government sites

Other Guides

Abbreviations and acronyms of the U.S. Government (IUPUI)
American Memory (Library of Congress) - gateway to primary source materials related to the history of the United States. Contains more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
Ben's Guide (GPO) - U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids - search by agency or by subject.
Citing government documents (University of Arizona) - citation generator for APA or MLA format.
Citing government documents using MLA style (University of Nevada, Reno) - updated to conform with The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed.
Clearinghouse of Government Documents Digital Projects (GODORT) - provides information about digitization projects for local, state, federal, and international government documents that are planned, in progress, or completed.
Cybercemetery of Former Federal Web Sites (University of North Texas and GPO) - provides permanent public access to the electronic Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.
Government Periodicals Online (University of Louisville) - Alphabetical list of of full-text periodicals published by the federal government.
Migrating Government Publications (University of Memphis) - Links to government publications that have been converted to electronic format. Access by title or SuDoc number.
Perry-Casta�eda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin) - digitized collection of historical maps of the U.S., states and cities from U.S.G.S., National Park Service and other sources.
Uncle Sam - Who's Who in the Federal Government (University of Memphis) - directory with links to biographical information.

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