US Government Web Pages

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NOTE: Many of these WWW pages have large graphic images that take awhile to download; you may want to turn off auto-loading of graphic images to save time.

Congress and Legislative Information

Thomas Legislative Information Service
House of Representatives Gopher
Senate Gopher
C-Span (Federal Election Commission PAC contribution data, 1994 House roll call votes and more)
Legi-Slate Gopher (allows you to locate any bill or resolution introduced since the beginning of the 103rd Congress by number, date, sponsor and chamber and type)
Congressional Quarterly Gopher
Library of Congress (Marvel's Reading Room, a gopher)
1994 Environmental Scorecard (League of Conservation Voters scores environmental voting records of Congress)
U.S. Budget Information (from Marvel's gopher)

The Executive Branch

White House WWW page and a gopher (from Texas A&M University)
Al Gore's National Performance Review and his Open Meeting on Reinventing Government

Departments and Agencies

Department of Commerce
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense , including the Center for Engineering , and a tour of its ATDNet Lab
Department of Energy, including the Office of Energy Management
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services or, more specifically, the DHSS Resource Locator that includes poverty guidelines, AIDS-related information, mortality statistics and information; the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs and searchable abstracts of DHHS program evaluations and related studies.
Department of the Interior
Department of Labor (FTP Site) and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Web Page links to sources of safety and health information and organizations.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; gopher)
Federal Communications Commission FTP site
Federal Trade Commission from the Advertising Law Internet Site.
FedWorld (Highly recommended ; slow connection; recommend you turn off auto-load of graphic images)
Internal Revenue Service includes tax forms, an FAQ and helpful information.
National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
Nat'l Inst of Health's National Library of Medicine
Other Federal Government Servers (Highly Recommended)
Phillips Laboratory (Research center for national defense in space and missile systems and advanced weapons concepts)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Ask-A-Geologist from the U.S. Geological Survey's program to answer any quetions you might have about US Geology. Send e-mail to ask-a-geologist@octopus.wr.usgs.gov
World Health Organization
World Bank

Resources from the States

Political Parties

Constitution Party (gopher)
Democratic National Committee (60k opening graphic file)
Libertarian Party Home Page or the Libertarian Party Headquarters
Libertarian Student Clubs
Berkeley College Republicans
On a lighter note, try The Capitol Steps, the Washington-based troupe of Congressional staffers turned songwriters, are pleased to announce their WWW home page featuring music and po litical satire.

Related Resources

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Gopher, including Congressional voting records
Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform
Census Data for the U.S. (University of Missouri gopher)
Citizen's Guide to Internet Resources (explains individual rights of Americans under the Bill of Rights and select federal statutes)
Endangered Species Act
Federally Funded Research in the U.S.
U.S. Government HyperTexts
U.S. Government Resources OnLine
Voice of America Transcripts (gopher)
U.S. Constitutional Documents (gopher)
U.S. Historical Documents & Speeches (gopher)
North American Free Trade Agreement (gopher)
A Good Collection of U.S. Stuff (gopher)
GNN's Government & Politics Index
World of Wonder's Government Page

Not So Related

District of Columbia Home Page

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