United States Government on the Internet. United States Government web sites provide: Constitution, laws and regulationsConstitution, laws and regulations.

United States Government

on the Internet

United States Government web sites provide:

•Constitution, laws and Constitution, laws and regulationsregulations•Proposed legislationProposed legislation•Court decisionsCourt decisions•Presidential statementsPresidential statements•Business and consumer Business and consumer informationinformation•Environment and health Environment and health informationinformation•Scientific researchScientific research•Statistical data Statistical data

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Let’s take a virtual tour

The URLs for all of these web The URLs for all of these web sites are on a separate sites are on a separate

handout.handout.

Ben’s Guide to the United States Government

Describes the government, legislative, Describes the government, legislative, and electoral process for children in and electoral process for children in school. school.

Constitution

GPO Access and the Library of CongressGPO Access and the Library of Congressprovide a version of the Constitution provide a version of the Constitution annotated with Supreme Court decisionsannotated with Supreme Court decisions

Laws and Regulations

GPO Access provides a searchable interface GPO Access provides a searchable interface to current laws, current regulations and to current laws, current regulations and

proposed regulations.proposed regulations.

Legislative bills, debates, and status

Thomas (Library of Congress) is the most Thomas (Library of Congress) is the most popular source for tracking legislation popular source for tracking legislation

President

The White House web site includes The White House web site includes Presidential Presidential speeches, press conferences, and Executive speeches, press conferences, and Executive Orders. Orders.

Presidential Libraries

Presidential Libraries are an Presidential Libraries are an outstanding source for primary outstanding source for primary

materials.materials.

Support for New Small Business and

Exports

Includes web advice on laws and Includes web advice on laws and financing, financing, local small business advisory local small business advisory centers, federal contracts, and centers, federal contracts, and export leadsexport leads

Consumer Protection

The U.S. Government issues recalls of The U.S. Government issues recalls of dangerous products, advises consumers on dangerous products, advises consumers on commercial frauds, and even reports on commercial frauds, and even reports on flight delays of airlines.flight delays of airlines.

Crime Prevention and Statistics

The Justice Department provides a The Justice Department provides a biblio-graphic data base on crime biblio-graphic data base on crime prevention and corrections as well as prevention and corrections as well as detailed statistics.detailed statistics.

Educational Research

The Educational Research Information The Educational Research Information CenterCenteris a government-sponsored data base of is a government-sponsored data base of educational reports. The search engine educational reports. The search engine and and abstracts are provided by Syracuse abstracts are provided by Syracuse University.University.

Endangered SpeciesEnvironment

Plants and animals in danger of extinction Plants and animals in danger of extinction are protected by law. The American Bald are protected by law. The American Bald Eagle has been saved.Eagle has been saved.

Toxic Release Inventory

Environment

The Toxic Release Inventory reports on The Toxic Release Inventory reports on pollution by individual businesses. Communities pollution by individual businesses. Communities use this information to reduce toxic releases.use this information to reduce toxic releases.

Foreign Policy

The State Department web site includes U.S. foreign policy, economic and human rights reports on other countries, and historic documents.

Food PyramidHealth

The Agriculture Department’s food pyramid The Agriculture Department’s food pyramid suggests preferred daily servings of breads, suggests preferred daily servings of breads, vegetables, fruit, dairy and meat products.vegetables, fruit, dairy and meat products.

Health Statistics

The National Center for Health Statistics The National Center for Health Statistics provides summary and detailed data on provides summary and detailed data on births, deaths by cause, and chronic births, deaths by cause, and chronic conditions.conditions.

Historic Documents

Historic documents have been digitized by Historic documents have been digitized by the Library of Congress, Presidential libraries, the Library of Congress, Presidential libraries, numerous federal agencies, and academic numerous federal agencies, and academic institutions.institutions.

Scientific Research

International Space Station

The National Aeronautics and Space The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a prolific web publisher Administration is a prolific web publisher with multi-media materials and teaching with multi-media materials and teaching tools.tools.

Statistical Abstract of the

U.S.Statistics

Annual Annual compendium of compendium of government and government and non-government non-government statistics statistics with sources with sources listed. Archived listed. Archived on the web since on the web since 1995.1995.

Census BureauStatistics

The Census Bureau has placed most data files The Census Bureau has placed most data files from the 1990 Census of Population and from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, the 1997 Economic Censuses, and Housing, the 1997 Economic Censuses, and census updates on the web. They are free and census updates on the web. They are free and will be permanently accessible.will be permanently accessible.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Statistics

The BLS provides press releases, tables,and data files on employment, earnings, prices, and consumer expenditures.

Statistical Indexes

Statistics

The University of Michigan Documents Center sponsors a well-known guide to government and non-government data with a frames index.

Locating U.S. Government Web

Sites

Louisiana State University has one of Louisiana State University has one of the most comprehensive lists of U.S. the most comprehensive lists of U.S.

Government web sites.Government web sites.

GPO Browse Titles

TheThe Government Printing Office Government Printing Office web site is arranged by agency web site is arranged by agency with hot links to individual with hot links to individual publications on the internet.publications on the internet.

Federal Search Engines

Google’s Uncle Sam indexes federal government web sites.

Or visit the University of

Michigan Documents Center

http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/Documents.center/