More Internet Resources

Federal Government

(sites of interest to state and local government)

Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, created by Congress to study Internet taxation issues

All Law (formerly the Lawyers' Home Page): includes search engines for federal and state laws

The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics

Census Bureau

The Census Bureau's American FactFinder site

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Immigration Studies

Congressional Quarterly: comprehensive, up-to-the-minute information on the doings on Capitol Hill, from Governing's mother ship

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws

Counsel Quest: links to local, state and federal legal resources

Environmental Protection Agency home page

Federal Gateway: from the Small Business Contracts Council, a site with extensive links to federal, state and local resources

Federal Register Online

FedStats: gateway to statistics from more than 70 federal agencies

FedWorld: portal to multiple federal-government databases and other information resources

FirstGov: the all-in-one federal portal

Google's federal-government search portal

GSA's Government Information Xchange: a central access point to federal, state and local, and even foreign governmental resources on the Internet

About.com's GovInfo/Resources page

U.S. Government Printing Office: access to a host of federal services

Government Resources on the Web: many links to government Internet resources, from the University of Michigan Document Center

GovSpot: a comprehensive collection of links to online government resources at all levels

HUDCLIPS: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development forms and information online

Innovations in American Government Program: from the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard

Library of Congress

National Partnership for Reinventing Government (formerly the National Performance Review)

National Rural Development Partnership

Rural Information Center: information and referral services for local officials

SmartGov: hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration; smart cards, electronic commerce and more

The federal State and Local Employees page: links to resources for people in state and local government

Welfare Information Network: a foundation-backed welfare reform clearinghouse

The White House

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