Almanac of American Politics - The National Journal's guide to people, politics, and power in Washington. Includes profiles of every member of Congress and every governor. It offers in-depth and completely up-to-date narrative profiles of all 50 states and 435 House districts, covering everything from economics to history to, of course, politics. Full of maps, census data, and information on topics ranging from campaign expenditures to voting records to interest group ratings, cogent analysis.
Blair House - The official state guest house for the President of the United States. It is located at 1651-1653 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., opposite the Old Executive Office Building of the White House, off the corner of Lafayette Park. Also see Wikipedia article.
C-Span - Public affairs coverage. Also see Congressional information, issues, election and media information "wizard" here.
Congressional Chronicle - An index to the C-SPAN video recordings of the House and Senate floor proceedings. The video recordings are matched with the text of the Congressional Record as soon as the Record is available.
Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives -
Has jurisdiction over all issues pertaining to the economy, the banking system, housing, insurance, and securities and exchanges. Additionally, the Committee has jurisdiction over monetary policy, international finance, international monetary organizations, and efforts to combat terrorist financing.
Conference Reports - A conference report is a compromise on legislation that is negotiated between the House and Senate via conference committees. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval. This GPO Access page contains links to active ("unofficial") and archived ("official") conference reports.
Congress.org -
News and information Web site devoted to encouraging civic participation.
Congressional Pictorial Directory - Published biennially by the Joint Committee on Printing of the U.S. Congress. Provides a color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and information about a Member of Congress' length of service, political party affiliations, and Congressional district. Also contains pictures of the President, Vice President, and House and Senate officers and officials.
Congressional Quarterly (CQ.com) - U.S. government news and legislative tracing. Via the website users may obtain RSS feeds and email updates (find, track and report); news, bill tracking, transcripts.
Connect with Government -
You can connect with the government through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, e-mail, blogs, dialogs, contests and challenges, and more.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) - The central mission of the CFPB is to make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans — whether they are applying for a mortgage, choosing among credit cards, or using any number of other consumer financial products.
CyberCemetery - An archive of government websites that have ceased operation (usually websites of defunct government agencies and commissions that have issued a final report).
Data.gov -
Offical site of U.S. federal government. Increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the federal government.
Electronic Research Collections (ERC) - A partnership between the United States Department of State and the Federal Depository Library at the Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). ERC is responsible for electronically archived information products produced by State Department from 1990 to 1997. UIC depository librarians also work with the State Department public affairs staff to answer email questions from the public and help users find information sources about U.S. foreign policies and programs.
Ethics.Data.gov - Search for campaign finance, lobbying, and white House visitor records of U.S. federal governemnt.
FDsys: GPO's Federal Digital System - In 1993, Congress passed the U.S. Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act (Public Law 103-40), which expanded GPO's mission to provide electronic access to Federal electronic information. FDsys provides free online access to official Federal Government publications. Search or Browse.
Federal News Service - Congressional transcripts, news clips, broadcast monitoring.
Federal Research and Development Information Databases
DOE R&D Project Summaries Database - This searchable database contains over 22,000 descriptions of the Department of Energy's R&D projects. Projects pertaining to DOE activities in basic energy science, physics, biology, fossil energy, environmental management, and energy efficiency and renewable energy are some of the many disciplines covered in these descriptions.
EPA Science Inventory - The database contains more than 4,000 science activities such as research, technical assistance and assessments, along with more than 750 peer-reviewed products and 19,000+ records. Provided are EPA project descriptions, products produced, types of peer review, links to related work and contacts for additional information.
NSF Awards Database - The database has information about research projects that NSF has funded since 1989. It includes abstracts that describe the research and the names of principal investigators and their institutions.
SBA Technology Resources Network (Tech-Net) - Information containing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards, Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards, Advanced Technology Program (ATP) awards, and Manufacturing Extension Partners (MEP) centers. Those seeking small business partners, small business contractors and subcontractors, leading edge technology research, research partners (small businesses, universities, federal labs and non-profit organizations), manufacturing centers and investment opportunities will find pertinent information.
USDA Current Research Information System (CRIS) - CRIS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry. Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA research agencies, state agricultural experiment stations, the state land-grant university system, other cooperating state institutions, and participants in a number of USDA-administered grant programs.
Federal Times -
News and information service for Federal Managers.
FedNet -
A proprietary searchable video database, providing timely, searchable access, retrieval, editing and posting of streaming coverage from the Senate and House floor debates.
Forms Workflow - Over 60,000 legal forms, covering state and federal jurisdictions. Forms WorkFlow provides the legal profession with access to the most up-to-date and comprehensive Internet-based collection of official court and regulatory forms.
GovBenefits.gov - Provides access to government assistance programs - a screening tool to help you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive.
GovEngine.com - Federal, state and local government information, resources and contact information.
Government Computer News (GCN) - The leading provider of integrated information and media for the government information technology market. Comprehensive portfolio of print, online, event, custom media and research products serves the information needs of the government IT buying team—agency executives, program managers, IT managers and systems integrators—across all segments of federal, state and local government. Flagship brands include Defense Systems, Federal Computer Week, FOSE, GCN, Government Health IT and Washington Technology.
Government Executive -
Government news resource covering technology, performance, employment, telework, cybersecurity, and more for federal employees.
Government Security News (GSN) - Audience includes federal, state and local officials, as well as integrators, contractors and suppliers who are similarly involved in homeland security.
GovFresh - A live feed of official news from U.S. Government Twitter, YouTube, RSS, Facebook, Flickr accounts and more, all in one place.
GovLoop - Online community connecting nearly 50,000 government innovators from federal, state, and local government. GovLoop's mission is to “connect government to improve government.” The community is a great resource for all people in and around government, whether they are looking to connect with peers, collaborate on projects or discover career-building opportunities.
GovSpeak -
Lists acronyms and abbreviations commonly used by the United States federal government.
GovSpot - Find useful state, national and world government resources.
GovTrack.us - An independent tool to help the public research and track the activities in the U.S. Congress, promoting government transparency and civic education through novel uses of technology.
Hill, The - Capitol Hill paper that includes blogs.
Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) - Responsible to the President for policy and oversight of the Government-wide security classification system and the National Industrial Security Program.
Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) Reports - Oversees the security classification programs in both Government and industry, and reports to the President annually on their status. This page, from FAS, provides ISOO annual reports and other documents.
- Links to Congressional information from official and non-official sources. Maintained by Library of Congress.
Legislative Intent Service - Provides legislative history for Federal legislation, and statutes and regulations for all states.
LegiStorm - LegiStorm helps bring transparency to the U.S. Congress by disseminating public documents and nonpartisan information over the web. Based on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., LegiStorm's first information product was a database of congressional staff salaries but we have now added other valuable information, such as the most comprehensive database of all privately financed trips taken by members of Congress and congressional staffers. The information is provided in a strictly factual, non-partisan fashion. They have no political affiliations and no political purpose except to make the workings of Congress as transparent as possible. They expect this resource to be useful to journalists, researchers, lobbyists and current and would-be staffers - as well as regular citizens who simply want to know how their representatives spend public money.
LittleSis - A free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government, tracking the key relationships of politicians, business leaders, lobbyists, financiers, and their affiliated institutions.
National Priorities Project - Works to make complex federal budget information transparent and accessible so people can prioritize and influence how their tax dollars are spent.
Nextgov - Part of the National Journal Group Inc. and the Atlantic Media Company. It is a spin off of Government Executive.com and provides coverage and commentary on the management of information technology in the federal government.
Number One Observatory Circle - The official residence of the Vice President of the United States. Located on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., the house was built in 1893 for its superintendent. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) liked the house so much that in 1923 he took over the house for himself. It remained the residence of the CNO until 1974, when Congress authorized its transformation to an official residence for the Vice President. Also see Wikipedia article.
OMB Watch - Exists to increase government transparency and accountability; to ensure sound, equitable regulatory and budgetary processes and policies; and to protect and promote active citizen participation in our democracy. OMB oversees federal regulation, the budget, information collection and dissemination, proposed legislation, testimony by agencies, and much more.
Plum Book - Every four years, just after the Presidential election, the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is published, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform. The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government.
Policy Library - Social, economic and foreign policy resource.
Presidential Directives and Executive Orders - The National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum for Presidential consideration of foreign policy issues and national security matters. Persuant to policy review directives, the NSC gathers facts and views of appropriate Government agencies, conducts analyses, determines alternatives, and presents to the President policy choices for decision. The President's decisions are announced by decision directives.
Presidential Signing Statements - Provides: (1) free, convenient public access to the signing statements; and (2) an objective, nonpartisan, and reliable research tool for reporters, scholars, lawyers, and anyone who is interested in signing statements.
Project on Government Secrecy - The FASProject on Government Secrecy works to challenge unwarranted secrecy and to promote reform of national security information policy and practice.
PrunesOnline - A guide to presidential appointments and process for same. Includes:
Plum Book - Published by the U.S. Congress to facilitate the process of all presidential appointments.
Presidential Transition Guide - Outlines various rules, regulations, and policies that govern the treatment of career Senior Executive Service members during the transition period.
Prune Book - A guide written specifically to equip the incoming presidential administration with insights into staffing the key appointed positions and links to departments and programs.
Records of Congress (NARA) - U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Government, government publications, legislature, U.S. history.
Recovery.org - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be carried out with full transparency and accountability -- and Recovery.gov is the centerpiece of that effort. In a short video, President Obama describes the site and talks about how you'll be able to track the Recovery Act's progress every step of the way.
RegInfo.gov - Find Federal regulatory information. The public can use this site to search the the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions and Regulatory Plan, as well as current and past OIRA regulatory reviews in accordance with EO 12866.
Regulations.gov - One-stop site to comment on Federal regulations. The public can use this site to send their comments electronically to agencies on Federal regulations published for comment in the Federal Register.
Revolving Door - Whether they are a presidential appointee plucked from an elite position in corporate America to run a government commission or an outgoing member of Congress looking for a more lucrative job in the influence industry, OpenSecrets.org's Revolving Door database tracks anyone whose résumé includes positions of influence in both the private and public sectors. Use the search options on this page to discover which public relations firms have signed up former White House employees, which lobbyists have brought their interests with them to the powerful appropriations committees, which interests are employing former members of Congress to lobby on their behalf and more.
Roll Call -
News, objective facts and analysis, and coverage of elections and the politics of legislation.
Scout - A free service that provides daily insight to how U.S. laws and regulations are shaped in Washington, D.C. and U.S. state capitols.
Scout allows anyone to subscribe to customized email or text alerts on what Congress is doing around an issue or a specific bill, as well as bills in the state legislature and federal regulations.
Researchers can use Scout to see when Congress talks about an issue over time. Members of the media can use Scout to track when legislation important to their beat moves ahead in Congress or in state houses. Non-profits can use Scout as a tool to keep tabs on how federal and state lawmakers are making policy around a specific issue.
Socrata - A leading developer and provider of Open Data Services, a category of cloud-based Web 2.0 solutions that enable federal, state, and local governments to dramatically improve the reach, usability and social utility of their public information assets.
Subsidy Scope - Aims to raise public awareness about the role of federal subsidies in the economy. This new project, launched by The Pew Charitable Trusts, plans to create a searchable database of federal subsidies and publish the data online. Over the next few years, the project will build this subsidy database industry sector by industry sector.
Transition to a New Presidential Administration - The Office of Personnel Management has developed an employment guide for Federal agencies to facilitate the transition to a new Presidential Administration. This guide provides general information and addresses issues that relate to departing employees, newly-appointed employees, and the career civil service.
USA.gov - Home page of the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal for all government transactions, services, and information. It provides direct online access to federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
USCongress.org - Provides information about public policy issues of the day and tips on effective advocacy so that citizens can make their voices heard.
USAspending.gov - Have you ever wanted to find more information on government spending? Have you ever wondered where federal contracting dollars and grant awards go? Or perhaps you would just like to know, as a citizen, what the government is really doing with your money. The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Transparency Act) requires a single searchable website, accessible by the public for free that includes for each Federal award. This site provides access to government contract, grant and other award data.
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Scout - A free service that provides daily insight to how U.S. laws and regulations are shaped in Washington, D.C. and U.S. state capitols.
Scout allows anyone to subscribe to customized email or text alerts on what Congress is doing around an issue or a specific bill, as well as bills in the state legislature and federal regulations.
Researchers can use Scout to see when Congress talks about an issue over time. Members of the media can use Scout to track when legislation important to their beat moves ahead in Congress or in state houses. Non-profits can use Scout as a tool to keep tabs on how federal and state lawmakers are making policy around a specific issue.
