John E. Riley Library: Government Information: U.S. Government Information

Branches of Government

GovInfo.gov This link opens in a new window
Provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government including Presidential Documents, the Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, the Federal Register, and more.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
CenStats
Includes several databases of the U.S. Census Bureau, including the Annual Survey of Manufactures, County Business Patterns, USA Counties, and ZIP Business Patterns.
Data and Statistics about the U.S.
Find data about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data.

National Center for Education Statistics This link opens in a new window
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
The Statistical Abstract of the U.S., published since 1878, is the authoritative & comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, & economic organization of the United States. Our library has paper editions going back to 1891. HA 202 U54x.

American FactFinder
U. S. Census Bureau source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
Avalon Project
The Avalon Project from the Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library has digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
CIA World Factbook
The Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.
Data.gov
A new Government site created to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
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As a priority Open Government Initiative for President Obama's administration, Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets. The data catalogs will continue to grow as datasets are added. Federal, Executive Branch data are included in the first version of Data.gov.

EDGAR This link opens in a new window
The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, & forwarding of submissions by companies who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

GovInfo.gov This link opens in a new window
GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies.
Federal Register This link opens in a new window
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.

FedWorld
FedWorld offers a comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information. FedWorld links to the Federal Job Announcement Database, the U.S. Business Advisor and the NTIS Electronic Catalog.
Mobile.USA.gov
USA.gov is also accessible using mobile devices such as cell phones and iPods.
PARLINE Database
The PARLINE database contains information on the structure and working methods of 264 parliamentary chambers in all of the 188 countries where a national legislature exists.
Patent and Trademark Office
Search registered patents and trademarks
Science.gov
Searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

Thomas This link opens in a new window
Provides access to legislative information from the 104th Congress to the present.
U.S. Congressional Directory This link opens in a new window
The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress. Published since 1888, the Congressional Directory presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data.

U.S. House of Representatives
Official Website for the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Senate
Official Website for the U.S. Senate.
Uniform Crime Reports
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet a need for reliable, uniform crime statistics for the nation.

United States Code This link opens in a new window
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.

USA.gov
The U.S. government's official web portal. It is an easy-to-search, free access website designed to give users a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state, and federal government agency websites.
White House
The official web site of the White House, includes messages and speeches from the President, budget information, and press releases.