LESSON 25: SEARCHING IN GOVERNMENT AND THE LAW

"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."

-- Henry Kissinger, n.d.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

*EXECUTIVE BRANCH*

• THE WHITE HOUSE
• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)
  • USDA Economics and Statistics
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)
  • Bureau of the Census
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Patent and Trademark Office
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)
• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
  • Office of Environmental Management
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS)
  • Administration for Children and Families
  • HCFA, Health Care Financing Administration (Medicare/ Medicade Agency)
  • Public Health Service
  • Social Security Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
• DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• DEPARTMENT OF STATE
  • Bureau of Consular Affairs
  • Travel Advisories and Consular Information Sheets
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)
  • Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

*INDEPENDENT FEDERAL ESTABLISHMENTS, GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND QUASI-OFFICIAL AGENCIES*

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  Information on trouble spots around the world
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Federal Trade Commission
  News Releases
• General Services Administration (GSA)
• International Trade Commission
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Institutes of Health
• National Partnership for Reinventing Government
• National Science Foundation
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Library
• Peace Corps
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Small Business Administration
• U.S. Information Agency
• U.S. Postal Service

*LEGISLATIVE BRANCH*

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
• Congressional Email Directory (non-official)
• General Accounting Office (GAO)
• Government Printing Office (GPO)
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate

*FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SOURCES AND LOOK-UP POINTERS*

• CAP WEB -- Guide to the U.S. Congress
• Federal Government Agencies on the Internet
• Federal Information Exchange List of U.S. Governmental WWW Servers
• FedWorld Information Network
• GILS Global Information Locator Service
• The Great American Web Site
  Citizen's Guide to Govt Resources on the Web

*CRIMINAL JUSTICE*

• Beaufort County Sheriff's Office
• Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse
• Community Oriented Policing
• Crime and Violence Prevention Center
• Death Penalty Information Center
• Drugs and Crime Facts
• Hate Groups on the Net
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 1998--NCES
• Justice Information Center
  US Justice Dept Information and Statistics on Capital Punishment, Violence Against Women, and Other Crimes
• A Parent's Guide to Preventing Crime
• Police Scanners "Live"
• Prevention Yellow Pages: Texas Youth Commission
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• Uniform Crime Reports: County Data

*FEDERAL COURTS AND CASES*

• Constitutional Law Center
• Directory of Electronic Public Access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy and Appellate Court Records
• Federal Judicial Center
• Federal Judiciary Home Page
• From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond
• Piper U.S. State Court Decisions Directory
• Supreme Court Decisions: Rulings
• Supreme Court Justices
• Supreme Court Opinions

*LAW LIBRARIES / LEGAL INFORMATION*

• American Association of Law Libraries Online Information
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Freedom Network
• Decisions of the International Court of Justice
• Emory University Law Library Electronic Reference Desk
• Internet Law Library (U.S. Code)
• Law Guru: Legal Research and Questions
• Law News Network
  Court documents, expert opinions, and legal links
• Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
• LegalMinds
• Library of Congress
• LII's Eye on the Courts News Reports
  Noteworthy Decisions Available on the Net
• National Consumer Law Center
• Nolo.com Legal Encyclopedia
• THOMAS
  Legislative Information on the Internet
• West's Legal Directory U.S. Code
• Searching U.S. Founding Documents
• University of South Carolina Law Center Library
• West's Legal Directory:
  Biographical Information on Over 500,000 Attorneys & Law Firms

*POLITICALLY RELATED JOURNALS*

• Congressional Quarterly

*POLITICS AND POLITICALLY-RELATED INFORMATION*

• American Presidential Election
• Brookings Institution
• EPA; New Air Quality Standards
• Hate Groups on the Net
• National Freedom Scorecard--ACLU
• Political Graveyard
  Odd bits of information about presidents and members of Congress who have moved on to that great campaign trail in the sky
• Project Vote Smart
  Many Political Links
• Voting Records of Members of Congress

*LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST*

• EINet Galaxy: Government
• EINet Galaxy: Law
• WWW Virtual Law Library
• Yahoo's Government Resources

"BCK2SKOL" is a free electronic library classroom created by Ellen Chamberlain, Head Librarian, University of South Carolina Beaufort, and Miriam Mitchell, Sr. Systems Analyst, USC Columbia. Additional support is provided by the Division of Libraries & Information Systems, University of South Carolina Columbia.

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