SPECIALIZED FEDERAL RESOURCES

Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
Thomas is one of the most current sources of federal legislative information, including floor activities in Congress, major legislation, legislative histories, congressional record text, and historical documents. It also provides links to congressional Internet services.

A Century of Lawmaking for the New Nation, U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
Part of the Library of Congress's American Memory Project, this site consists of a linked set of published Congressional records of the United States of American from the Continental Congress through the Forty-second Congress. Includes the Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-1789), the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, debates, Journals of the House and Senate, and the Annals of Congress.

Fedworld
http://www.fedworld.gov/

Federal Web Locator
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl

GovBot (index to over 500,000 government sites)
http://www.business.gov/busadv/onestop.cfm

Government Information Exchange
http://www.info.gov/
 -federal directory of agency websites and federal Yellow pages

Government Printing Office (GPO) Locator
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html

Bureau of Census
http://www.census.gov

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov

Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

Congressional Record
Volumes 141-145
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html

Congressional Research Service Reports
http://www.senate.gov/~dpc/crs/
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is part of the legislative branch of the federal government. CRS, which is a department of the Library of Congress, works exclusively as a nonpartisan analytical, research, and reference arm for Congress. The CRS mission is to support an informed national legislature.

Consumer Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
-consumer publications and other information of consumer interest

Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

Department of Energy
http://www.energy.gov

Department of the Interior
http://www.doi.gov

EDGAR (for SEC Filings)
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

Environmental Law Update (via Environmental Law Reporter)

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov

Federal Bulletin Board
http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov

Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov
one-stop shopping location for all federal statistics

Government Printing Office
http://www.gpo.gov

Library of Congress Home Page
http://lcweb.loc.gov/

National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.nist.gov

National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov

North American Industry Classification System
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

Uniform Commercial Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/

United States Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode

United States Government Manual is now available through GPO Access at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html
This reference source provides addresses, phone and fax numbers, 
and descriptions of duties for agencies of the executive, judicial, and leglislative branchs of the federal government. Also included are government corporations, commissions, committees, and independent establishments. Previous editions of the manual are also available on this site.

U. S. Patents & Trademarks
http://www.uspto.gov

World Factbook
This publication from the Central Intelligence agency is now 
available at http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html This reference source lists profiles of over 260 countries around the world. The profiles include a map, background information, and profiles of the people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transitional issues. The information is very current.