United States Government Resources on the Internet

 

U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/)
The home page of the Department which focuses more on U.S. Policy. It contains links to all U.S. Missions, Statements and Reports.

The White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/)
Policies, news, appointments, speeches and historical information—all are included on this website.

International Information Programs (IIP) (http://usinfo.state.gov/)
The principal gateway to the State Department’s overseas presence on the World Wide Web. Includes Electronic Journals as well as the Washington File, thematic and geographic web pages and a link to InfoUSA which provides answers to the public’s most frequently asked questions about the U.S. It has links to major U.S. Government agencies, International Organizations, NGOs, etc.

FirstGov (http://www.firstgov.gov/)
Intended to be the first resource to find government information on the Internet, with topics ranging from business and economy to science and technology. Links to 30 million web pages by topic.

 

GPO Access (Government Printing Office) (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/)
Free, public, online access to official information from all three branches of the Federal Government . This is a searchable site for full-text documents – legal, statistical and historical.

 

Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/)
Bibliographic access to the LOC collections and home of Thomas, the name for the legislative database of the U.S. Congress. American Memory, provides access to digitized graphic material from the library’s collections. The LOC site provides access and links to a huge amount of research material.

 

Statistical Abstract of the United States (http://www.census.gov/statab/www/)
An annual compilation of demographic, economic, educational, and many more statistics from the U.S.

 

Supreme Court (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/)
The official page of the U.S. Supreme Court. It contains full texts of S.C. cases and much more information about the Court and its proceedings.

 

United States Visas ("Secure Borders, Open Doors") (http://www.UnitedStatesVisas.gov/)
This is a new website designed to help streamline the visa process for applicants at U.S. embassies and consulates around the world.