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General Information

• - The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
• - Annual handbook of the federal government (1935 to present).

Executive Branch Information

• (PPPUS) - Text of presidential speeches and statements (1929-).
• - Papers released since the most recent edition of PPPUS.

Congressional Information

• Debates - What was said in Congress.
• - Biographies of members of Congress from 1774 to the present.

Laws

• - Consolidated legislation, organized by subject.
• - Annual collection of all laws passed during a given session, from 1789 to the present. Contains treaties prior to 1945.
• - Text of laws are added here as they are enacted (1995-). Good source for laws not yet integrated into the U.S. Code or Statutes at Large.
• - Consolidation of regulations, organized by subject.

Statistics

• - Business, trade, and economic statistics.
• - Yearly publication covering a wide range of current and recent statistics (1878-). Recommended as a starting point.
• - Contains data from colonial times through the twentieth century.
• - Gateway to labour and economic statistics.
• Census
  • (PDFs of the census print publications)
  • (state and county level database)
• - Replaces the long form of the decennial census, providing population figures on a more frequent basis.
  • - Useful descriptive guide to ACS data.

Indexes and Full Text Documents

• - Reports and documents submitted to Congress from 1817-1980. Collection to be completed in 2009..
• - U.S. federal publications since 1976, with links to online content.
• - Full text of several congressional publications. Coverage years vary.
• - Archives several government publications, mostly legal in nature.
• - Full text congressional documents from the late 1980s to the present.
• - Congressional documents and debates from 1774-1875.
• (Library of Congress) - Access to pivotal government documents from 1763-1877.
• - Declassified intelligence documents.
• - Annual report on the state of the U.S. economy, with useful statistical tables. Includes all reports back to 1947.
• - Publications of the RAND Corporation, sometimes commissioned by the government.

Related Guides

• Finding U.S. Congressional Reports/Documents/Hearings in the Â鶹AV
• Foreign Relations of the United States series at Â鶹AV
• - Comprehensive guide to researching the legislative history of a bill.