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The following list suggests the best sites to find government information available online for federal, state, international, and foreign levels of government.

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| Federal Government: General Information |Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information |Washington State & Local Information |State Information |International and Foreign Information | Statistical Resources | Additional Resources |

Federal Government: General Information

Documents Center (one-stop shopping from the University of Michigan)

Documents in the News A great source for current events research

FedWorld A comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information.

Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information (ALA GODORT FDTF)

Federal Web Locator

INFOMINE (huge collection of government resources and guides from the University of California, Riverside)

US House of Representatives

US Senate Home Page

White House Home Page

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Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information

Congress.Org (searchable member directories and current awareness)
GPO Access (search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office, with mirror, or Gateway , sites at over 20 universities, each with their own strengths.)
Library of Congress (guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch)
Thomas (search & retrieve legislation from the 103^rd to current congresses)

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Washington State & Local Information

Find-It! Washington The easiest and most powerful way to find government information in Washington State

Access Washington Designed as a World Wide Web portal to Washington State.

WA State Legislature Includes bills, documents, reports, members of the House and Senate, legislative agencies, and other state information.

Tacoma Official city home page

Pierce County Official county home page

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State Information

State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell University)

State Government Collections -- try one of the following:

American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO!)

LawFind

State & Local Government on the Net

StateSearch

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International and Foreign Information

Country Studies (Library of Congress)
Documents Center (University of Michigan)
Foreign Governments (links to individual foreign government pages)
International Governmental Organizations (links to home pages of international organizations and agencies)
US State Department Home Page
United Nations

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Statistical Resources

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Business & Economics Numeric Data
Fedstats (Search engine for government statistics and data)
InfoNation (United Nations)
US Census Bureau

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Additional Resources

Documents Collection and Services at Collins Library
Depository CD-ROM Guides (links to guides on government CDs via the University of Michigan; see also GODORT's CD-ROM Documentation Project)

GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (search for government documents)

Government Information and Depository Management Clearinghouse (ALA GODORT Education Committee)

Meta-Subject Access to Government Information (Idaho State University)

Migrating Government Publications (full-text docs via the University of Memphis)

Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians

Sales Product Catalog via GPO

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