1. United States Government on the Internet

2. United States Government web sites provide: Constitution, laws and regulationsConstitution, laws and regulations Proposed legislationProposed legislation Court decisionsCourt decisions Presidential statementsPresidential statements Business and consumer informationBusiness and consumer information Environment and health informationEnvironment and health information Scientific researchScientific research Statistical dataStatistical data

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4. Let’s take a virtual tour The URLs for all of these web sites are on a separate handout.

5. Ben’s Guide to the United States Government Describes the government, legislative, and electoral process for children in school.

6. Constitution GPO Access and the Library of Congress provide a version of the Constitution annotated with Supreme Court decisions

7. Laws and Regulations GPO Access provides a searchable interface to current laws, current regulations and proposed regulations.

8. Legislative bills, debates, and status Thomas (Library of Congress) is the most popular source for tracking legislation

9. President The White House web site includes Presidential speeches, press conferences, and Executive Orders.

10. Presidential Libraries Presidential Libraries are an outstanding source for primary materials.

11. Support for New Small Business and Exports Includes web advice on laws and financing, local small business advisory centers, federal contracts, and export leads

12. Consumer Protection The U.S. Government issues recalls of dangerous products, advises consumers on commercial frauds, and even reports on flight delays of airlines.

13. Crime Prevention and Statistics The Justice Department provides a biblio- graphic data base on crime prevention and corrections as well as detailed statistics.

14. Educational Research The Educational Research Information Center is a government-sponsored data base of educational reports. The search engine and abstracts are provided by Syracuse University.

15. Endangered Species Environment Plants and animals in danger of extinction are protected by law. The American Bald Eagle has been saved.

16. Toxic Release Inventory Environment The Toxic Release Inventory reports on pollution by individual businesses. Communities use this information to reduce toxic releases.

17. Foreign Policy The State Department web site includes U.S. foreign policy, economic and human rights reports on other countries, and historic documents.

18. Food Pyramid Health The Agriculture Department’s food pyramid suggests preferred daily servings of breads, vegetables, fruit, dairy and meat products.

19. Health Statistics The National Center for Health Statistics provides summary and detailed data on births, deaths by cause, and chronic conditions.

20. Historic Documents Historic documents have been digitized by the Library of Congress, Presidential libraries, numerous federal agencies, and academic institutions.

21. Scientific Research International Space Station The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a prolific web publisher with multi-media materials and teaching tools.

22. Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Statistics Annual compendium of government and non-government statistics with sources listed. Archived on the web since 1995.

23. Census Bureau Statistics The Census Bureau has placed most data files from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, the 1997 Economic Censuses, and census updates on the web. They are free and will be permanently accessible.

24. Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistics The BLS provides press releases, tables, and data files on employment, earnings, prices, and consumer expenditures.

25. Statistical Indexes Statistics The University of Michigan Documents Center sponsors a well-known guide to government and non-government data with a frames index.

26. Locating U.S. Government Web Sites Louisiana State University has one of the most comprehensive lists of U.S. Government web sites.

27. GPO Browse Titles The Government Printing Office web site is arranged by agency with hot links to individual publications on the internet.

28. Federal Search Engines Google’s Uncle Sam indexes federal government web sites.

29. Or visit the University of Michigan Documents Center http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/