1. LIBS100 June 29, 2005 Government Resources on the Web

2. Government Resources US Government documents on the web are reliable and authentic Documents are: –Records of government proceedings –Research documents including statistical info. –Popular sources of information

3. Government Information Federal Government Information http://www.firstgov.gov/ State and Local Government Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/state gov.html

4. Government Information US Census Bureau Data http://www.census.gov/ Legislative Information, including laws and Congressional Record http://thomas.loc.gov

5. Electronic Frontier Foundation “Defending Freedom in the Digital World” www.eff.org Check out the “Action Center” View the legislation pending before Congress

6. Aviation Information Airport Status http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffichttp://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ Real-Time Flight Tracking http://edit.travel.yahoo.com/config/ytra vel_checkflight http://edit.travel.yahoo.com/config/ytra vel_checkflight

7. Library of Congress Great web site, many interesting digital collections. http://www.loc.gov Stop presentation here, everyone enter site and look at something in the American Memory Collection

8. Congressional Information Commercial site, but easy to use and great to find out who represents you in US Congress Congress Merge http://www.congressmerge.com/

9. Information about Politicians Project Vote Smart Non-partisan, unbiased information about candidates. http://www.vote- smart.org/program_about_pvs.php

10. NY State Representatives Input your address and find your Senator, Congressperson and Assembly representative: http://map01.elections.state.ny.us/boe/ma in.asp

11. In-Class Activity “Pop Quiz” worth same points as journal entry Follow directions on sheet provided

12. Due Wednesday 7/6/05 Research Paper Quiz 2 – in class, open book, open notebooks