President & Administration
White House - Contains biographical information on the President and Vice President, government and economic statistics, press releases, federal, government information and services, history and virtual tours, and documents, speeches, and photos
Federal Agencies
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- Department of Agriculture - Contains news and information, publications, speeches, and more
- Department of Commerce - Contains a calendar of happenings, speeches, press releases, publications, and links to online information servers
- Bureau of the Census - Contains social, demographic, geographic, and economic information
- Censtats - Provides access to the following census products: Annual Survey of Manufacturers, Building Permits, Census Tract Street Locator, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, County Business Patterns, International Trade Data, Occupation by Race and Sex, USA Counties, Zip Business Patterns
- FedStats - Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, this site provides easy access to statistics from over 70 agencies
- American Community Survey - Gives a monthly household survey conducted by the Census Bureau that provides economic, social, and housing profiles of communities and population subgroups
- Bureau of Economic Analysis - Provides economic estimates and data for national, international and regional aspects of the U.S. economy, articles, news releases, survey information, and more
- International Trade Administration - Contains trade statistics, country commercial guides, country and regional market information, foreign tariff, taxes, and custom information, trade remedies, and more
- Trade Agreement Database - A searchable database of trade and related agreements that is organized by agreement, country signatory, and issue
- Administrative Protective Orders - Contains the APO handbook, orders, regulations, and downloadable applications
- Federal Register Notices - AD (antidumping) and CVD (countervailing duty) decisions as published in the Federal Register going back to 1995
- Foreign Cases Against U.S. Firms - AD / CVD cases filed against the US by foreign firms organized by country
- Foreign Trade Zone Board - Gives order summaries since 1935, annual report excerpts, and more
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Gives information on publications, press releases, programs, and more
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Site dealing with telecommunications and information technology issues and containing directory information, reports, filings, Y2K information, domain name information, and more
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - Site for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering and business information produced by or for the Federal Government
- Patent & Trademark Office - Contains searchable patent and trademark databases, online trademark applications, notes and announcements, manuals, forms, statistics, and more
- Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Provides forms, opinions and final decisions of the Board
- How to Get a Patent
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (8th ed.)
- Patent Attorney Registration and Examination - Contains information on patent attorney requirements, exam questions and answers, registration forms, and more
- Search Patents
- Search Trademarks
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure
- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
- US Trademark Rules and Statutes
- Bureau of the Census - Contains social, demographic, geographic, and economic information
- Department of Defense - Contains news and information on organizations, the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the National Guard, branches of the armed forces, publications, and more
- Department of Defense Standards of Conduct Office - Contains ethics regulations, training materials, online publications and forms, and more
- Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals - Provides general information about the office, military (since 1996) and civilian (since 1997) personnel redacted decisions, transportation and contractual decisions (since 1996), security clearance decisions (since 1996), special education decisions, and more
- Army
- US Army Judge Advocate General's Corp - Gives information on senior leadership, joining the JAG Corps, the school, and more
- The JAG Army School - Provides information about the school, course schedule, and more
- The Army Lawyer - Contains articles available in PDF format from 1971 - date
- The Military Law Review - Provides articles in PDF format from volume 154 (1997) - date
- Staff Judge Advocate Training and Doctrine Command - Provides directory information and links to Department of Defense directives, rules, regulations, policies, manuals, and more
- Army Claims Service - Contains general information about filing claims against the Army, standard forms, and links to Army regulations and pamphlets
- Official Army Publication Sites - Where to find Army regulations, forms, pamphlets, etc.
- US Army Judge Advocate General's Corp - Gives information on senior leadership, joining the JAG Corps, the school, and more
- Navy - Provides information about the organization of the navy, status, ships, and more
- US Navy-Marine Court of Criminal Appeal - Provides rules, opinions, citation guide, and more
- US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps - Gives directory, office and division, and career information
- Naval Justice School - Contains career information, directory and organizational information, reading room and more
- JAG documents
- Manual for Courts-Martial (2008 ed.) - PDF format
- Navy Directives, Regulations and Forms
- Air Force
- Air Force Office of the Judge Advocate General - Provides information on the organization, news, and recruiting
- Air Force JAG School - Provides the roster, course schedules, annual bulletin, recruiting information, and more
- Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals - Provides published opinions, memorandum decisions, and information on the judges and staff
- Air Education and Training Command Judge Advocate -- Gives information on training, policies, and an interactive guide to the Law on Armed Conflict and Rules of Engagement
- Air Force Law Review - Gives law reviews going back to 1994
- Marines
- Office of the Staff Judge Advocate - Gives instructions and forms for claims, handbooks, checklists, and more
- Marine Corps Legal Assistance Page - Contains answers to frequently asked questions, forms, links to legal resources, and more
- Military Justice Fact Sheets - Provides general information on the military justice system, jurisdiction, reporting and investigation, suspect rights, pretrial confinement, rights to counsel, non judicial punishment, disciplinary options, court-martials, trial procedures, post-trial review, appellate court review, clemency and parole, discharges, and more
- Orders and Directives
- National Guard - Contains news, history, information on units, and more
- Airman - Issues available from 1995
- Reserves
- Department of Education - Contains information on the mission, goals, programs and services, news, publications, financial aid and grants
- Department of Energy - Contains news releases, directory information, speeches, congressional testimony, searchable catalogs and databases, publications, and more
- Directives and Orders (searchable)
- Office of Hearings and Appeals - Gives procedural regulations and technical amendments
- Department of Health & Human Services - Contains policy, consumer, and public affairs information, speeches, testimony, forms, and more
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Contains directory, news, statistics, health topics, reports, alerts, and more
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Contains consumer information, reports, manuals, guides, letters, dockets, and more
- National Library of Medicine
- Department of Homeland Security-- Provides organization chart, news, threat information, and more.
- US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection - Provides directory, importing and exporting information, travel information, enforcement, news, and more
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- United States Coast Guard
- US Coast Guard Office of Law Enforcement - Gives reports, program information, cases, and more
- US Secret Service - Contains directory, historical information, most wanted, information on detecting counterfeit money, FAQs, and more
- Department of Housing and Urban Development - Contains information for and about communities, home buying and renting, fair housing, forms and schedules, and links to downloadable documents
- Department of the Interior - Contains mission statement, press releases, committees and offices, volunteer and employment information, tables of decisions, and more
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Bureau of Land Management
- Minerals Management Service
- National Park Service
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Electronic Reading Room - Contains directives and orders and more
- Office of Surface Mining
- Department of Justice - Provides information on the Department's organization, issues, news, publications, fugitives and missing persons, and more
- Legal Documents - Includes appellate briefs, case filings, letters, guidelines, consent decrees, forms, and more
- US Attorneys' Manual
- Reading Rooms - Provide orders, opinions, policy statements and more for various departments
- Attorney / Law Student Hiring Information
- Office of the Attorney General - Contains speeches, reports, press releases, and more
- Office of Tribal Justice
- Office of the Solicitor General - Gives information on briefs and recent filings
- Office of Legal Counsel - Provides memoranda and opinions
- FBI - Contains information on major investigations, crime reports, bulletins, and more
- Criminal Division
- Civil Rights Division - Contains information on activities, programs, speeches, brochures, cases and briefs, and more
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives - Provides directory, news, permit information, regulations, circulars, publications, statistics, and more (note: the ATF was split into two different agencies, with this agency moved to the DOJ as a result of the Homeland Security Act)
- Department of Labor
- Administrative Review Board - Acts for the Secretary of Labor in reviewing final agency decisions on appeal
- ARB Decisions - Searchable database going back to 1998
- Rules of Practice and Procedure
- Benefits Review Board - Reviews appeals of worker's compensation claims arising under the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act and the Black Lung Benefits amendments to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969
- Decisions - Searchable database
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - Contains the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Issues in Labor Statistics, time series data, and more
- Employees Compensation Appeals Board - Makes final decisions on appeals of Federal employees from final decisions of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) in claims arising under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Includes manuals, directives, regulations, decisions, and more
- Directives - Searchable database going back to 1978
- Decisions - Searchable database going back to 1981
- Interpretation and Compliance Letters - Searchable database going back to 1972
- Office of Administrative Law Judges - Includes directory, FAQs, decisions, manuals, and more
- Administrative Review Board - Acts for the Secretary of Labor in reviewing final agency decisions on appeal
- State Department - Contains directory, career information, business services, international policy information, travel information, publications and reports, and more
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
- Country Background Notes - These guides provide information on a country's leaders, politics, economy, and relations with the US
- Country Commercial Guides - These guides present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. They are available online in archives back to 1996.
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Annual report submitted to the Congress by the Department of State regarding the status of internationally recognized human rights practices, going back to 1993
- Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices - Annual report providing a single, comparative analysis of the economic policies and trade practices of countries with which the United States has significant economic or trade relationships, archived back to 1993
- Diplomatic List - This publication contains the names of members of the diplomatic staffs of all missions and their spouses and is archived back to 1997
- Focus on the Issues - This is a series of six publications designed to highlight key foreign policy issues through excerpts from testimony, speeches, and remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright.
- Foreign Affairs Manual and Handbooks
- Foreign Relations of the United States Series - This series presents the official documentary historical record of major US foreign policy
decisions and significant diplomatic activity. 1961-1972 volumes online - Foreign Consulate Offices in the United States
- Passports
- Travel Publications
- Treaties in Force - Contains a list of US treaties and other agreements in force as of Jan. 2000
- US Department of State Dispatch - The monthly Dispatch Magazine provides the major speeches and congressional testimony from the State Department. Goes back to 1997 on the State Department's Web site. Issues from 1993 - 1996 can be found at http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/
dispatch/index.html - Archives for many State Department publications - (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Department of Transportation - Contains news and press releases, general information, and transportation and government Internet site links
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Federal Aviation Administration - Includes statistics, passenger guidelines, news, forms, training manuals, advisory circulars, safety databases, and more
- Federal Highway Administration - Includes program information, directory, news, policies, directives, and more
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - Includes directory, statistics, news, safety programs, regulations, and more
- Federal Railroad Administration - Includes directory, legislation, regulations, safety data, and more
- Federal Transit Administration - Includes directory, legislation, calendar, budget, and more
- Maritime Administration - Includes directory, reports, law primers, statistics, and more
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Includes safety information, statistics, testing results, regulations, and more
- Surface and Transportation Board - Includes directory, economic data, decisions and notices, and more
- United States Coast Guard
- Treasury Department - Contains a mission statement, speeches, news, congressional testimony, programs and services, IRS tax forms, tax policy, and more
- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau - A newly created agency designed to administer and enforce alcohol and tobacco laws and tax codes
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - Provides news, reports, forms, regulations, and more
- Internal Revenue Service - Provides tax statistics, information, forms, regulations, and more
- Department of Veterans Affairs - Contains a benefits manual, press releases, special programs, organizational and statistical data, and links to other veterans sites
Independent Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Contains information about the EPA, its offices, labs, and programs; news and events; contracts and grants; rules and regulations; legislation; publications and more
- EPA Dockets - Contains regulatory material
- Bioindicators Homepage - Provides statistics, reports, maps, and more
- Superfund
- Federal Communications Commission(FCC) - Contains speeches, proceedings, reports and data, publications, list of commissioners, forms, fees, and hot issues
- Federal Trade Commission(FTC) - Contains news releases, commission actions, speeches, consumer information, federal register documents, and information on the FTC and how it brings an action
- Adjudications
- Advisory and Staff Opinions
- Amicus Briefs
- Commission Actions - Includes complaints, decisions, orders
- Rules of Practice
- Rulemaking
- Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) - Contains information about the SEC, current news, digests, public statements, proposed and final rules, and the EDGAR database of corporate information
- Social Security Administration - Contains agency and benefit information, forms, legislation, rulings, policy, and research and statistics
Code of Federal Regulations
- CFR - (GPO) Searchable database of regulations with some titles going back to 1996
- CFR - (Cornell) Searchable database of regulations
- Federal Register - (GPO) Searchable database of Federal Registers going back to 1995
- List of CFR Sections Affected - (GPO) Searchable database of LSAs going back to 1997
Misc.
- ABA Administrative Procedure Database - Includes information on Federal and State administrative resources
- ABA Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- FedWorld - Contains agency reports, IRS forms, links to government information servers and more
- Government Printing Office (GPO) - Contains Congressional bills, calendars, directories, documents, the Congressional Record, Economic indicators and reports, the Federal Register, agency reports, public laws, the US Code and more
- Judge Advocates Association
- National Conference of Administrative Law Judges