Internet Resources

Last Updated: December 2009

NOTE: Some sites are restricted to UW access -- For information of how to set up access to restricted UW sites from an off-campus computer click here

• Search Engines for Government Sites
  • Google Government Search
  • FirstGov -- Links to US governmental resources
  • Federal Government Search – another search engine of governmental and media resources
  • Yahoo Government and Politics
    
    
• Library Research -- Information and Links
  • UW library information gateway -- web gateway to UW library resources and services
  • UW library research guides -- guides to web use and other research resources
  • Library of Congress -- catalog and links to other databases
     
• Policy Agendas and Issues -- lists with links to policy discussions, governmental agencies
  • CRS Reports -- Issue Reports produced by the Congressional Research Service.
  • CRS Reports -- alternative location of reports from the Congressional Research Service.
  • GAO Reports -- Reports by US Governmental Accountability Office on federal programs.
  • Congressional Quarterly -- CQ coverage of major bills and current issues
    [fuller access available through UW library database; also see CQresearcher through UW library database]
  • Capitol Spotlight --CSPAN and CQ Press coverage of current issues and bills
  • Roll Call -- covering Capitol Hill
  • University of Michigan Documents Center -- links to local, state, national, foreign, and international resources, legislation, laws, regulations, proposed regulations -- stellar gateway to governmental information
  • Washington State and Local Government Information -- Access Washington site
  • Policy Agendas Project -- Policy Agenda Database for tracking policy issues
  • Congressional Bills Project -- UW-led project with database of bills introduced into the US Congress
  • Public Law Listing -- searchable list of federal Public Laws from National Archives
     
• Legislative tracking -- access to legislation and hearings
  • Congressional Universe -- gateway to legislation, bills, and other documents by this well-respected private organization [access from UW campus connection; otherwise through UW library databases]
  • THOMAS -- Library of Congress legislative search
  • GPO Access -- General Printing Office on-line access to committee documents
     
• Presidential Documents
  • Executive Orders and Directives -- text of these documents
  • American Presidency Project -- Extensive archive of presidential documents
     
• Governmental Reforms
  • Citizens Against Governmental Waste
  • OMB Bush Administration Management Agenda
  • OMB OIRA Regulatory Reform
  • 1993 GPRA -- From Red Tape to Results -- VP Gore Document
  • Seattle PI Special Reports -- Investigations of governmental failures
     
• Media and Interest Groups -- links to news sites and information about interest groups
  [also see Policy Agendas project above for indexing of NY Times]
  • Lexis/Nexis -- article search and news database [access from UW campus connection; otherwise through UW library databases]
  • Newslink -- links to newspapers, magazines, radio/TV and other resources by the American Journalism Review
  • Center for Public Integrity -- investigation of media and government agencies including Katrina coverage

• Public Opinion
  • Polling Report -- independent compendium of various polls
  • Public Agenda Online -- Polls and issue discussion of current issues on the public agenda
  • IPoll Databank [not directly linked -- access through UW databases] -- databank of questions from all major polling organizations
  • UNC IRSS Poll Database -- Questionnaire Search for Opinion Surveys
  • Gallup Poll -- extensive on-line access to polls concerning elections and current events

   

• Government Statistics and Information -- sites with links to statistics compiled by governmental agencies
  • Fedstats -- one-stop shopping for governmental statistics, links to sources of U.S. governmental statistics
  • Census -- Census Bureau web site
  • National Election Studies -- Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
  • US Government Budget -- Current budget and supporting documents, links to earlier budgets
  • US Government Manual -- Federal organization and information about different agencies
     

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