Selected Sites

Department of Air Force

is called "AirForceLINK"

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

offers information on its sub-agencies and science and education programs.

Budget of the United States Government

for fiscal year 1995

Bureau of Labor statistics

LABSTATS provides current and historical data for 26 surveys, as well as numerous press releases.

Census Bureau

collects data about the people and economy of the United States and produces a wide variety of statistical data products including printed reports, statistical briefs, and computer files on tape and CD ROM media.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

provides the President and his senior advisors with accurate, comprehensive, and timely foreign intelligence relating to the national security; and conducts counterintelligence activities, special activities, and other functions relating to foreign intelligence and national security as the President and the National Security Council may direct.

Department of Commerce

Established on February 14, 1903, to promote American businesses and trade, the U.S. Department of Commerce is the most versatile agency in government. Its broad range of responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship. As diverse as Commerce's services are, there is an overarching mandate that unifies them: to work with the business community to foster economic growth and the creation of new American jobs.

The Constitution

full hypertext version

Congress

• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Congressional Quarterly
• Legi-Slate Gopher
• Will T. Bill can aid you in your search for current U.S. legislation, showing you bills and resolutions in any stage as they try to make their way through the House and Senate.
• In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas is a service of the U.S. Congress through its Library. including full text of legislation and full text of all versions of House and Senate bills searchable by keyword(s) or by bill number.

Consumer Information Center

Provides electroic versions of many of their publications.

Consumer Product Safety Commission

is an independent federal regulatory agency created in 1972 by Congress in the Consumer Product Safety Act. In that law, Congress directed the Commission to "protect the public against unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated with consumer products."

US Government Document Center

is a hard copy document delivery service specializing in government and industry specifications and standards.

Department of Education

has as its mission to Ensure Equal ACCESS to Education and to Promote Educational EXCELLENCE throughout the Nation.

Department of Energy

is entrusted to contribute to the welfare of the Nation by providing the technical information and scientific and educational foundation for technology, policy, and institutional leadership necessary to achieve efficiency in energy use, diversity in energy sources, a more productive and competitive economy, improved environmental quality, and a secure national defense.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is responsible for executing the Federal laws protecting the environment. The Agency now administers nine comprehensive environmental protection laws, such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Compensation, and Liability Act (or "Superfund").

Fish and Wildlife Service

is a bureau within the Department of the Interior whose mission is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats

US Geological Survey (USGS)

is a scientific fact-finding and research organization, as contrasted to a developmental or regulatory one. It is the principal source of scientific and technical expertise in the earth sciences within the Federal Government. The USGS is within the Department of the Interior

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

upholds the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal statutes; protects the United States from hostile intelligence efforts; provides assistance to other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; and performs these responsibilities in a manner that is faithful to the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX)

is a " Diversified Information Services Company" facilitating a partnership of 10 federal agencies under the leadership of the Department of Energy, including:

1. FEDIX federal agency opportunity information
2. MOLIS minority college & university capability information.

Federal Reserve Board Data

contains data from the Federal Reserve Board. The data has been taken from PC diskettes published by the Board and made available for Internet access by the Internet Multicasting Service. This archive contains all diskettes published by the Board in 1993.

General Services Administration (GSA)

is a central management agency that sets Federal policy in such areas as Federal procurement, real property management, and information resources management. GSA also manages diversified governmentwide operations involving buildings management, telecommunications, consumer information, distribution, child care in the Federal workplace, and the Federal Recycling Program.

Bernan/UNIPUB's Government Publications Network

is a service provided to better inform you of the wealth of information available from the United States Government and numerous intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and much more.

Department of Health and Human Services

DHHS resources locator is a starting point for accessing DHHS organizations and the information they make available on the Internet including:

• Social Security Administration
• National Institutes of Health
• Centers for Disease Control Archive Site

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

the mission of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is to help people create communities of opportunity.

Department of the Interior

has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, and preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historic places.

Department of Justice

As the largest law firm in the Nation, the Department of Justice serves as counsel for its citizens. It represents them in enforcing the law in the public interest. Through its thousands of lawyers, investigators, and agents, the Department plays the key role in protection against criminals and subversion, in ensuring healthy competition of business in our free enterprise system, in safeguarding the consumer, and in enforcing drug, immigration, and naturalization laws. The Department also plays a significant role in protecting citizens through its efforts for effective law enforcement, crime prevention, crime detection, and prosecution and rehabilitation of offenders.

Library of Congress

is beginning to use World Wide Web (WWW) to present information about and materials from its collections over the Internet.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

provides links to NASA centers as well as information on public policy and education.

National Archives

preserves and makes available for research the permanently valuable records of the Federal government from its beginnings in 1774. Among these records are the Charters of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, which are on permanent display in the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. CLIO is an Information System that combines vast collections of information available about the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) with easy access to diverse electronic resources over the Internet.

National Park Service

is charged with the mission to "conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

National Performance Review

Your Toolkit To Help Reinvent Government, is charged with creating a new customer service contract with the American people, a guarantee of effective, efficient, and responsive government. Our goal is to make government work better and cost less.

National Science Foundation

is an independent agency of the Federal Government established in 1950 to promote and advance scientific and engineering progress in the United States. The Foundation does this primarily by sponsoring scientific and engineering research and education.

Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

links to sources of safety and health information and organizations.

US >Postal Service (USPS)

offers information as well as a zip code look up form.

Small Business Administration

presents SBAonline, a guide to resources for Small Businesses

Department of Transportation (USDOT)

is a springboard to reach all Internet based services supported by the Department of Transportation.

Department of the Treasury

formulates and recommends economic, fiscal and tax policies; serves as financial agent of the United States Government; enforces the law; protects the President and other officials; and manufactures coins and currency.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) includes some tax forms, FAQ, where to file, where to get help.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

is the branch of the U.S. Government responsible for administering programs designed to promote broad-based economic growth, stabilize population growth, promote health, protect the environment, promote democracy, and provide humanitarian assistance in the developing world.

Voice of America (VOA)

is the international broadcast service of the U.S. Information Agency. USIA was established in 1953 to carry out the overseas information and cultural exchange programs of the U.S. government. USIA maintains a global radio and television broadcast operation through its Bureau of Broadcasting. The Bureau includes the Voice of America, WORLDNET Television and Film Service, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).

White House

Take a multimedia tour of the President's home. The Engish Server at Carnegie-Mellon University maintains an archive of White House Files