General Information
- USA.gov - The United States government's official web portal
- GPO Access - The Government Printing Office's online service. Find full text of the U.S. Government Manual (directory of fedearl agency websites), U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Public Laws, Bills, the Congressional Record, the Budget, GAO Reports, and the Government Information Locator service.
- Fedworld - A gateway to government information, managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog (CFDA) - The CFDA provides access to a database of all Federal programs available to state and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognizad Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
- Government contracts information
- FedBizOpps - notices of federal government contracts open for bids
- BNA's Federal Contracts Daily and Federal Contracts Report.
- Green Book - The House Ways and Means Committee Green Book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation.
- U.S. Government Manual - Available at GPO Access and at the Law Library Reference Desk, the U.S. Government Manual provides information on executive, legislative, and judicial federal agencies and quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.
The White House
- Whitehouse.gov
- Biographical information about the President, Vice-President, and their families
- Press briefings archived back to 2001
- Executive Orders and Proclamations
- News, speeches, radio events, and photographs
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents - available at GPO Access
- Presidential Tax Returns - from Tax Analysts Tax History Project
- Presidential signing statements
- Unitary executive theory
- "What the 'Unitary Executive' Debate Is and Is Not About", post by Cass Sunstein on the University Chicago Law School Faculty Blog (August 6, 2007)
The Budget
- Budget of the United States - from GPO Access
- Economic Report of the President - from GPO Access
- Office of Management and Budget - Federal Budget Publications
- The Economic and Budget Outlook from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- TreasuryDirect.gov - information about participation in the Federal Investments Program, the Trust Funds Management Program, purchase and management of State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities, the Federal Borrowings Program for federal agencies, liquidation of securities by executive agencies, and the debt of the United States.
The Military
- United States Department of Defense
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Operation Iraqi Freedom Official website of the Multi-National Force - Iraq
- International Security Assistance Force Official website of the ISAF in Afghanistan.
- United States Army
- United States Navy
- United States Air Force
- United States Marine Corps
Statistics
- Statistical Abstract of the United States - includes Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
- FEDSTATS - provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government
- TRACFed - Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) provides detailed statistical information from the Justice Department, the IRS, the Census Bureau, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and other federal agencies. TRACFed is available only to law students and faculty using the Law School's local area network.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the field of labor economics and statistics.
- United States Census Bureau
- National Center for Health Statistics - NCHS and the Bureau of the Census collaborated to provide NCHS data sets in the Census' DataFerrett system. DataFerrett is a data mining and extraction tool that allows you to select a databasket of variables, recode those variables as needed, and develop and customize tables and charts.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics - The BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.