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See also: Syracuse University Library's "Maps and Government Information" Website





LOCAL/MUNICIPAL/COUNTY

Syracuse, New York
Local city information.
 
Onondaga County
Local county information.

National League of Cities
Information about the League. Links to resources of interest to local government officials.
 
Local Government Institute
Information about the Institute, a non-profit organization working to improve the quality of local government. Includes Local Government Job Net and links to government related sites.
 
National Association of Counties
Information about the Association. Links to county government resources.
 
 
U.S. State & Local Gateway (FirstGov)
Designed to give state and local government officials and employees easy access to federal information.

STATE

New York State Government Information Locator Service
Great links to NYS government information.
 
 
New York State Data Center
Provides access to statistical series for and about New York State's population and economy.
 
 
Council of State Governments
Information about the Council. Links to state government resources.
 
 
National Conference of State Legislatures
Information about the organization. Links to state legislatures, etc.
 
 
National Governors' Association
Information on state governors and the work of the bipartisan Association.
 
 
State and Local Government on the Net
Links to sites by state; links to multi-state sites; links to other relevant sites.
 

FEDERAL

Council of Economic Advisors
Economic advisory body to the U.S. President. Analyzes and interprets economic developments, and formulates and recommends national economic policy.
 
Thomas
U.S. Congress; good for legislative information (e.g., bills, Congressional Record).
White House
Executive Branch information.

Senate
Legislative activities, committees, senators.

House of Representatives
Legislative process, legislators, laws (e.g., U.S. Code)

U.S. Bureau of the Census
Great for statistical information.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
Principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

 

Fedstats 
Provides access to statistics producted by U.S. federal government agencies for public use. 

 

Fedworld 
U.S. government information, documents, and files. Links to NTIS, U.S. Government Information Locator Service, Supreme Court decisions, 1937-1975, etc. 


GPO Access
 
Congressional bills, Directory, documents, Record, Record indexes, Reports, Federal budget, Economic Indicators, Federal Register, GAO reports, U.S. Government Manual, history of bills, public laws, etc.

Fed In Print
An index to U.S. Federal Reserve economics research, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Fred II Database
Databases available through FRED II are updated regularly and allow 24/7 access to regional and national financial and economic data.  Hosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.  Includes links to a collection of working papers and a conference calendar.

 
 
The National Security Archive
Independent, nongovernmental, nonprofit research institute and library serving as a clearinghouse of declassified U.S. documents.

 

INTERNATIONAL

Canada
Canadian government information.
 
 
Organization of American States (OAS)
Accessible in both English and Spanish. Provides information about both the OAS itself and its individual member states.
 
 
DirectGov (UK)
United Kingdom public sector information.
 
 
10 Downing Street
Biographies, speeches, press releases.
 
 
An Introduction to Parliament
Brief guide to the history, role and procedure of the UK Parliament.
 
 
Official Documents from the UK Stationery Office
Many links to full-text documents.
 
 
EUROPA
Home page of the European Union.
 
 
European Union Internet Resources
Links to a wide variety of EU information. From the UC Berkeley Library.
 
 
United Nations
Home page of the United Nations.
 
 
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
Overview of the types of documents and publications issued by the UN and guide to their use.
 
 
International Information
Northwestern University Library's links to sites of international organizations.

 

LOCATORS/DIRECTORIES/SEARCH SITES

Federal Web Locator
Helpful for locating web sites of U.S. federal departments and agencies.
 
 
Government
The Digital Librarian's list of links to government sites.
 
 
 
Governments on the WWW
Links to more than 11,000 entries from 219 countries and territories.
 
 
 
Yahoo
Yahoo's government index.
 
 
BUBL
Good international list of links.



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