Government Information Resources

• CNN Politics
• C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle
• Vote Smart — factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials
• Office of Homeland Security
• U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets from the Department of State
• Center for Disease Control

Branches of the Government

• Executive
• Legislative (Thomas database)
• Biographical Directory, US Congress (1774–present)
• Supreme Court
• Federal Courts

Department Homepages

• Agriculture
• Commerce
• Defense
• Education
• Energy(DOE)
• Health and Human Services
• Housing and Urban Development(HUD)
• Interior
• Justice
• Labor
• State
• Transportation
• Treasury
• Veterans Affairs
• Independent Agencies and Commissions
• Office of Homeland Security

• Bookstore
  US government publications for sale
• Business Advisor
  Business access to federal government information, services and transcations
• Census Information
  • Census Bureau
  • Search the Census
  • US Historical Census Data Browser
     1790–1970, down to the county level
• Consumer Information
  Government and government-sponsored publications for consumers
• Copyright Office
• DLA Disposition Services (Defense Logistics Agency)
  Obtain original U.S. Government surplus property
• Earthquake Information
  • Albuquerque Seismological Lab
  • New Mexico Tech Seismological Observatory
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
  • Environmental Tests Methods and Guidelines
• Government Information Department
  UNM Library's government information
• govinfo (free access to digital Government Publications)
• Incident Management
  Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability
• Interior Department
  • USGS (US Geological Survey)
• Library of Congress
• Minerals
  • Mineral Industry Surveys
  • National Minerals Information Center
• National Science Foundation
  Independent agency promoting science and engineering
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
• NTIS (The National Technical Information Service)
  Government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  Bureau of Labor Statistics
• OSTI (Office of Scientific and Technical Information
  DOE Scientific and Technical information
• Patent and Trademark Office
  • Nonprovisional Patent Application Filing Guide
  • Patent Full-Text Databases
  • Patent and Trademark Information
     UNM Library.
• Statute Compilations
• Taxes
  • IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
  • IRS Forms and Publications
• USA Government
• Voting Records
  From Vote Smart.org (not a government site)
• WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)

• New Mexico Bill Finder
  Track bills during legislative session in Santa Fe
• New Mexico Register
• New Mexico.gov
• Cooperative Extension Service
• New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
• New Mexico State Tax forms
• Bureau of Business and Economic Research
  Current economic and demographic data for New Mexico
• Socorro City Government

• Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge
• New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office: US Fish & Wildlife Service

• The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual For Writers & Librarians
  by Diane L. Garner and Diane H. Smith. Revised ed.
  (REF Z253 .G37 1993)
• Federal Staff Directory
  (REF JK723 .E9 F44)
• Introduction to United States Government Information Sources
  by Joe Morehead and Mary Fetzer. 4th ed.
  (REF Z1223 .Z7 M665 1992)
• New Mexico Blue Book
  Compiled by the Secretary of State
  (JK8030 .N59)
• Tapping the Government Grapevine: The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources
  by Judith Schiek Robinson. 3rd ed.
  (eBook available)
• Using Government Information Sources: Print and Electronic
  by Jean L. Sears and Marilyn K. Moody. 2nd ed.
  (REF J83 .S4 1994)