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Portals, Gateways & Search Engines
USAGov The official "first step" site for U.S. Government information. Government agencies and programs.
National Technical Information Service The "largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. Here you will find information on more than 600,000 information products covering over 350 subject areas from over 200 federal agencies."
GPO Access US Government Printing Office (GPO) Provides online access to many government publications.
FedWorld This site maintained by the Department of Commerce and the NTIS (National Technical Information Service) is another comprehensive location for federal government information.
Federal Citizen Information Center
Search Engines
Google Uncle Sam Use the Google® Search Tool that ONLY searches for information on websites provided by the U.S. Government.
SearchGov.com
The White House and Congress
The White House Home Page
The U.S. Senate Home Page
The U.S. House of Representatives Home Page
THOMAS A clearinghouse for Legislative Information on the Internet, from the Library of Congress.
Congressional Record The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.
Census
U.S. Census Bureau Homepage
American FactFinder
State and County Quickfacts
For information on using historical U.S. Census records in genealogical research please see KRL's Genealogy web page.
Countries
World Factbook Country information and maps provided by the CIA.
Country Studies In-depth country profiles from the Library of Congress.
State Department
Foreign Consular Offices in the United States
Diplomatic List Addresses of foreign diplomatic missions in the U.S. and names of staff.
Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts
U.S. Embassies and Consulates Worldwide
Bureau of Consular Affairs For travel and passport information.
For Kids and Parents
Kids
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
Kids.gov
Parents
AfterSchool.gov Connecting parents to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours.
Forms
FedForms Online versions of the Federal forms most-used by the public.
Geography and Maps
National Atlas of the United States
Government Bookstore
U.S. Government Online Bookstore
Government Organization and Records
U.S. Government Manual
National Archives and Records Administration
Library of Congress
How Our Laws Are Made
Health, Safety, and the Environment
Social Security Online
Medicare
DisabilityInfo.gov
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Food Safety From the Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition.
Ground Water and Drinking Water From the Environmental Protection Agency.
Environmental Protection Agency Homepage
EnviroMapper EnviroMapper is a powerful tool used to map various types of environmental information, including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites.
Toxics Release Inventory
A publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities.
For other federal government health and medicine sites see KRL's Health page.
Military and Veterans
US Navy Online
US Navy Homeports Find out which ships are homeported in Bremerton and connect with each ship's homepage.
Veterans Administration
Patents and Trademarks
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Search the U.S. Patent Bibliographic Database beginning in 1976.
Patent and Trademark Forms
Recreation
National Park Service
Recreation.gov
Seniors
USA.gov Senior Citizens' Resources
Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Fedstats Statistics from more than 70 federal government agencies.
Consumer Price Index
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Latest Economic Indicators Find monthly government statistics on business and trade, construction and housing, home ownership, household income, poverty and other statistics
EconomicIndicators.gov From the Department of Commerce
County Business Patterns Business statistics on any county in the United States, including Kitsap.
National Center for Educational Statistics
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
U.S. Gazetteer Gives you the population, elevation, longitude and latitude, and a map for every town or place in the U.S.
Workers
OSHA Workers Page
Office of Personnel Management
Federal Classification and Job Grading Systems
Pay and Leave
Zip Codes and Postal Rates
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