US Government

The four best:

1. Google Uncle Sam The best way to start. Use the best search engine on the web
2. FirstGov The US government's official portal has improved its search tool and offers one of the best ways to start your search for anything connected to American governments -- federal or state. The international page offers links to 191 countries, foreign embassies, the CIA World FactBook and other useful tools.
3. GovBot Easy search tool of over 1,594,012 web pages from U.S. Government and Military sites around the country.
4. State, Local Government

The rest:
University of Michigan federal resources
State Sites U.S. Government documents in the news
Finding US Govt Info         Librarians at the University of California, San Diego have prepared an online interactive tutorial Superintendent of Documents US Government Agencies - David Atkins' List Government Sources - Whitewater Anderson Library Federal Web locator      Run by the Center for Information Law and Policy with links to agencies, department and a good search tool Government resources on the Web - University of Michigan Infomine Browse by alphabet or serach by keyword Yale government documents GPO - US Government Databases     Including Congessional record, the budget and the Federal Register

U. S. Bureau of the Census          Stats, stats and more stats
US census business statistics by county
Ferret         Ferret out neat stats from the US Census bureau
FedStats        Find out which department has which stats
Campaign Contributions        California analyst crunches some local numbers
WebGator - Investigative Resources on the Web.    Plug in your state's name into the search applet and you'll get a list of the resources they have.

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