Federal Government
Resources about the U.S. Federal Government. Also see Wikipedia U.S. Government Manual.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
- Access to Government Information In the United States, Congressional Research Service, Updated March 2008.
- Your Right To Federal Records: Questions and Answers on the Freedom of Information Act
and Privacy Act, GSA, May 2006. - U.S. Department of Justice:
- Sunshine Review
- Sunlight Foundation. Their tools and web sites.
- Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
- Open Government Guide published by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- National Freedom of Information Coalition: FOI Center, Federal FOI Resources
- Scribd FOIA documents by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
- Government Attic: “Rummaging in the governments attic”
- FOIA b(3) Exemptions from ProPublica
- President Barack Obama and The White House
- The President’s Cabinet
- Executive Office of the President
- Data.gov: Access U.S. Federal Executive Branch datasets
Legislative Branch: Congress
- Congressional Record at FDSys.
- Capitol Words by Sunlight Foundation. Data behind Capitol Words.
- Congressional Salaries and Allowances, Congressional Research Service, June 2011.
- United State House of Representatives
- United States Senate
- Compilation of Reports and Statements to be filed by Senators, Officers, and Employees of the United States Senate and other Individuals: 2012, 2009
- THOMAS: Legislative information from the Library of Congress in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson.
- OpenCongress for the 112th United States Congress
- Contacting the Congress
- Legistorm
- OpenCRS: Congressional Research Reports for the People
- Foreign Lobbying Influence Tracker from ProPublica and Sunlight Foundation
- Federal Spending
- Stimulus Watch: Advanced search added: keywords, zip codes, and recipients
- Recovery.gov
- Earmarks from Legistorm
- Fiscal Year 2010 Earmark Databases from Taxpayers for Common Sense
- Review Congressional Office of Management and Budget reports: Federal Audit Clearing House
- Federal Business Opportunities: FedBizOpps.gov
- U.S. Department of Defense Contract Archive
- Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation
- FedSpending.org
- Federal Revenue and Spending Book of Charts from the Heritage Foundation
- GovTrack.us
- Recovery Tracker by ProPublica
- TRAC.Syr.edu: information about federal enforcement, staffing and spending
- POGO’s Federal Contractor Misconduct Database
- USASpending.gov
- USDebtClock.org
Judicial Branch
- A Journalist’s Guide to the Federal Courts
- United States Constitution
- Supreme Court
- PACER Service Center: Federal Court Filings, including bankruptcies
- U.S. Courts: Judicial Facts and Figures
- U.S. Federal Courts at Judgepedia
- Bureau of Justice Statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice
- Source Book of Criminal Justice Statistics Online from University of Albany sponsored by grant from Bureau of Justice Statistics
- How to look up your judge from the Center for Investigative Reporting
U.S. Government Department and Agencies
- Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
- Independent agencies of the United States government from Wikipedia
- BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics): Employment data
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): National Center for Health Statistics
- Census Bureau:
- Population Estimates
- Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: The National Data Book
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): The World Factbook
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Envirofacts Data Warehouse
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC):
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- FEC Disclosure Data Catalog
- Electronic Filing Report Retrieval
- FEC Disclosure Reports and FEC FTP Site
- FEC Email updates
- FEC Weekly Digest
- FEC Calendar
- FEC Timely Tips Archive
- Campaign Finance Reports and Data
- Summary Reports Search
- Elections Results, 1996-2008
- FEC Enforcement Query System
- FEC Matter Under Review Archive – 1975 through 1998
- Government Printing Office (GPO)
- Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Homeland Security
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Search for Charities
- Search IRS 8871 & 8872 (IRS 527s). See IRS 8871 filings with organization information [e.g., 527 PACs and 501(c)4s], or IRS 8872 filings with political contributions and expenditures. Download entire database of 8871 and 8872 forms submitted electronically.
- Tax Statistics
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Social Security Administration (SSA): Research, Statistics & Policy Analysis
- TranStats: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Political Money
- See Federal Election Commission above for Campaign Finance Reports and search.
- See Internal Revenue Service above for IRS 527 search.
- Texa Watchdog’s Links for Tracking Political Influence
- ActivistCash.com
- Center for Public Integrity 527 Search
- FollowtheMoney.org
- MAPLight.org. Money And Politics: Illuminating the Connection.
- OpenSecrets.org: Individual search Lobbying Database
- UnionReports.gov
Energy
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Annual Reports (1992-2008)
- Energy Information Administration (EIA): Annual Energy Outlook
Noteworthy
- Family Facts: Heritage Foundation’s catalog of social science findings on family, society and religion
- Muckety: Map relationships among people and organizations
- Political Graveyard
