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• Agencies, Government Departments and - An A-to-Z listing.
• Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, 2000-present
• Annual Reports of the Secretary of Defense, 1995-2005 - Appendices contain voluminous, though historic, defense statistics.
• Appropriations Committees: House   Senate
• Appropriations Law, Principles of (Red Book).
  • Annual update (2008)
• Appropriations status: FY 1998 | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 | FY 2008 | FY 2009
• Appropriations subcommittee jurisdiction - Go to each subcommittee and click on "jurisdiction" tab.

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• Budget Committees: House   Senate
• Budget Glossary - From the Senate Budget Committee.
• Budget Process, A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal - From the Government Accountability Office
• Budget of the U.S. Government
  • OMB site - Includes prior year budgets, related documents.
  • GPO site - Searchable database of current and prior year budgets.
  • Departmental and agency budgets
• Budget Resolutions
  • FY 1997: H.Con.Res. 178, S.Con.Res. 57
  • FY 1998: H.Con.Res. 84, S.Con.Res.16, S.Con.Res.17, S.Con.Res.27
  • FY 1999: H.Con.Res. 284, S.Con.Res. 86
  • FY 2000: H.Con.Res. 68, S.Con.Res. 20
  • FY 2001: H.Con.Res. 290, S.Con.Res. 101
  • FY 2002: H.Con.Res. 83, S.Con.Res. 20
  • FY 2003: H. Con. Res, 353, S. Con. Res 100
  • FY 2004: H.Con.Res. 95, S.Con.Res. 23
  • FY 2005: H.Con.Res. 393, S.Con.Res. 95
  • FY 2006: H.Con.Res. 95, S.Con.Res. 18
  • FY 2007: H.Con.Res. 376, S.Con.Res. 83
  • FY 2008: H.Con.Res. 99, S.Con.Res. 21
  • FY 2009: H.Con.Res. 312, S.Con.Res. 70
• Budget Function Classifications - GAO report describes the origins, trends and policy implications of the system of budget functions.
• Budget process, Federal - Excellent review of the federal budget process, on the Department of Education site.
• Budget justifications - AABPA's listing of departmental and agency budget justifications. OMB Circular A-11 now requires that agencies post their budget justifications on the Internet.
• Byrd Rule - Provides a point of order against extraneous provisions or amendments on appropriations bills. Info from the House Rules Committee.

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• Cartographic Boundary Files - The Census Bureau has posted down loadable maps, including Congressional Districts, census regions, and state legislative districts.
• Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance - Database of Federal grants, loans, insurance. Includes aids to guide in the writing of a proposal to apply for assistance.
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - The CFR is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by federal government Executive Branch departments and agencies.
  • GPO version - Searchable database.
  • National Archives version - Alternative search methods available on this site.
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays and Balances - Starting with Fiscal Year 2001, the Annual Report and Annual Report Appendix have been combined and renamed the Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances of the United States Government (Combined Statement). The Combined Statement is recognized as the official publication of receipts and outlays with which all other reports containing similar data must be in agreement. It presents budgetary results at the summary and detail level. See also Monthly Treasury Statements, Daily Treasury Statements
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
  • CBO publications
  • CBO cost estimates
• Congressional Committees
  • Appropriations: House   Senate
  • Budget: House   Senate
  • Finance (Senate)
  • Joint Committee on Taxation
  • Joint Economic Committee
  • Ways and Means (House)
• Congressional Directories, 104th Congress-present
• Congressional Pig Book - Citizens Against Government Waste's annual compilation of pork barrel projects in appropriations legislation.
• Congressional Record - The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (For an overview, consult Stephen Young and Sabrina Pacifici memo, Guide to CRS Reports on the Web)
  • Environment and related topics - Compiled by the National Council for Science and the Environment. This is possibly the largest collection of publicly available CRS reports.
  • Homeland Security/Terrorism and Health Law & Policy - Compiled by the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland.
  • Legislative and budget process - Compiled by the House Rules Committee. This is the best collection of reports on the budget process. Topics include authorization vs. appropriation, budget functions, PAYGO, reconciliation. Link refers you to the Rules Committee's CRS Reports page. Scroll down if necessary.
  • Military and national security - Compiled by the Federation of American Scientists.
  • Open CRS - Boasts as the most up to date site. Compiled with the help of an anonymous Member of Congress.
• Consolidated Federal Funds Report - Covers Federal expenditures or obligations for grants, salaries and wages, procurement contracts, direct payments for individuals, other direct payments, direct loans, guaranteed or insured loans, and insurance; in all states, the District of Columbia, and US Outlying Areas.
• Constitution of the United States - With notes from the House of Representatives Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
• C-SPAN
  • C-SPAN 1
  • C-SPAN 2
  • C-SPAN 3

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• Daily Digest - The official summary of what went on in Congress the previous day. Part of the Congressional Record.
  • Latest Daily Digest
  • Browse back issues
• Daily Treasury Statements
• Defense Almanac - Facts and figures on the Department of Defense.
• DoD Reprogramming and Transfer Actions, FY 1999-present - A reprogramming is a change in the application of funds. The reprogramming could also be a transfer if it involves the movement of funds from one appropriation to another or between legal subdivisions within an appropriation.
• DoD Web Sites - Designed for reporters and military affairs public affairs officers.
• Defense, Secretary of, Annual Reports, 1995-2005
• Departments and agencies, Government - An A-to-Z listing.

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• Economic Indicators, 1998-present - Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Indicators provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.
• Economic Indicators, Schedule of release dates - Coordinated by OMB, the schedule contains release dates for principal economic indicators from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy and Labor, plus the Federal Reserve Board.
  • CY 2008
  • CY 2007
  • Prior years' schedules
• Economic Report of the President - The Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors annual report, it overviews the nation's economic progress. The report contains extensive statistical appendices.
• Economic Statistics - A White House-maintained gateway site for easy access to government statistics on employment, income, international, money, output, prices, production and transportation.
• Education Statistics - The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
• ExpectMore.gov - OMB site assesses the performance of every Federal program, under the The Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). PART assessments gives ratings of "Effective," "Moderately Effective," or "Adequate" to programs that are performing. Programs categorized as not performing have ratings of Ineffective or Results Not Demonstrated.

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• Federal Budget - Browse the federal budget going back to FY 1996.
• Federal budget process - An excellent review of the federal budget process, on the Department of Education site.
• Federal Business Opportunities - The single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. It replaced Commerce Business Daily in 2002.
• Federal Funds Information for States (FFIS) - Analysis of federal-state financial relations. Features include Budget Briefs, grants database. This is a subscription service.
• Federal Funds Report, Consolidated - Covers Federal expenditures or obligations for grants, salaries and wages, procurement contracts, direct payments for individuals, other direct payments, direct loans, guaranteed or insured loans, and insurance; in all states, the District of Columbia, and US Outlying Areas.
• Federal Register - The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
• Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1996-present - The Federal Reserve's journal of record. The Bulletin includes topical research articles, legal developments, Report on the Condition of the U.S. Banking Industry, and other general information. This site also includes access to the separately published (since 2004) Statistical Supplement to the Bulletin.
• FedSpending.org - A free, searchable database of federal government spending on grants and contracts.
• FedStats - Gateway to statistics for all Federal agencies reporting expenditures of at least $500,000 per year. Heavily cross-indexed; a central place for federal statistics.
• FedSpending.org - Free, searchable database, created by OMB Watch, of federal government spending.
• Fed in Print - A comprehensive index to all Federal Reserve economic research, maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
• Financial Report of the U.S. Government - Provides summary information on federal government operations and financial positions on an accrual basis - important for understanding the government's long-term financial position.
• FindLaw - Aims to provide comprehensive legal references for federal and state laws.

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• GAO reports GAO's Reports and Testimonies page
• Glossary of budget terms - From the Senate Budget Committee.
• A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process - From the Government Accountability Office
• Google U.S. Government Search - Search government sites.
• Government Information Locator Service - A GPO site that aims to identify, locate, and describe publicly available Federal information resources, including electronic information resources.
• Government departments and agencies - An A-to-Z listing.
• Green Book, Ways and Means Committee - Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means.
• Guide to House and Senate Members - searchable, online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress is a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources.

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• How Our Laws Are Made - A detailed review of the legislative process.

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• International documents - Maintained by the International Documents Task Force of the American Library Association.

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• Joint Committee on Taxation publications and press releases

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• Law Library of Congress - A gateway to global and comparative law resources.
• LegalEngine.com - A meta-site for all legal info, including forms, legal software, find a lawyer.
• Legislative Sourcebook - An excellent and eclectic site maintained by the Law Librarians' Society of DC.
• LibrarySpot - Look on this as an online reference library. Worth a look. Highly recommended by professional librarians.

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• Monthly Treasury Statements
• Monthly Budget Review - CBO's monthly report on aggregate budget developments - based on the current Monthly and Daily Treasury Statements.

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• National Transportation Statistics - Maintained by the DoT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, presents statistics on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, the human and natural environment, and national security.
• Newspapers online
  • Los Angeles Times
  • New York Times
  • Washington Post

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• OASDI Trustees Reports
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB), key documents
  • Budget of the U.S. Government - Includes prior year budgets, related documents.
  • Circulars
    • Circular A-11 - Preparation, Submission and Execution of the Budget. The bible for budget preparation, but includes much useful general information.
  • Memoranda
  • Bulletins - Includes instructions on administering CRs.
  • Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
  • Statements of Administration Policy
  • Supplementals, Amendments, and Releases - Includes formal supplemental spending requests.
  • Testimony

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• Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART) - PART home page explains the program and has FAQ link. See also ExpectMore.gov.
• Pig Book, Congressional - Citizens Against Government Waste's annual compilation of pork barrel projects in appropriations legislation.
• Principles of Appropriations Law (Red Book)
  • Annual update (2008)
• Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
• Public and private laws - Maintained by the GPO, contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress to the present.

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• Research and Development Descriptive Summaries - Descriptive summaries of Department of Defense research and development programs.
• Rules of the House of Representatives

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• Selected Acquisition Reports Summary tables track cost and schedule changes for major Defense Department acquisition programs.
• Social Security Laws, Compilation of, Ways and Means Committee - Compilation of the Social Security Laws, Including the Social Security Act, as Amended, and Related Enactments (updated every odd-numbered year).
• Statements of Administration Policy - Formal administration positions on selected legislation
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Social Security Laws, Compilation of, Ways and Means Committee - Compilation of the Social Security Laws, Including the Social Security Act, as Amended, and Related Enactments (updated every odd-numbered year).
• State government finances - Census Bureau data provide a comprehensive summary of annual survey findings for state governments. Includes details of revenue by type, expenditure by object and function, indebtedness by term, and assets by purpose and type.
• State laws on the Internet - From FindLaw. Scroll down for access to state law texts.
• SearchMil - A comprehensive search engine for *.mil sites.
• Statistics (drawn from other entries on this page)
  • Annual Reports of the Secretary of Defense, 1995-2005 - Appendices contain voluminous, though historic, defense statistics.
  • Economic Report of the President - The Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors annual report, it overviews the nation's economic progress. The report contains extensive statistical appendices.
  • Economic Statistics - A White House-maintained gateway site for easy access to government statistics on employment, income, international, money, output, prices, production and transportation.
  • Education Statistics - The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
  • Federal Reserve Bulletin, Statistical Supplement
  • FedStats - Gateway to statistics for all Federal agencies reporting expenditures of at least $500,000 per year. Heavily cross-indexed; a central place for federal statistics.
  • National Transportation Statistics - Maintained by the DoT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, presents statistics on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, the human and natural environment, and national security.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • United Nations data - a wealth of economic and social data collected by the UN.

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• Taxation, Joint Committee on, publications and press releases
• Testimony
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • OMB
• Thomas - Legislative information from the Library of Congress.
• Transportation Statistics, National - Maintained by the DoT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, presents statistics on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, the human and natural environment, and national security.

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• Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations - Annual report from CBO.
• United Nations data - a wealth of economic and social data collected by the UN.
• USAGov - Maintained by GSA, this site the U.S. government's official web portal, with links to all government information. Because of the large size of this site, navigating it can be complex.
• U.S. Code - there are two good sites for the U.S. Code
  • Office of the Law Revision Counsel, House of Representatives
  • Government Printing Office
• U.S. Government Manual - Provides comprehensive information on all agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches; also includes on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.

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• Ways and Means Committee, Green Book - Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means.
• Ways and Means Committee, Compilation of the Social Security Laws - Compilation of the Social Security Laws, Including the Social Security Act, as Amended, and Related Enactments (updated every odd-numbered year).
• World Fact Book - Maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency.

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