Legislative Branch of Government

Tips for Contacting Your Local Elected Officials (from VoteSmart)

California's 27th Congressional District (Caltech's District) is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Adam Schiff.

California's 28th Congressional District is currently represented by David Dreier.

Thomas: This source includes the Congressional Record beginning from the 101st Congress, Congressional Bills and Laws beginning from the 93rd Congress, and Roll Call Votes.

U. S. Senate

• Senator Feinstein | Senate Website
• Senator Boxer | Senate Website

U. S. House of Representatives

Library of Congress

• American Memory Website | Today in History
• Congressional Research Service | Selected Reports on National Security
• Country Studies/Area Handbooks Book Series (U.S. Library of Congress)
• International Resources
• POW/MIA Database
• U.S. Copyright Search

General Accounting Office (GAO)

• Reports and other Publications

Government Printing Office

• CyberCemetary (archive of defunct U.S. Government websites) UNTexas | National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) VP Gore
• GPO ACCESS Gateway (GPO) Multi-Database Search
• Federal Depository Library Program : information and basic documents

Judicial Branch of Government

Citizens Guide to Understanding the Judicial Branch of Government by Circuit Court Judge (Ret.) Arthur M. M. Ahalt. (1997) Prince George's County, Maryland

Federal Court Decisions

• Circuit Court Opinions
• District Court Opinions
• Decisions of the Federal Courts of Appeal
• Supreme Court Decisions 1893+ | Historic Decisions | Oyez (audio of oral arguments)

Federal Judiciary Homepage

Supreme Court Justices

U.S. Code (federal law)

• Help Searching the U.S. Code

U.S. Constitution 1992 ed. and 2000 supplement including Supreme Court cases | Constitution (keyword search and text)

Executive Branch of Government

Whitehouse (Presidential Press Releases, Radio Addresses, etc.) | Contacting the Whitehouse

Whitehouse Biographies

• President George W. Bush
• Vice President Richard B. (Dick) Cheney
• First Lady Laura Bush
• Mrs. Lynne Cheney

Executive Branch Departments

Dept. of Agriculture

• Economic Research Service | State Fact Sheets

Dept. of Commerce

• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) | Interactive National Income and Product Account Tables
• Census Bureau | Census 2000 Data | Search Name Files | County and City Databook 1988 and 1994 (U Virginia) | 2000 | Publications | Statistical Abstract of the United States
• International Trade Administration
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA) | National Weather Service
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) | FedWorld - established in 1992 to serve as the online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of federal government information | Scitech Resources
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (replaces Standard Industrial Classification System - SICS)
• U. S. Patent and Trademark Office | Patent and Trademark Copy Sales | Patent Tutorial (U Texas) | Information

Dept. of Defense

• Army
• Navy
• Air Force
• Marine Corps
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) | Military Standards and Specifications
• National Security Agency | NSA - Federation of American Scientists | Final Report on the Verification Inspection of the NSA, 1996

Dept. of Education

• AskERIC Database, 1966+
• Encyclopedia of Education Statistics (Includes the current editions of the Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, and an archive of some of the earlier editions of these works.)
• Student Guide (to Financial Aid)

Dept. of Energy (DOE)

• DOE Reports Bibliographic Database Search Form
• DOE Reports (fulltext), 1995+ (DOE Information Bridge)
• Energy Citations Database (1948+)
• Energy Research Abstracts, 1977-1995. Paper copy shelved in the Sherman Fairchild Library

Dept. of Health and Human Services

• Office of the Surgeon General
• Administration on Aging | Eldercare Locator
• Administration for Children and Families
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), v.31, 1982+ | National Vital Statistics Reports v. 47, 2000+ | Monthly Vital Statistics Reports v. 12 #1 - v. 46 #12, suppl. 2, 1964-1999. | Where to Write for Vital Records
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• National Institutes of Health

Dept. of Homeland Security

• Building a Secure Homeland
•  DHS Agencies (complete preliminary listing) | Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Remarks by the President at the Signing of H.R. 5005 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 -- November 25, 2002 | Analysis of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including text | DHS Reorganization Plan, November 25, 2002 | First 100 Days of Homeland Security - Whitehouse Press Release

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

Dept. of the Interior

• Fish and Wildlife Service
• National Park Service 
• U. S. Geological Survey

Dept. of Justice

• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) | DEA FOIA Data (TRAC)
• FBI | FBI FOIA Data (TRAC) | Hate Crimes Statistics, 1995-2003 | Uniform Crime Reports, 1995-2004

Dept. of Labor

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

Dept. of State

• Foreign Policy Information Archived electronic documents from the Dept. of State, 1990-Jan. 2001 (Library, U Illinois, Chicago) 
• International Broadcasting Bureau Voice of America, Radio SAWA, Radio FARDA, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, Radio/TV Marti, and Worldnet
• International Information Programs
• U.S. Dept. of State Travel Information

Dept. of Transportation

• Libraries

Dept. of the Treasury

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) | ATF FOIA Data (TRAC)
• Internal Revenue Service | IRS FOIA Data (TRAC) | IRS Tax Forms and Publications

Dept. of Veterans Affairs