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GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
'GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government." Resources include list of federal agency sites, subject bibliographies, Federal Resources by Topic, and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.

Google Unclesam
http://www.google.com/unclesam
Google Unclesam is Google's search engine specifically geared for finding information on ".gov" sites. For search tips, check out Google's help page at: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/
FirstGov is the government's portal to government agencies and information. It is primarily useful for finding and handling government services online. FirstGov Reference Shelf at http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf.shtml.

Library of Congress -- Government Resources Page
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/extgovd.html
A useful collection of links to government websites and websites about the government maintained by the Library of Congress

GAO
http://www.gao.gov/
The General Accounting Office publishes the results of various studies and investigations undertaken at the request of Congress. As the agency writes, "The General Accounting Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress. GAO exists to support the Congress in meeting its Constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the American people. "

US Government Documents Page (Columbia University)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/index.html
Columbia University's government documents center maintains subject guides for locating government information on a variety of topics. Particularly handy is their guide to Decennial Census Information.

University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/
University of Michigan's comprehensive and up-to-date center for online government resources, classified by subject.

University of Colorado Government Documents
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/us/federal.htm
University of Colorado's onlinel list of government resources.

GovSpot.com
http://www.govspot.com/
A well organized index to government information. "GovSpot.com is a non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. This free resource offers a high-utility collection of top government and civic resources hand-selected by our editorial team for their quality, content and utility."

The Memory Hole
http://www.thememoryhole.org/ The Memory Hole is an independently published website aimed at preserving government information "that is in danger of being lost, is hard to find, or is not widely known."

redstar Government - Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/law20.00.00/

Last updated: January 5, 2006
URL: http://www.lehman.edu/provost/library//govdoc/generalsites.htm