Government, Politics & Elections

John Luke

 

Government, Politics & Elections

General

Elections

Federal

United Nations

States

International

Politics

General

Documents Center

Local, national, and international government information. Links to governmental statistics sources.

FirstGov

Web locator for government sites

Foreign Country Requirements

Visa requirements for U.S. travelers visiting other countries.

Project Vote Smart

Locate all elected representatives, state and federal, by zip code. Tracks the performance of over 13,000 political leaders. Voting records, biographies, committee assignments of elected officials.

Search Systems

Free public records databases.

States

Stately Knowledge

Basic information on all 50 states, including Washington, D.C.

Links to state homepages, counties and cities within state. 

Federal  

GPO Access

A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free online use of over 1,000 databases of Federal information in over 70 applications.

National Archives & Record Administration

A list of resources published by the Office of the Federal Register that reside on GPO Access with brief descriptions of those resources and links to the resource's home page and more information.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

A simplified statistical abstract.

U. S. Government Code

Executive Branch

Executive Branch

Links to the page of each Department and the White House.

Immigration & Naturalization Service

Access INS regulations, printable forms, and statistics. Click on Eligibility and Testing to access Naturalization Self Test and 100 Sample U.S. History and Government Questions with Answers.

Social Security Administration

Retrieve a Personal Earnings and Benefits Estimate Statement, apply for beneffits online and more.

White House

Direct link to the White House. 

Judicial Branch

Supreme Court Cases

Full-text decisions by volume, year, citation, party name or keyword.

Legal Information Institute

Current and historic Supreme Court cases. Includes major decisions and the Court Calendar. 

Legislative Branch

Congressional Directory

GPO Access Gate

Excellent source for federal agencies, bills, debates and documents.

Thomas - The library of Congress' U S Congress refernce homepage

Bill texts, summaries, status. Roll call votes and major legislation of current Congress. Recent Public Laws by P.L. number.

U.S. Congress. Senate Home Page

Directory of members, their assignments, etc.

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives Home Page

Who's who and how to contact them. 

Elections

CNN / Time All Politics  

A somewhat jaunty, but still informative site, focused on current political issues.

infoplease.com--Elections

Information about election history.

Easy Voter

Nonpartisan information for new voters on how to register, choose a political party and help on ways to decide to vote.  Includes an Easy Reading Voter Guide and a Spanish version link.

Smart Voter

The League of Women Voters provides information about voter registration and candidates. The user can retrieve a sample ballot for a district by entering a zip code.

Votesmart Web

A nonpartisan site that makes available extensive information on congressional and presidential candidates, including voting records, campaign finance data, stands on issues and biographical information. May be busy.

Politics

Democratic National Committee Web Site

Democratic party information and current news stories

Republican Main Street

Homepage of the Republican National Committee. Republican party information and current news stories.

 

International

Chief of State & Cabinet - Members of Foreign Government

Up-to-date list of chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments.

Electronic Embassy

Embassy addresses, phone numbers in Washington D.C. Information on Diplomatic Internship Program in Washington.

Embassy Page

Links to embassies and consulates to the US and embassies and consulates worldwide.

Governments on the WWW

Foreign governmental institutions on the web, including parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, and city councils.

International Affairs Resources

World Bank

Regional and country information on funding, political and economic status and speeches.

United Nations

United Nations Web Site

Follow UN activities, view resolutions and major documents.

Dag Hammarskjold Library

Locate documents using the UN Info Quest System, view national, regional & peacekeeping maps. 


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