This guide is designed to assist users in locating U.S. government information.
Image Credit: U.S. Capitol at Night. By USCapitol, 2011, (Flickr). Image a United States government work.
The following are links to the freely available versions of the founding documents of the United States Government:
The main portal to U.S. Government information is the official government website:
Government Publications
There are multiple ways that you can search for government publications such as legislation, reports, hearings, policy, and more. Here are some tools to use to help find this information:
Government directories can be a helpful source of information. They can direct to you important persons, agencies and departments as well as sources of information. Some are organized based on categories or topics.
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