|
C-Span: Public Affairs on the Web |
|
| |
Offered as a public service, C-Span provides viewing access of the political process the U. S. government. |
|
|
Chronology of US Historical Documents |
|
| |
Contains U.S. historical documents arranged chronologically, plus national historic flags and U.S. state flags--sponsored by the University of OK College of Law. |
|
|
Death Penalty Information |
|
| |
Death penalty information--history, arguments for and against, etc.-- for classroom discussion provided by Michigan State University. |
|
|
Elections and Voting: Atlas of Presidential Elections |
|
| |
Resource providing results of U.S. Presidential Elections to the world community. Data is collected from many official sources and presented in one convenient location. |
|
|
Elections and Voting: FoxNews Election HQ 2008 |
|
| |
Current news articles relating to the candidates--also infomation regarding biographies, issues, schedules and money raised. |
|
|
Elections and Voting: Politics1 |
|
| |
Directory to Issues, Debates, Elections Info. Founded in 1997, Politics1 is published as a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate. |
|
|
Elections and Voting: Project Vote Smart |
|
| |
Organization that researches the backgrounds and records of thousands of political candidates and elected officials to discover their voting records, campaign contributions, public statements, biographical data (including their work history) and evaluations of them generated by over 100 competing special interest groups. |
|
|
Elections and Voting: USA Today "Candidate Match Game 2008" |
|
| |
USA TODAY researched candidate positions on the top issues |
|
|
Elections and Voting: USA Voter |
|
| |
Information designed to help voters make a more informed decision in upcoming NATIONAL, STATE and LOCAL elections--- providing a way for voters to compare each candidate's position on important issues that are likely to play a part in deciding the outcome of the election.
|
|
|
Fed Stats |
|
| |
Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic--contains convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more. |
|
|
First Ladies of the United States |
|
| |
Section of whitehouse.gov with biographical information regarding First Ladies--Biographies are from the book The First Ladies written by Margaret Brown Klapthor and Allida Black, published by the White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the
National Geographic Society.
|
|
|
FirstGov |
|
| |
Official information and services from the U.S. government--an interagency initiative administered by the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Communications.
|
|
|
GovSpot |
|
| |
A non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. |
|
|
Our Documents |
|
| |
100 milestone documents from United States history. |
|
|
Political Cartoons |
|
| |
Largest, searchable database of political cartoons, by the best editorial cartoonists in the world. |
|
|
Political Resources |
|
| |
Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world.
|
|
|
Presidents of the United States |
|
| |
Internet Public Library--background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included.
|
|
|
Presidents of the United States |
|
| |
Section of whitehouse.gov containing biographical information regarding present and past presidents. |
|
|
Presidents: American Presidents/C-Span |
|
| |
The American Presidents web site, created for the television series, contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus these additional resources:
|
|
|
Real Clear Politics |
|
| |
"Updated every morning and throughout the day, RCP culls and publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day. RCP |
|
|
State and Local Government on the Net |
|
| |
Provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments. |
|
|
United States: Central Intelligence Agency |
|
| |
Contains many helpful publications including The World Factbook and List of the Leaders of the World. |
|
|
United States: Congress |
|
| |
Contact information. |
|
|
United States: Congress |
|
| |
THOMAS--US Congress on the Internet. Compiled by the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. |
|
|
United States: Department of Justice--Drug Enforcement Administration |
|
| |
|
|
|
United States: Department of State |
|
| |
|
|
|
United States: Department of State--Travel |
|
| |
Includes world travel information, including travel warnings and alerts. |
|
|
United States: Department of the Treasury---Internal Revenue Service |
|
| |
|
|
|
United States: Department of the Treasury---Understanding Taxes |
|
| |
Detailed lesson plans, interactive activities, simulations from the educational program Understanding Taxes. |
|
|
United States: House of Representatives |
|
| |
|
|
|
United States: National Archives and Records Administration |
|
| |
|
|
|
United States: Senate |
|
| |
|
|
|
United States: Social Security Administration |
|
| |
Extensive collection of history-related materials, both of the institutional history of the Social Security Administration and the history of the Social Security program. |
|
|
United States: Supreme Court |
|
| |
|
|
|
World Factbook |
|
| |
CIA publication containing extensive country profile, maps, flags. |
|
|
Zip Code Information |
|
| |
Locate a specific ZIP Code number, all ZIP Code numbers in a city or all cities in a ZIP Code from the United States Postal Service. |
|