Guides: Government Information: US

Sources of information about the US government

How our Laws are Made
United States Courts
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
The White House
Government of the USA
Official site for United States government information, resources and services

Tools to locate information produced by US government

MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.

GovEngine
Commercial site. Links to Federal, state and municipal levels of governement.
GovSpot
Commercial site. Links to federal and state resources.
US Government Information Sites
Very good portal to important US sources. Maintained by Saint Mary's University.
US Government Printing Office (GPO)
The official US Government publisher.

US statistics

US Census Bureau
State and County Quick Stats
From the Census Bureau. Basic demographic and business statistics.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
From the Census Bureau. Fantastic, richly-detailed compendium of social, political and economic statistics.
Data.gov
Growing collection of 'raw' and geospatial data files from US federal government agencies, plus apps for working with the data.
StateMaster
Commercial site. Wide range of searchable data, at the state and county level. Good visualization tools, such as charts and maps.