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Coastal Law Library Federal Government Links

Federal Judiciary Homepage - http://www.uscourts.gov/
Map of the Federal Court System with links to the Supreme Court and all Federal Circuit and District Courts, including opinions of the courts and contact information. Also contains statistics and information about the courts, publications and directories, breaking court news, archives of news releases and more.


FD Sys - http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action
Includes links to the Congressional Record, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, the United States Code, Commerce Business Daily, Congressional Calendars, Congressional Bills and Bill Histories, Public Laws and more. Also includes information for identifying and locating publicly available Federal information sources through the Government Information Locator Service and provides access to over 7,000 files from numerous agencies and organizations in all three branches of the Federal Government.


Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov
Primary online resource for access to legislative materials via the THOMAS link, including Bill summaries and status, House and Senate Committee information, the Congressional Record, House and Senate Directories and more. Also includes links to information on the legislative process, numerous historical documents, the Library of Congress Online Catalog, the U.S. Copyright Office and additional links to other government information Websites.


Supreme Court of the United States - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
This is the official site of the United States Supreme Court. In addition to extensive general information about the Supreme Court it includes opinions of the court, court rules, calendars/schedules of the court, case handling guides, orders of the court, press releases, media advisories, contact information, speeches and more. It also includes links to related Websites, including the Supreme Court Historical Society and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.


U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html
This site is not an official government site, but is compiled and designed by the Louisiana State University Library. It is a valuable site because it contains links to "quasi-official" agencies, boards/commissions/committees, independent establishments, and government corporations that would be difficult or impossible to find and access via the official gateways listed above.


USA.gov - http://www.usa.gov
This is the official U.S. Government Web portal. Information on Federal Agencies and Departments are here, as well as federal educational materials. Many routine transactions with the federal government can be done from this site. This site can also be used to help find state agencies and records that deal with the federal government


Usgovsearch - http://usgovsearch.northernlight.com/
This site combines a government focused version of the search engine Northern Light with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) archive of government information products. A single search will simultaneously provide results from the NTIS archive, Northern Light's special collection, and government web sites. The results from these three sources are integrated together and presented in both a relevancy ranked results list and custom search folders.


White House Home Page - http://www.whitehouse.gov
Includes the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, information about the President and Vice-President, White House press briefings and news releases, presidential radio addresses, historic national documents, information on Federal Services and multiple links to other government information Websites.