Government Resources

Previously the annual Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA), Assistance listings are detailed descriptions of federal programs that provide grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, and other types of assistance awards.

Presents educational content for the public on the workings of the U.S. Government and U.S. history, with a focus on civics.

Contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications issued throughout the fiscal year.

This is the annually-revised version. For a continuously revised version, see the e-CFR.

The official publications of materials released by the White House Press Secretary.

The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published daily when Congress is in session.

At the end of each session of Congress, all of the daily editions are collected, re-paginated, and re-indexed into a permanent, bound edition. This permanent edition, referred to as the Congressional Record (Bound Edition), is made up of one volume per session of Congress, with each volume published in multiple parts, each part containing approximately 10 to 20 days of Congressional proceedings. The primary ways in which the bound edition differs from the daily edition are continuous pagination; somewhat edited, revised, and rearranged text; and the dropping of the prefixes H, S, and E before page numbers.

Includes annotations of U.S. Supreme Court cases. Also available in Andersen Library's 1st-floor Federal (U.S.) Documents collection, Y 1.1/3:.

Published monthly by the Council of Economic Advisors for the Joint Economic Committee, provides economic information on GDP, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.

An annual report, issued by the Executive Office of the President and the Council of Economic Advisors, providing on overview of economic progress, with extensive data appendices.

A source for population, economic, housing, and geographic information and data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas.

The daily publication of the rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, along with executive orders.

A resource for occupational and career information, providing profiles on a majority of jobs in the United States. Profiles describe the work environment, education and training needed, a ten year outlook, and median pay for workers.

Biographical and directory information about members of the House and Senate, committee memberships, terms of service, and related content.

Official publication of the President’s addresses, writings, and remarks.

Resource for the most common questions about Social Security.

The codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, divided by broad subjects into 53 titles.

The official handbook of the U.S. Government, providing information on the agencies from all three branches, quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, boards, commissions, and committees.

Contains the final version of the opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Contains the permanent laws enacted during each session of Congress.

A subject-based portal to Federal services and resources online.

A subject-based portal to Federal services and resources online [Spanish site].

The first constitution of the United States, adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777.

The first ten amendments to the Constitution.

Records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress, 1774–1873.

Its preamble and seven articles describe the United States government's structure and how it operates.

This states the principles on which the United States government is based.

These documents relate to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, 1774–1789

This stated that slaves in the states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be declared free.

This series of essays, published in newspapers in 1787-1788 by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, promoted the ratification of the Constitution

This speech was delivered by President Lincoln at the dedication of the cemetery for the Union war dead