Political Science

Web portal designed to provide easy access to U.S. Government information on the web.

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.

Published since 1888, the Congressional Directory presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers.

As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.

The American National Election Studies (ANES) produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists who want to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes.

Devoted to encouraging transparent and accountable government, the Sunlight Foundation focuses on providing access to digitized government data and the creation of Web sites to make that data easily accessible for all citizens.

SCOTUSblog is devoted to comprehensively covering the U.S. Supreme Court—without bias and according to the highest journalistic and legal ethical standards. The blog is provided as a public service and is sponsored by Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C.

Provides free online access to official Federal Government publications, including Code of Federal Regulations, US Code, presidential documents, congressional bills, & the Federal Register.

The official web portal of the U.S. Government; access to virtually all online government information resources

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) disseminates all of the unclassified information published by the three branches of government through its FDSYs Federal Digital System.

A publication with Congressional legislative news and analysis.

Information on House activities

Information on Senate activities

Information on activities of the President and the agencies of the Executive Branch

A portal to a wide-ranging collection of federal and state records and documents

Comprehensive census data

Public access to publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions

The Library of Congress' popular search engine; access to legislative documents, such as bills, resolutions, public laws, reports and the Congressional Record