Government Information: Public Information and Data: Federal

Site for legislation (including access to bills, resolutions, laws, and the Congressional
Record), member profiles, information on the legislative process, and a Legislative Glossary.

Provides free online access to official Federal Government publications.

"The finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available. "

Provides information on the Branches of Government and an A-Z Index of Government Agencies.

"Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents ("the world's largest nongovernmental collection" according to the Los Angeles Times), leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information, global advocate of open government, and indexer and publisher of former secrets."

An unofficial edition of the Federal Register Presented in a “web journal” format. Search or browse full text or browse by agency in the Federal Register from 1994 forward.

Docket sheets, full text of opinions, oral argument transcripts and audio files, information on briefs, and information on the Supreme Court and Justices

1760 to current. HTML format. Browse by date or court. Search full-text. Field search for party name, docket number, or citation.

Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.

Produce and distribute information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print formats.
Provide for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and GovInfo.

Compiled list of sources of government information and data that has recently been removed from public access.

Find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Listings of publicly available data sources

Giving us a look at the future of the web, PEW anticipates security concerns and net threats that nations and individuals may face.

The Public Environmental Data Partners are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts. Data and services available free of charge.

Vote Smart provides free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to all Americans.

POGO is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms to achieve a more effective, ethical, and accountable federal government that safeguards constitutional principles.

Free Government Information (FGI) is a place for initiating dialogue and building consensus among the various players (libraries, government agencies, non-profit organizations, researchers, journalists, etc.) who have a stake in the preservation of and perpetual free access to government information. FGI promotes free government information through collaboration, education, advocacy and research.