THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

• USA.gov was legislatively mandated through Section 204 of the E-Government Act of 2002 as the U.S. government’s official web portal.
• A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
• U.S. Government Information by Topic
• State and Territorial Government Sites
• Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
• GovSpeak: A Guide to U.S. Government Acronyms and Abbreviations: This website identifies hundreds of government acronyms for agencies, offices, departments, publications, etc.
• Superintendent of Documents Classification System: This is the classification system used in the BSU Library for the shelving of tangible government publications.
• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy  Includes Cornerstone Documents (such as Articles of Confederation, Bill of Rights, etc.), Congressional, Presidential, Judicial, Regulatory, Demographic, and Economic documents.
• 100 Milestone Documents: compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965.

FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

• Federal Legislative Branch website
• “The legislative branch is the law making branch of government made up of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and agencies that support Congress.”
• The Library of Congress has a handy guide to finding federal legislation which includes a quick guide to sources for particular types of documents.
• Senate: This site identifies Senators, Committees, active legislation and voting records, and much more.
• House of Representatives:  This site identifies Representatives, Committees, and legislative activity. “As per the Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.”
• Congress.gov: Congress.gov has replaced THOMAS (provided by the Library of Congress,) as the official source for United States legislative information.
• Congressional Record:  the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, in daily (1994-date) or bound (1961-2001) form.
• Congressional Budget Office supports congress by providing nonpartisan analyses of budget and economic issues, existing and proposed.
• Redistricting Maps 2012  View 2012 Minnesota redistricting maps for US House
• My Congressional District View snapshot statistics of your district

Current 7^th Congressional District

Representative:  Michelle Fischbach
Senator:  Amy Klobuchar
Senator:  Tina Smith

Current 8^th Congressional District

Representative:  Pete Stauber
Senator:  Amy Klobuchar
Senator:  Tina Smith

Track your Senator or Representative through govtrack.us

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• Federal Executive Branch website
• “The president is the head of the executive branch of the government, which includes many departments and agencies.”
• The White House
• The American Presidency Project, including an archive of presidential documents, as well as election materials.

FEDERAL JUDICIAL BRANCH

• Federal Judicial Branch website
• “The judicial branch is made up of the Supreme Court, Lower Courts, Special Courts, and court support organizations.”
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Federal Courts
• Jury Service in Federal District Courts