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Claudia Weston

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Federal Information Portals

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General portals or gateways to government information.

USA.gov
Portal or gateway to information on virtually all topics. Includes consumer guides as well as information on health & nutrition, money & taxes, science & technology, jobs & education, voting & elections, and other topics. Access to local, state, federal (including agencies), & tribal information. Keyword options.

GPO Access
Portal or gateway to information produced by the federal, legislative, & judicial branches. Extensive A-Z list of resources. Keyword access to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.

Federal Citizen Information Center
Frequently asked questions answered by the General Services Administration that includes topics ranging from social security to ordering a flag.

FedWorld
A resource created by the National Technical Information Service for access to government information ranging from jobs to U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

DTIC Online - A resource created by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) for the DoD community to provide access to DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information.

Federal Agency Directory
Louisiana State University Library's gateway to federal agencies arranged alphabetically or hierarchically.

Browse Topics
The place to begin if you know you want government information but aren't sure which agency produces it; a partnership between Oklahoma State University and the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).

INFOMINE
A search engine created and maintained by the University of California, Riverside that includes government information as well as other Internet resources.

University of Michigan Library's Document Center website
A well developed site that includes an orientation, background information, compilations, and individual topics. Designed for the University of Michigan community, not all resources are available to Portland State.


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