BRENDA'S
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City, State, & Federal Government
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(If you need links to Texas government sites, go to my Texas page. If you are interested in government sites created just for kids, look for links on my Kids’ Sites page and also on my Educational Sites page.)
PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU FIND BROKEN LINKS OR ANY THAT TAKE YOU TO A SITE OTHER THAN WHAT I HAVE DESCRIBED.
AS ALWAYS, REMEMBER THAT THE WEBMASTERS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIAL ON THEIR OWN SITES.
CancerNet
(information for patients from the National Cancer Institute)
Centers
For Disease Control And Prevention
City
Governments (From the News Directory site, here are links to city
governments organized by state.)
Consumer
Sentinel (Submit your complaints about e-commerce businesses to this
site which is a joint effort of the Federal Trade Commission, state Attorney
Generals and other law enforcement agencies to pursue internet fraud.)
Consumer.Gov
(resource for consumer information, including lots of helpful information
on fraud)
County
Governments (From the News Directory site, here are links to county
governments organized by state.)
The
Democracy Network (non-partisan information source for candidate
views, local issue discussion and election information)
Facts
at Your Fingertips (from the Texas State Electronic Library, an
excellent list of reference sources on many subjects)
FBI
homepage
FBI’S
Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room (The site
displays frequently requested documents released under
the Freedom of
Information Act including those on espionage, famous
people, the
gangster era, historical
interest, unusual phenomena and violent crime.)
Federal
Trade Commission Home Page (useful consumer protection information
covering such things as scams, fraud, unsolicited telemarketing and much
more)
FedStats
(stats, surveys and reports on just about anything the government keeps
track of with topics as diverse as anything from crimes to railroad
accidents to poultry populations)
Fedworld
Information Network (comprehensive government info and
links)
FindLaw
(This site isn’t actually a government sponsored site, but in
addition to much other legal information you will
find laws and legal
cases for each state in the U.S. Click on “Cases
and Codes” on the
homepage.)
FirstGov
(official website for searching the U.S. government)
GOVBOT
(database of government websites)
Healthfinder
(goverment health info site)
Internal
Revenue Service-The Digital Daily (This is an online magazine
from the IRS where you
can find tax forms to download and get info on
tax changes, regulations,
instructions, statistics, and filing electronically.)
Medicare
(the official government site)
The
National First Ladies Library (contains 40,000 selected books,
manuscripts, journals, newspaper articles and other
material for each first
lady)
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (auto
safety information)
The
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Official
City Sites (links to city, county and state government sites)
Passport
Services & Information (U.S. State Department)
Search
Systems (From this site you can access public records from
various city, county and state records. You
may find unclaimed
property that belongs to you. Also find birth,
death, marriage and divorce records, statutes, court cases, sex offender
listings, criminal escapees and much more.)
State
Governments (From the News Directory site, here are links to state
government sites.)
U.S.
Department of Energy’s Computer Incident Advisory Capability
(informs of and explains
Internet hoaxes, their history, how to identify
hoaxes and validated warnings,
and what to do if you suspect a message is
a hoax)
U.S.
Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage &Hour
Division (an abundance of information on wage laws, state labor laws,
teen safety on the job, health care and much more)
U.S.
Department of Labor Topics page (This page provides a shortcut to much
of the information and services the Department of Labor offers for various
labor topics)
U.S.
House of Representatives Directory Information (includes links to
home pages of representatives,
plus addresses, email addresses, personal
information, etc)
U.S.
Postal Service (Get zip code info. Buy stamps online and learn
about
collectible stamps that are available.)
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S.
Senate Directory Information (includes links to home pages of
senators, plus addresses,
email addresses, personal information, etc)
USA
Citylink (comprehensive listing of U.S. States and Cities offering
information on travel, tourism and relocation)
The
White House (Take tours of the White House. Learn about past
presidents and their families. Send email to
the President and Vice President.)
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