Government/Politics
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50 State Blue Book Guide - - These books are directories to each state's government, with material on topics such as branches of government, departments, and elections.
Analysis of an Electronic Voting System - -
Bill of Rights Institute - - toics include Bill of Rights in the news, First Amendment in history, and landmark Supreme Court cases
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance -
Census - - United States government
Census - Historical U.S. browser - - 1790 to 1960
Center for Public Integrity - Silent Partners - - investigative journalism in the public interest
Congressional Biographical Directory, U.S. - - 1774 to date
Congressional Research Service - CRS - - gateway to comprehensive and reliable legislative research and analysis on many issues
Constitution of the United States - -
Consumer Price Index homepage -
C-Span Video Library - - Archive of C-Span programs since 1987 covering House and Senate floor proceedings
DFL Party - - Olmsted County
Fact Check - - Annenberg Political Fact Check is a nonpartisan, nonprofit project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania - monitors & reports on factual claims being made from Washington D.C.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator - -
Federal Election Commission - -
Federal Register - - daily publication listing public regulations and legal notices issued by federal agencies; online since 1994
FedSpending - - from OMB Watch a free, searchable database of federal government spending
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War - - from the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
GovBenefits - - designed to help citizens find out what government benefits they may be eligible to receive; for the elderly, veterans, low income citizens, students, farmers, parents, disaster victims and more
Government Guide - - enter a zip code or city, state to receive information on government offices in that area
GovLoans - - loan information from five federal government agencies: agriculture, education, housing/urban development, business, veteran's affairs
GovSpot - - guide to government databases
GPO Access Databases - access the Congressional Record, Federal Register, United States Code and other databases
House of Representatives - - United States
Lobbyists/Lobby Filings - - public records from the United States Senate Office of Public Records
Minnesota Coalition on Government Information - -
Minnesota Driver's License Manual - in Spanish - -
Minnesota e-democracy - - non-partisan citizen-based group which provides information about Minnesota elections and politics
Minnesota House of Representatives - - includes a link to Session Weekly - nonpartisan weekly newsmagazine of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - -
Minnesota State Register - - rules, proclamations, orders and appointments of governor, & state grants, loans, contracts
National Association of Counties - - this website publishes and distributes information for, on, and about counties.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - -
North Star - - Minnesota Government Information and Services
Offender Locator - Minnesota Department of Corrections - -
Open Secrets - - tracks campaign candidates & incumbents fundraising
OpenCRS - - harvests Congressional Research Service resports from existing Web collections
Political Information.com - - search engine for politics
Politically Connected - - from the Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Polling Place Finder - - plug in an address to find where to vote in Minnesota - from Secretary of State's Office
Presidential Election 2008 - - many related web pages from Librarians Index to the Internet
Public Records Databases - - over 2,000 free, searchable databases
Public Surplus - - online auction site for government goods - Olmsted County has used this site
Republican National Committee homepage -
Republican Party - - First District - Minnesota
Republican Party of Olmsted County, MN - -
Senate - - United States
Senator Al Franken - - United States Senator from Minnesota
Senator Amy Klobuchar - - United States Senator from Minnesota
State Register and contracts supplement - - for Minnesota
State Representative Andy Welti - - from 30B
State Representative Kim Norton - - from District 29B
State Representative Tina Wiebling - - from District 30A
State Senator Ann Lynch - - District 30
Thomas - - Legislative information on the Internet
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - - USCIS
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - - search patents databases from 1976 to date
U.S. Postal Service homepage - - find current postal rates, zip +4
United Nations - - official site of the UN
United States Government Manual -
University of Michigan - - Document center for all kinds of government publications
USAGov - - your first click to the U.S. government
Virtual Gumshoe - - state and county databases with business/personal records for searching
White House - - Home page
World Factbook - - published by the CIA on countries around the world
Your Views Count - - contact information for local, state and federal officials representing the Rochester area
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