U.S. Regulations and Other Agency Resources
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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
Do a quick search of the entire current CFR from the CFR main page, click on "Browse and/or search the CFR" to search or browse one or more CFR titles for a given year back to 1997, or click on "Retrieve by CFR Citation" if you know the title, part, and section number or subpart letter.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Code of Federal Regulations at LII
http://cfr.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
Besides retrieving regulations by citation or by browsing a hierarchical table of contents, at this site you can search an index of all section headings. The advantage of the section heading search is that it retrieves sections in context, and you not only get sections whose headings contain your search terms but also those related sections in the same Part of the CFR.
Publisher: Cornell's Legal Information Institute.
The Federal Register (FR)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Search the Federal Register to find regulations issued since a CFR Title was published. From the main FR page you can do a quick search of the current year's FR or use the advanced search to search by fields, such as section (rules, proposed rules, notices, et cetera) and issue date. You can also search previous issues of the FR from 1994 forward.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Federal Register
http://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=fedreg
Federal Register, vols. 1–70, 1936–2005.
Publisher: HeinOnline.
List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/lsa/index.html
The LSA lists proposed, new, and amended federal regulations that have been published in the FR since the most recent revision date of a CFR title. Do a quick search of the current year's LSA from the main LSA page or click to browse the List of CFR Parts Affected Today, Current month's List of CFR Parts Affected, and Last Month's List of CFR Parts Affected.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Steps In Using the Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.law.siu.edu/lawlib/guides/CFRsteps.pdf
Handout prepared by Frank Houdek for use in Lawyering Skills II.
Comparing the Publication of Federal Statutes and Regulations
http://www.law.siu.edu/lawlib/guides/StatutesRegsCompared.pdf
Handout prepared by Frank Houdek for use in Lawyering Skills II.
Administrative Decisions & Other Actions - by Agency
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html
Administrative Decisions & Other Actions - by Subject
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_subject.html
Links to administrative actions outside the scope of the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
Publisher: University of Virginia Library. Government Information Resources.
Executive Branch Resources
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html
Includes Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, executive orders and other presidential documents, agency reports, etc., U.S. Government Manual, Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Federal Agency Directory: Executive
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/Executive/
Links to Executive agencies and councils, offices and boards in the Executive Office of the President. Browse hierarchical categories or search by agency keyword (but not by subject).
Publisher: Louisiana State University Libraries.
Federal Executive Branch on USA.gov
http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive.shtml
U.S. Government's Official web portal. Links to executive office of the President; executive departments and their agencies; independent agencies and government corporations; boards, commissions, and committees, quasi-official agencies.
Publisher: U.S. General Services Administration.
Federal Government Resources - Executive Branch
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedexec.html or
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/frames/fedexfr.html
Federal Government Resources - Laws and Regulations
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedlaws.html#regs
Part of the Documents Center's central reference and referral point for government information, including local, state, federal, foreign, and international, these pages provides links to federal regulations and executive branch agency directories and websites.
Publisher: University of Michigan Library. Documents Center.
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Provides access to official statistics collected and published by more than 100 federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them. Direct links to statistics through Topic links A-Z, MapStats, Statistics by geography from U.S. agencies, and the Statistical reference shelf. Links to statistical agencies through Agencies listed alphabetically, Agencies by subject, Press releases, and Data access tools.
Official US Executive Branch Web Sites
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html
"With the time we have available, it is not possible to keep this page totally comprehensive. Agencies are often included because they requested to be listed."
Publisher: Library of Congress.
U.S. Blue Pages
http://www.usbluepages.gov/
Multi-agency effort that establishes a standard, easy-to-use format for acquiring key federal telephone listings. Offers search capabilities to find phone numbers by key words, city, and state; also has quick links to the most frequently requested federal sites.
Publisher: U.S. General Services Administration.
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