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Federal Government
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- General Services Administration
- "Friendly one-stop shopping for government information with a
powerful search engine and a fine directory."
- Includes directories of federal forms, laws & regulations, &
phone numbers
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- Government Printing Office
- First government portal to make available information across all of
the federal government's branches & activities
- Includes section for kids called Ben's Guide to U.S. Governemnt for
Kids that is divided into four layers based on grade level
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- Official gateway to statistics gathered from more than 100 federal
agencies
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- 2000 Census
- Source for population, housing, economic & geographic data
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- Main gateway to almost all information related to legislation
- Main purpose is to find bills that are proposed for adoption into
law
- Does NOT collect member's voting record on legislation
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- Information on your political leaders (biographies, campaign
finances, issue positions, special interest groups & voting
records)
- President, Congress, Governors, State offices, Local offices
- Congress Track & Issue Briefs
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- Offers user-friendly explanations of how U.S. national elections
work and are financed
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- Best site to find campaign finance data on individual candidates
from past national elections and the funding status of candidates
seeking office
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- Social Security Administration
-- official government information about Social Security & offers
online responses to personal questions
- AARP Social
Security Center -- Answers to questions to ask before
retirement or initiating Social Security payments; provides the best
retirement calculator
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State Government
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- Official Wyoming government site
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- Official gateway to statistics gathered from more than 100 federal
agencies
- Includes summaries of commonly asked for state statistics
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- From Wyoming's Economic Analysis Division
- Census 2000 data on population and household, social, economic, and housing characteristics.
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- Information on your political leaders (biographies, campaign
finances, issue positions, special interest groups & voting
records)
- President, Congress, Governors, State offices, Local offices
- Congress Track & Issue Briefs
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| Local
Government Information |
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- Information on your political leaders (biographies, campaign
finances, issue positions, special interest groups & voting
records)
- President, Congress, Governors, State offices, Local offices
- Congress Track & Issue Briefs
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