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U.S.
Government Manual
(latest
edition)
As the official handbook of the Federal
Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive
information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and
executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official
agencies, international organizations in which the United States
participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.
Budget of
the U.S. Government (latest
edition)
Issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the Budget of the
United States Government is a collection of documents that contains
the budget message of the President, information about the President's
budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary
publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year.
Code of Federal Regulations
(1997-2004
edition)
Economic Report
of the President
(1995
- 2004 edition)
The Economic Report of the
President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council
of Economic Advisors. It overviews the nation's economic progress
using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic Report of the
President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the
submission of the Budget of the United States Government.
Annual
Defense Report (10 years)
The Annual Report to the President and the
Congress, commonly referred to as the Annual Defense Report, details
how the Department of Defense built its capabilities and is working to
maintain them in the future. In addition to fulfilling a statutory
requirement, specifically U.S.C. Title 10, the Secretary of Defense's
Annual Defense Report is widely distributed and serves as a basic
reference document for those interested in national defense issues and
programs
Annual
Energy Review
(latest
edition)
Statistical
Abstract of the U.S. (latest edition)
The National Data Book contains a
collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the
United States. Selected international data are also included. The
Abstract is also your Guide to Sources of other data from the Census
Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations.
Agricultural
Statistics
(latest
edition)
Agricultural Statistics is published each
year to meet the diverse need for a reliable reference book on
agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and
returns.
Crime in the United States
(latest edition)
Crime in the United States (CIUS) is an
annual publication in which the FBI compiles volume and rate of crime
offenses for the nation, the states, and individual agencies. This
report also includes arrest, clearance, and law enforcement employee
data.
Digest of Education
Statistics
(latest
edition)
The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to
provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad
field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate
school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources,
both government and private, and draws especially on the results of
surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES).
Foreign
Relations of the United States
(1945-1976
)
FRUS from
Wisconsin University Libtext (1863-1958)
U.S.
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U.S. Government on the Net
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THE IRC REFERENCE LINKS
Last Updated: April 5, 2006, compiled by Reference Librarian of IRC Jakarta,
ircjakarta@state.gov
DISCLAIMER
Links noted below have
been provided as a useful source of information on U.S.
foreign policy. Their inclusion does not constitute
official endorsement, nor do the views and opinions
necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Government.
- The
United States and the Protection of Intellectual
Property Rights
- An
Overview of recent data on the U.S. economy (Economic Statistics Briefing Room)
- The Economic Report of the President
(Includes the comprehensive annual
Economic Report of the President (1996-2001), working papers,
and data releases)
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics Data (Data
on U.S. consumer and producer prices and
employment)
- U.S.
International Trade Statistics (U.S. Census
Bureau)
- The
Study of the United States
- FedLaw(hypertext
links to legal Home Pages on the Internet:
federal laws, rules, and regulations; federal
judicial decisions; some state laws; arbitration
and mediation; general research and reference
sources; and professional associations.)
- Access
GPO or The
Superintendent of Documents' Home Page
Access to electronic documents
from the White House and Executive Branch
agencies (includes independent agencies)
- National
Security Council Home Page
Discover fact sheets on a broad
range of issues.
- The
Library of Congress Online Catalog
(database of approximately 12 million records
representing books, serials, computer files,
manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound
recordings and visual materials)
- Oxford Analytica's International Affairs
(compilation of links to a
wide variety of resources ranging from news wires
and newspapers to economic think-tanks to
strategic studies institutes to the official web
pages of governments and international
institutions like the World Bank, OECD, and the
United Nations)
- Today's
Military
This site is dedicated to showing parents and teens how Today's
Military can help them achieve that success.
- Parameter:
U.S. Army War College Quarterly
Parameters is a refereed journal of ideas and issues. It provides
a forum for mature thought on the art and science of land warfare,
joint and combined matters, national and international security
affairs, military strategy, military leadership and management,
military history, ethics, and other topics of significant and
current interest to the US Army and the Department of Defense.
- Joint
Force Quarterly: A Professional Military Journal
Joint Force Quarterly is published for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs
of Staff, by the Institute for National Strategic Studies,
National Defense University, to promote understanding of the
integrated employment of land, sea, air, space, and special
operations forces. The journal focuses on joint doctrine,
coalition warfare, contingency planning, combat operations
conducted by the unified commands, and joint force development.
- RefDesk.com
This site
presents so many facts, links, categories, and options on its
portal-like main page that one gets a little claustrophobic.
Editor Bob Drudge, father of new media reporter Matt of the
eponymous Drudge Report
and a social worker by training, began Refdesk.com
in the same year as IPL, 1995. However, Refdesk.com
is almost maniacally comprehensive with only the tersest of
occasional annotations
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Links
noted below have been provided as a useful source of
information on U.S. foreign policy. Their inclusion does
not constitute official endorsement, nor do the views and
opinions necessarily reflect those of the U.S.
Government.
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