Government Reference

State of Florida Sites

• MyFlorida.com Official portal of the state of Florida
  • MyFlorida.com: Government
  • 411 DIRECT is your directory for State of Florida telephone numbers and information.
    
• Department of Education
• Florida Emergency Management
• Family Services
• Florida State Courts
• Governor's Site
• Jobs Direct and Job Search for State of Florida jobs (requires registration)
• Juvenile Justice
• Kid Care Insurance
• Online Sunshine: The Official Internet site of the Florida Legislature
  • Online Sunshine for Kids: Good source for state history projects.
  • Sunshine Jr. for younger children

United States Government

• First Gov: USA.gov: U.S. government official web portal
  • A-Z Index of federal government agencies

• CongressLink: The Dirksen Congressional Center, a non-profit, nonpartisan research and educational organization, designed the site as a service for teachers of American government, history, and civics.
• Federal Citizen Information Center: This service is provided by the Federal Citizen Information Center

  of the U.S. General Services Administration.

• Federal Register: the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
• Federal Statistics Gateway for statistics from over 100 federal agencies.  Census statistics.
• Government documents and Law Center: Maintained by the University of Michigan --a central reference and referral point for local, state, federal, foreign or international government information--government, political science, statistical data, and news.

• Government Printing Office: GPO Access search page. The Guide to U.S. Government Information is a topical index to the GPO Pathway for government Internet sites.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
• Thomas: Legislative Information On-Line: A service of the Library of Congress. Find bills, laws, voting records.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook and Dictionary of Occupational Titles Index: current occupational information at O-Net

International Government Information

• CIA World FactBook : The National Intelligence Survey provides the essential elements of basic intelligence on all areas of the world. The Factbook was created as an annual summary and update to the encyclopedia NIS studies.
• CIA Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
• InfoNation is a two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. In this first menu, you can select up to seven countries. Then, you can proceed to the data menu where you will be able to select statistics and other data fields for comparisons.
• Library of Congress Global Gateway World Culture and Resources  
• The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources -- annotated links in a range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics.

July 2011