Federal/Local/State Government Links - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

kentucky.gov
Kentucky.gov is the official state government website for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Governor's Office for Local Government
Provides services and technical assistance to local governments within the Commonwealth. The department offers assistance in obtaining federal and state monies for the funding of various projects. These projects provide for construction and improvement of low-income housing, recreational facilities, public facilities and economic development.

KACo
KACo is dedicated to serving all Kentucky counties by providing the highest quality programs/services and advocating legislative solutions. Source: Kentucky Association of Counties

Kentucky League of Cities (KLC)
The Kentucky League of Cities helps communities by furthering quality governance and helping implement programs to meet the growing needs of their residents.

FirstGov Government-to-Government
Provides resources for state and local government employees. Source: Federal Citizen Information Center, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, U.S. General Services Administration

MapStats
Offers profiles for states, counties, federal judicial districts, or congressional districts. Source: cooperative project of over 80 U. S. federal government agencies

NACO
NACO is the National Association of Counties. Users can locate information on counties as well as other useful information on issues and legislative actions.

State and Local Government Information
Provides a listing of links to both state and local government websites and affiliated organizations. Source: Library of Congress

Gov.Spot State
Provides links to state profiles. Each profile contains information on the state government organization, links to the state government home web page, and links to major newspapers in the state. Source: StartSpot Mediaworks

State and Local Government on the Net
Provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments. Source: Piper Resources

City Governments
Provides access to websites of city government websites. Also has links to county and state government locations. Source: NewsDirectory.com

Federal Government: General Information

FirstGov
FirstGov is the official U.S. gateway to all government information. It has a powerful search engine and ever-growing collection of topical and customer-focused links to millions of web pages–from the federal government, local and tribal governments and to foreign nations around the world. Source: Federal Citizen Information Center,
Office of Citizen Services and Communications, U.S. General Services Administration

First Gov for Consumers
First Gov for Consumers is a "one-stop" link to a broad range of federal information resources available online. This website links to documents located on websites maintained by various federal agencies or other organizations. Source: cooperative project of several U.S. government agencies

Federal Web Locator
Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web. Source: the Downtown Campus Library at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Browse Government Resources
Provides links to Internet resources for general government information, U. S. federal government, U. S. state government information, U. S. politics, and international information. Source: Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress

U. S. Senate
U.S. Senate is the official website for the Senate. It includes contact information for the Senators, list of committees, meeting schedules, and other historical and interesting information about the Senate. Source: Secretary of the Senate

House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the official website for the House. It includes members contact information, list of committees, meeting schedules, and other historical and education information about the House. Source: U. S. House of Representatives

Thomas Jefferson Legislative Information
Makes federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public. Source: Library of Congress

GPO Access
GPO Access is a service of the U. S. Government Printing Office which disseminates official information from all three branches of the federal government.

FedNet
FedNet is a privately held news service with a clear mission to improve the access to the United States government and its proceeding. FedNet provides news production services and real-time, live webcasts of Congressional hearings, floor debates, White House briefings, regulatory hearings, and press conferences. Source: Federal Network, Inc.

Congress.Org
Allows users to identify and contact elected leaders in Congress, the White House, and state legislatures. Source: Capitol Advantage

White House
White House is the official home page of the White House. It includes links to articles, federal services, current news events and activities for kids.

Executive Branch Web Sites
Provides links to executive branch agencies, independent agencies, and boards, commissions, and committees. Source: Library of Congress

U. S. Courts
Provides links to the Supreme Court, U. S. Court of Appeals, and U. S. District Courst. Source: Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts

United Nations
United Nations is the official website. It includes an Official Web Site Locator for the U. N. which links to the various United Nations funds, programs, and specialized agencies.

Country Studies
Contains the online versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. The original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed. At present, 102 countries and regions are covered. The date of information for each country appears on the title page of each country and at the end of each section of text. Source: Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress

Documents Center
Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Source: University of Michigan

International Governmental Organizations
Links to some of the more comprehensive International Government Organization (IGO) web directories and research guides. These sites distinguish themselves through their comprehensiveness, organization, and links to important sections of IGO pages. Source: Doe/Moffitt Libraries, University of California at Berkeley.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Source: U. S. Department of Labor

Fedstats
Offers a full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Source: cooperative project for various U. S. federal government agencies

US Census Bureau
Provides census information in the areas of people, business, and geography. Source: U. S. Department of Commerce

Business & Economics Numeric Data Source: North Hall Library, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania