Searching for US Government Information?

If you've been using Google to search for government information and feel overwhelmed by the results, check out Search.USA.gov. Search.USA.gov is the U.S. government's official search engine. It has over 50 million pages indexed from federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal websites. Search results pull from government websites, images, forms, and recalls to provide you with government information straight from the source. You can also run advanced search queries allowing you to specify what document formats you are searching for, what agency websites you'd like to search (or don't want to search), and what type of government domains are searched.

Congress Trackers

Are you interested in tracking a particular bill via email or mobile app? You can do so using GovTrack.us.

According to its website, GovTrack.us was created to "help the public research and track the activities in the U.S. Congress, promoting and innovating government transparency and civic education through novel uses of technology."

GovTrack.us allows you to set up email alerts called "trackers" to follow the status of bills and member votes for both the Senate and the House of Representatives. You can also track activity by subject area. Click here to set up your trackers.

In addition, GovTrack.us also has apps for iPhone, Android and Facebook.

Concerned about reliability? GovTrack.us feeds directly from THOMAS and official government websites.