Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Contracting with the Federal Government

Jobs with the Federal Government

Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource

Starting and Running a Business

Statistics and Census Data

American FactFinder, from the U.S. Census Bureau

FedStats
Gateway site for finding statistics from more than 100 agencies.

Historic Census Data, 1790-2000

Mapping America: Census Bureau's 2006-2009 American Community Survey
A tool created by NYTimes.com for a quick overview of any census tract in the U.S.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

USA Trade Online
This site is only accessible at the Main Library and requires a password. Please ask a librarian for assistance.

Citizenship

United States Citizenship Resources
Guides and exams in English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Russian.

Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks

Copyright Forms

Patent and Trademark Center

Patents and Trademarks

Environment

Environmental Facts and Issues

Government Transparency

Data.gov

USASpending.gov

Sunlight Foundation
Government Accountability.

Laws & Lawmakers

American Presidency Project
A project of the University of California Santa Barbara, this collection contains papers and messages of the presidents in print and audio files, from George Washington to the present.  Includes Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Fireside chats and radio addresses from Ronald Reagan to President Obama.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
Part of the Library of Congress’ American Memory Project, this database is organized by topic and covers the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Conventions; Statutes and Documents; Journals of Congress; and Debates of Congress.

Code of Federal Regulations

Congressional Legislation
Bill summaries from 1973- , full text from 1989-.

Congressional Record
1994-, Library has older records on microfiche. Ask a librarian.

Federal Register: 1994-present
Federal Register: Pre-1994 (site continuously updated)
Regulations and agency announcements.

Oyez Project
This multimedia archive, a project of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, is dedicated to the U.S. Supreme Court and includes cases from 1792 to the present.  It contains all audio recorded in the Court since October 1955 and offers a virtual tour of the Supreme Court

The President of the United States

Public Laws
1995-.

United States Code
Laws.

Who Represents Oakland in Federal Government
From the League of Women Voters.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

Federal Publications for Sale, by Subject

Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents in American History

Primary Documents from the Library of Congress

Outdoors in the U.S.

International Travel