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The Oakland Public Library is a partial depository for California and United States government documents. We house more than 200,000 government publications, most of them available to check out. See also the library's links to Government Forms.

Federal Sites

Oakland Public Library Government Documents Catalog
http://www.auto-graphics.com/cgipac/mmx/okpl

USA.gov: Federal Government Search Engine
http://www.usa.gov/

GobiernoUSA.gov: Información sobre el gobierno de los Estados Unidos
http://www.GobiernoUSA.gov/

Subject Guide to Federal Web Sites
http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/browsetopics/

Federal Income Tax Forms and Publications
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html

IRS Tax Information for Small Businesses and the Self-Employed
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents in American History
http://ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=false&

Core Documents for Kids - Ben's Guide
http://bensguide.gpo.gov

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov

The President of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov

The President’s Cabinet
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html

Congress: Congressional Record
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html

Congress: Legislation
http://thomas.loc.gov

Public Laws (1995- )
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html

United States Code (laws)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

Federal Register (regulations and agency announcements)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Congressional Bills
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/index.html

Code of Federal Regulations (regulations codified)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://www.cfda.gov

Contracting with the Federal Government
http://www.fedbizopps.gov/

Immigration and Citizenship Forms
http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm

Passport Applications and Forms
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

Federal Student Financial Aid
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
http://catalog.gpo.gov/F

Federal Publications for Sale, by Subject
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/subjects/index.jsp

League of Women Voters: Who Represents Oakland in Federal Government
http://www.lwvoakland.org/Who_Represents_Oakland.html#United%20States

State of California Sites

State of California Home Page
http://www.ca.gov

California State Income Tax Forms and Publications
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/index.html

California State Telephone Directory
http://www.cold.ca.gov

California Demographics
http://www.dof.ca.gov/Research/Research.php

California Statistical Abstract
http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/stat-abs/sa_home.htm

CalJOBS from the Employment Development Department
http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/

LaborMarketInfo (hot jobs by region, average salaries by job and more)
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

California Economic Indicators
http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/fs_data/indicatr/ei_home.htm

California State Contracts Register
http://www.cscr.dgs.ca.gov/cscr/

California Administrative Code (regulations)
http://ccr.oal.ca.gov

California Codes (laws)
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html

California Courts Self-Help Center
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/

California Legal Forms
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/forms

California Legislature: Bills
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html

California School Directory (public and private schools listed by school type)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd

California Student Aid Commission
http://www.csac.ca.gov/

California State Legislature
Assembly http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/defaulttext.asp
Senate http://www.senate.ca.gov/

California Governor
http://www.governor.ca.gov/

California State Budget
http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/BUD_DOCS/Bud_link.htm

League of Women Voters: Who Represents Oakland in State Government
http://www.lwvoakland.org/Who_Represents_Oakland.html#California

California State Library Catalog
http://www.lib.state.ca.us/

City of Oakland

City of Oakland Home Page
http://www.oaklandnet.com

Oakland Municipal Code
http://bpc.iserver.net/codes/oakland/

Oakland Building Permit Information
http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/ceda/revised/build_ser/buperinf.htm

Oakland Public Schools STAR Test Reports
http://star.cde.ca.gov/star2007/Viewreport.asp

League of Women Voters: Who Represents Oakland in City Government
http://www.lwvoakland.org/Who_Represents_Oakland.html#Oakland

Alameda County

Alameda County Home Page
http://www.acgov.org/index.htm

Alameda County Ordinances
http://www.acgov.org/admin/admincode/index.htm

Forms from the Clerk-Recorder's Office (requests for birth certificates, business licenses, etc.)
http://www.acgov.org/auditor/clerk/