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Government Sites for Children
- White House Kids: This section of the White House site is geared toward young readers (elementary and middle-school age students) and their mentors. White House Kids offers a variety of interesting and practical information, including activities led by various White House pets. There are also links to historical and biographical points of interest and quizzes with self-correcting answer keys. The central theme of the site is reading.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: This site serves as the educational component of GPO Access, the Government Printing Office's service to provide the official online version of legislative and regulatory information. The site's resources teach how the U.S. government works and how to use the primary source materials of GPO Access. Ben's Guide also serves as a locator service for U.S. Government Web sites developed for kids. The site guide is Ben Franklin, chosen because he was the first public librarian in America and had the honorary title "first public printer" of the U.S.
- Federal Information Center
(FIC) Internet site: Established in 1966, the FIC is a single point
of contact for people who have questions about Federal agencies, programs,
and services. The FIC responds to about 2 million calls per year via its
nationwide, toll-free number (1-800-688-9889). Its Web site links to resources
that answer some of the questions most frequently addressed to the FIC.
- Infomine -
Government Resources: The University of California's
collection of links to a wide variety of online government information
can be searched or browsed.
- FedStats: Maintained
by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, this site
provides easy access to a wide range of statistics and information
produced by 70 Federal agencies.
- U.S. Consumer Gateway:
This site compiles consumer information from several different federal
agencies in one place.
- Consumer Information Center:
Contains full text versions of hundreds of federal consumer publications.
- How
to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the Web:
This "how-to" guide, created by librarians at the University of
California, contains suggestions for locating online government
information.
- GPO Access: Provides free electronic access to the official, published version of important information products produced by the Federal Government, such as the Federal Register, the
Congressional Record, and Commerce Business Daily.
- The Federal Depository Library Program Electronic Collection is composed of primary data sources in full text and secondary data sources or finding tools at GPO or at other official sites.