About the U.S. Government

Biographies of Government Officials

Constitution of the United States of America

• English version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/consteng.htm

• Spanish version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/constes.htm

• French version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/constfr.htm

American National Government: An Overview
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/reports/ang.pdf

Comprehensive Assessment of Public Information Dissemination June 2000 - March 2001
Independent U.S. government organization completes a broad assessment of the underlying issues involving public dissemination of government information.
http://www.nclis.gov/govt/assess/assess.html

Outline of U.S. Government
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/outusgov/

How Our Laws Are Made
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html

A Brief Introduction to the Federal Budget Process
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/govworks/budget.htm

The Annual Budget Process
http://www.house.gov/rules_bud /annual.htm

Democracy and Defense: Civilian Control of the Military in the United States
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/demdef/toc.htm

The Freedom Papers
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/freedom/homepage.htm

Our American Government, 1993 edition
House Document 102-192, U.S. GPO: 1993
http://www.unclefed.com/TaxMatters/OurAmGovt.html

Transparency in Government
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/transgov/

U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/dsc/readyref.html

The United States Government Manual 2000/2001
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/browse-gm-00.html

We The People: the Structure of the U.S. Government
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/rights/structur/main2.htm