Congressional information sources

  1. GPO Access. Best single official source for federal government and Congressional information maintained by the U.S. Government Printing Office. http://www.access.gpo.gov/

  2. THOMAS. Useful official Congressional source from the Library of Congress. http://thomas.loc.gov/

  3. Library of Congress U.S. Legislative Branch web page. Collection of legislative branch materials. http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html#legbranch

  4. House of Representatives home page. http://www.house.gov/

  5. Senate Web server. http://www.senate.gov/

  6. FECInfo. Best source of federal campaign finance data. http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/

  7. Roll Call Online. Online version of the best insider source on the Congress. http://www.rollcall.com/

  8. Vote Smart Web. Excellent collection of materials about the Congress and the federal government maintained by Project Vote Smart. http://www.vote-smart.org/

  9. Center for Responsive Politics. Site includes an abundance of useful data about financing of Congressional elections. http://www.crp.org/

  10. Citizens Guide to Congress

  11. CQ's American Voter 96. Much useful Congressional material from Congressional Quarterly. http://voter96.cqalert.com/

  12. Politics Now. Online versions of reportage from many mainstream outlets. http://www.politicsnow.com/

  13. FEC official site. Official Federal Elections Commission site. http://www.fec.gov/

    Following are recommended sources about access to federal government information via the Internet:

  14. Taxpayer Assets Project (TAP). TAP produces excellent materials on public access to government information. http://www.essential.org/tap/. TAP also distributes briefings on a listserve.

  15. GovAccess. Jim Warren produces excellent notes about access to government information and other matters. gopher://path.net:8102/

  16. Hotwired. Washington DC Hotwired columnist Brock Meeks has written many thoughtful columns about government information and the Internet. http://www.muckraker.com/muckraker/archive/ http://www.netizen.com/netizen/archive/

  17. The Hill on the Net. Senate staffer Chris Casey distributes a newsletter about online developments on Capitol Hill. http://www.cais.com/casey/hill/

  18. NetAction. Audrie Krause prepares useful briefings called NetAction Notes about access to government information and other matters. http://www.netaction.org