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Federal Executive Branch Laws

Federal executive resources contain the laws issued by the executive branch of the U.S. government. Also known as "administrative law," these laws include regulations, administrative decisions, executive orders, reports, directives and a wide assortment of guidance documents from administrative agencies.

Primary Sources & Indexes

• Primary Sources of Executive Branch
  • Code of Federal Regulations
    (Web access to full code - equivalent to current print version - official text - from Government Printing Office)
  • eCFR - Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
    (Full code - very current, updated text - considered a "beta test" site, but generally very reliable - from Government Printing Office)
  • Federal Administrative Decisions and other Actions
  • Federal Register
    (1994 to present - official text - via GPO Access)
  • GPO Access
    (Full-text access to numerous government publications, including Budget, Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports)
    
• Indexes and Locators for Executive Branch Personnel and Information
  
  • Federal Yellow Book, available online through the Leadership Library on the Internet [GULC only]
  • USA.gov
    (Index to federal government websites)
  • Link to Top Goverment Web Sites (Fedworld.gov)
  • GPO Access Online Resources: A-Z Resource List

White House and Cabinet Departments

• White House

• Agriculture Department
• Commerce Department
• Defense Department
• Education Department
• Energy Department
• Health and Human Services Department
• Housing and Urban Development Department
• Homeland Security Department
• Interior Department
• Justice Department
• Labor Department
• State Department
• Transportation Department
• Treasury Department
• Veterans Affairs Department

The Washington Information Directory provides contact information for federal agencies (as well as state officials) including names, phone numbers, fax numbers, addresses. Available in print at F192.3. W33.

Sub-Cabinet Agencies

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives - ATF (Treasury Dept.)
• Bureau of Economic Analysis - BEA (Commerce Dept.)
• Bureau of Industry and Security (Commerce Dept.)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs - BIA (Interior Dept.)
• Bureau of Justice Statistics - BJS (Justice Dept.)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - BLS (Labor Dept.)
• Bureau of Land Management - BLM (Interior Dept.)
• Census Bureau (Commerce Dept.)
• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (HHS Dept.)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC (HHS Dept.)
• Coast Guard (Homeland Security Dept.)
• Comptroller of the Currency (Treasury Dept.)
• Customs and Border Protection (Homeland Security Dept.)
• Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA (Justice Dept.)
• Federal Aviation Administration - FAA (Transportation Dept.)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI (Justice Dept.)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation - TRAC FBI Website (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - FERC (Energy Dept.)
• Fish and Wildlife Service - FWS (Interior Dept.)
• Food and Drug Administration - FDA (HHS Dept.)
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) (Homeland Security)
• Internal Revenue Service - IRS (Treasury Dept.)
• Mine Safety and Health Administration - MSHA (Labor Dept.)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NHTSA (Transportation Dept.)
• National Institutes of Health - NIH (HHS Dept.)
• National Park Service (Interior Dept.)
• National Technical Information Service - NTIS (Commerce Dept.)
• National Telecommunications & Information Administration - NTIA (Commerce Dept.)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA (Labor Dept.)
• Office of Thrift Supervision - OTS (Treasury Dept.)
• Patent and Trademark Office - PTO (Commerce Dept.)

Other Agencies and Services

• Agency for International Development - USAID
• Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - ACDA
• Central Intelligence Agency - CIA
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission - CFTC
• Consumer Product Safety Commision - CPSC
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• EDGAR (SEC electronic filings)
• Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - EEOC
• Export-Import Bank of the U. S. - Ex-Im Bank
• Federal Citizen Information Center - FCIC
• Federal Communications Commission - FCC
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - FDIC
• Federal Election Commision - FEC
• Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA
• Federal Labor Relations Authority - FLRA
• Federal Maritime Commission - FMC
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
• Federal Reserve System - Board of Governors
• Federal Trade Commission - FTC
• FEDSTAT: Federal Statistics (The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics produced by Federal agencies for public use)
• General Accounting Office - GAO
• General Services Administration - GSA
• IGnet: Inspector General Network
• International Trade Commision - ITC
• Legal Services Corporation
• Merit Systems Protection Board - MSBP
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA
• National Archives and Records Administration - NARA
• National Capital Planning Commission - NCPC
• National Credit Union Administration - NCUA
• National Labor Relations Board - NLRB
• National Mediation Board - NMB
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
• National Science Foundation - NSF
• National Security Agency - NSA
• National Security Council - NSC
• National Transportation Safety Board - NTSB
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NRC
• Office of Government Ethics - OGE
• Office of Management and Budget - OMB
• Office of Personnel Management - OPM (bulletin board system)
• Office of Special Counsel - OSC
• Peace Corps
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - PBGC
• Postal Rate Commission - PRC
• Railroad Retirement Board
• Securities and Exchange Commission - SEC
• Selective Service System - SSS
• Small Business Administration - SBA
• Social Security Administration - SSA
• Tennessee Valley Authority - TVA
• Trade and Development Agency - TDA
• U. S. Commission on Civil Rights - USCCR
• U. S. Postal Service - USPS
• U. S. Trade Representative - USTR

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