Government Sources

This page has links to Web sites with current governmental information as well as a highly useful print source will current information on issues. These sources are recommended; nevertheless, be sure to evaluate what you find using How to Evaluate a Web Page as your guide.

State of Colorado

• Colorado Home Page See also Quick Guide to Colorado Government Statistical Information
  • General Assembly
  • Colorado State Judicial Branch includes Water Courts
• Colorado Demography Section (Must use Internet Explorer to view.)
  
• Larimer County--Virtual Courthouse
• Compass of Larimer County (data about social, economic and environmental issues)
• Hot Topics in Larimer County
  • Policies and Ordinances
  • Department of Health and the Environment Food Inspection Reporting System. Gives sanitation ratings for food establishments (restaurants/other food services) in Larimer County (including Fort Collins, Loveland, etc.).
    
• City of Fort Collins

National

• Whitehouse. United States President's home.
  Site has information on U.S. Presidents, White House facts, first families, first ladies, and more. Focus is on current administration. Major issues arranged by topic. Can search the site via search box.

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Self-indexed. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush years online.
  AE 2.109 Government Documents Reference (current)

• Public Papers of the President. Recent years (1991- ) online.
  AE 2.114 Government Documents

• CQ Weekly (formally Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report) online.
  

• MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  HE 20 7009 [ff] Government Documents Reference (current)
  

• National Center for Health Statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• U.S. Treasury Department -- Public Debt to the penny
  
• U.S. Department of Energy
  
• U.S. Census Bureau
  

• The World Factbook.(Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]) gives information about countries worldwide.

States--United States of America

• State and Local Government on the Net Piper Resources.
  • Links to state (including departments), city, and county levels of government.
    
• WashLAW Web. Washburn University School of Law.
  • Links to Circuit Courts and more. State links are to legal and legislative information.

Looking for U.S. History? See United States of America (History).

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