General

U.S. Government

http://firstgov.gov/

FirstGov, "your first click to the U.S. Government"

Political Dictionary

http://www.fast-times.com/politicaldictionary.html

The Fast Times Political Dictionary acquaints the reader with terms used by policymakers,

journalists, commentators and analysts, in discussing national and international politics.

News/Political Information 

Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org

Provides information on candidates, elected officials, issues and legislation.

C-SPAN

http://congress.nw.dc.us/c-span

Online version of the cable channel.  Includes congressional directory, a searchable database

of roll call votes from recent Congresses, recent votes, current bills and a national election guide.

Local Government

City of Wauwatosa

http://www.wauwatosa.net

Official site for the city of Wauwatosa which provides information on city departments, the school district and parks.

Wauwatosa City Ordinances

http://ordlink.com/codes/wauwatosa

Online text of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code.

City of Milwaukee

http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/

Official site for the city of Milwaukee with information on elected officials, city departments and services and property information.

Wisconsin

State of Wisconsin Information Server [Badger]

http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/home

A starting point to guide users to the many resources available from Wisconsin State agencies,

departments and other governmental branches.  It also provides links to information resources

at the university of Wisconsin campuses.

Wisconsin State Legislature

http://www.legis.state.wi.us

Homepage for the Wisconsin State legislature.  Information is included on Wisconsin State Assembly Representatives and Senate members, current legislative activities and Wisconsin Law. 

Wisconsin Department of Revenue

http://www.dor.state.wi.us/html/taxforms.html

Contains downloadable Wisconsin State tax forms from current and past years. 

Wisconsin State Statutes

http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html

View the Wisconsin State Statutes. 

State Government

General

States and Capitals

http://www.50states.com

Facts about the states, including lists of famous people from the state. 

State Home Pages

http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html

Provides links to the states' websites. 

Out of State Tax Forms

http://www.taxsites.com/state.html

Provides links where you can obtain other states' tax forms. 

Federal Government 

General/Biographical Information

FirstGov

http://firstgov.gov/

A government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S.

federal government resources.

Congresslink

http://www.congresslink.org

Presented by the Dirksen Congressional Center, a non-profit, nonpartisan research and

educational organization provided to learn about Congress, how it works, its Constitutional

underpinnings, its leaders and members and the public policies it produces.

Uncle Sam - Who's who in the Federal Government

http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/whos.html

Biographical directory

Congressional Biographical Directory

http://bioguide.congress.gov/

Searchable database of members of the United States Congress from 1774 - present.  Entries

may be searched by name, state or position.

Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/

Results of the Census of the United States.

Economy at a Glance

http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm

A quick chart of major statistics tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Forms

Internal Revenue Service

http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html

Contains downloadable Federal tax forms, publications and instructions.

U.S. Copyright Office

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright

Find out copyright basics and download forms.

Uncle Sam - Forms from the Feds

http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/forms.html

Contains downloadable forms.  Comprises those forms most asked for by the public, including

copyright, IRS and passport application forms.

Legislative Branch

U.S. Senate

http://www.senate.gov/

U.S. House of Representatives

http://www.house.gov/

Thomas - U.S. Congress on the Internet

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html

Provides legislative information , including summary, status and text of bills, text of Congressional Record, Public Laws and Committee Reports.

Executive Branch

The White House: Your Government

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The White House homepage provides history, news and background information on the U.S. Presidency, the current cabinet and links to executive, legislative and judicial sites.

POTUS : Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus

Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events and some points of interest on each of the presidents.  Includes links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites.

Federal Register - List of Executive orders

http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html

Contains information about, but not the text of, executive orders beginning with those signed

by President Eisenhower.

Judicial Branch

Supreme Court of the United States

http://www.supremecourtus.gov

Contains information about the Justices of the Supreme Court, court dockets, rules.

Supreme Court Decisions

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct