Federal Information / Advocacy Sites
| Resource | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Administration for Children & Families | welfare reform, policy, issues | http://www.acf.dhhs.gov |
| Agency for Health Care Policy and Research | medical incomes, health care data and methods, consumer clinical practice guidelines by conditions | http://www.ahcpr.gov/ |
| Cap Web | members of the Senate and House of Representatives, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. It also lists Committee assignments of members | |
| Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | health statistics and other information from the CDC | http://www.cdc.gov |
| CNN Interactive | current events in the House and Senate | http://www.cnn.com |
| C-Span | House and Senate Floor, as if you were watching C-Span on TV | http://www.c-span.org |
| Congressional Record | free documents, government printing office | http://www.access.gpo.gov |
| Congressional Quarterly | new and information on government and politics, vote watch | http://www.cq.com |
| Department of Agricultural (USDA) | information | http://www.usda.gov |
| Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | health-related material, including, mortality & morbidity statistics | http://www.os.dhhs.gov |
| EBRI | Issue Briefs, Notes, Washington Bulletins, and other publications before the printed issues are mailed | http://www.ebri.org |
| Environmental | information, EPA | http://www.epa.gov |
| Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting(FAIR) | many issues the media doesn't cover | http://www.igc.apc.org/ |
| Federal Election Commission | information | http://www.fec.gov |
| Federal Trade Commission | information about antitrust and consumer protection laws | http://www.ftc.gov |
| FedWorld | links federal government home pages | http://www.fedworld.gov |
| Food & Drug | information from the FDA | http://www.fda.gov |
| Jefferson Project | catalog of political sites on the Web | http://www.voxpop.org/jefferson |
| Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) | financing information and statistics, especially for Medicare and Medicaid | http://www.hcfa.gov |
| Health Resources & Services Administration | information about clinical preventive services | http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov |
| Indian Health Services | information about services | http://www.ihs.gov |
| InterAction | American Council for Voluntary International Action, and 150 non-profit organization coalition members | http://www.interaction.org |
| Search for U.S. Representatives by Zip Code | http://www.interaction.org/ | |
| Legi-Slate | Congressional and regulatory information, updates on bills, and news events on Capitol Hill | http://www.legislate.com |
| Library of Congress | information on US Government, including "Thomas" search engine with legislative information (e.g. bill test, congressional record, etc) | http://lcweb.loc.gov |
| National Archives and Records Administration | records from federal government | http://www.nara.gov |
| Center for Legislative Archives, U.S. Congress records | http://www.nara.gov/nara/legislative | |
| National Institutes of Health(NIH) | information | http://www.nih.gov |
| NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | cancer information and statistics | http://www.nci.nih.gov |
| Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | publicans, including Healthy People 2000 and Guide to Clinical Preventive Services | http://www.odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov |
| Office Minority Health Resource Center | information about minority populations | http//www.omhrc.gov |
| Policy.com | public policy information | http://www.policy.com |
| Policy Newsstand | http://www.policy.com/newstand/nstand_body.html | |
| Politics Now | information on current events in politics and biographical information for Congress members and Governors | http://politicsnow.com |
| President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports | information about promoting physical activity and fitness | http://www.dhhs.gov/ |
| The Progressive Directory | directory of online advocacy resources | http://www.igc.apc.org |
| Roll Call | official Capitol Hill newspaper | http://www.rollcall.com |
| Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) | incidence data and population data for SEER registries and the US population | http://www.seer.ims.nci.nih.gov |
| Thomas (Library of Congress) | legislative resources: text of bills and major legislation congressional committee reports, historical documents | http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/judiciary.html |
| major legislation via Thomas | http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/judiciary.html#toc | |
| US House of Representatives | information, including e-mail address and web sites | http://www.house.gov |
| contact information for the House | http://www.house.gov/ | |
| write your representative | http://www.house.gov/ | |
| US Senate | information, including e-mail addresses, web sites for Senate members | http://www.senate.gov |
| committee information (includes links to jurisdiction) | http://www.senate.gov/ | |
| University of Michigan | index of government health information | http://www.lib.umich.edu/hw/public.health/gov.info.html |
| White House | press releases, briefings, speeches | http://www.whitehouse.gov |
| online health-related resources from the U.S. Government | http://www.whitehouse.gov/ | |
| virtual library | http://library.whitehouse.gov |