Government Information: Directories and Manuals

• Federal Telephone Directories a page of links provided by USAServices
• GovEngine.com Federal Directory provides links to the three branches of government (executive, federal and judicial).
• Government Agencies Directory from Louisiana State University (by Agency)
• Public Records resources for finding public records on State and Federal level.
• U.S. Government Manual
• USA.gov provides a keyword search of government sites, a directory of government information by topic, and a directory of government web sites arranged by the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial).

• Congress.org provides a congressional and agency directories.
• Congressional Directory 105th to the present. Includes brief biographical sketches, committee assignments and other information for each member of Congress. In addition, the directory contains maps of congressional districts by state, a directory of federal agencies, and other useful information.
• Congressional Pictorial Directory- 105th Congress, 106th Congress, 107th Congress and 108th Congress in .pdf format.
• CQ Washington Information Directory CU A guide to government information from CQ press.
• Public Records resources for finding public records on State and Federal level.

• Find a county This service, from the National Association of Counties provides directory and some statistical information on counties in the United States.
• GovEngine.com allows you to browse local and state links arranged by state.
• Information about all States provides additional links to state and local information.
• Public Records resources for finding public records on State and Federal level.
• State and Local Government on the Net includes links to the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, Executive Branch, Boards and Commissions, Regional, Counties, and City web sites by state.
• State Profiles from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers provides links to the web sites of all fifty states by department or function.

• GEOnet Names Server (GNS) access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN.
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names a browsable, searchable thesaurus of 1,000,000 names representing 900,000 places worldwide.
• USGS Geographic Names Information System contains information for almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States and its territories. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the data base is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is our Nation's official repository of domestic geographic names information. You can use this Search form to search.