If you are looking for information about Federal Government Agenices, the following resources should assist you:

• The United States Government Manual has an online version through GPO Access. Directories from the current year back to 1995 are available.

• The U.S. Government's official web portal FirstGov also provides a directory of government departments and agencies. In addition to links to the Federal Executive, Legislative and Judicial websites, there are also links to State, Local and Tribal websites.

• The U.S. Blue Pages is a website created by the General Services Administration (GSA) that allows you to search by state, city, area code, agency or service, and keyword. Phone numbers and/or website links are provided for each organization. In addition to links to Federal agencies, you can obtain contact information at the local level.

• Another avenue to finding Federal Agencies is the Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government page from the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Library. This site is a list of agency acronyms with links that go directly to the official website for the agency or program listed.

• Duke University also provides access to websites of and brief descriptive information about major agencies of the United States Federal Government through USLinks. The selection of agencies roughly follows those listed in the United States Government Manual. Also included are the standing committees of both legislative bodies of the Congress and selected "Information Clearinghouses" (not included in the Government Manual).