U.S. Federal Government -- Departments, Agencies, Programs

You can search the contents of these and other government agency Web sites by using USA.Gov.

These sites listed below are some of the most commonly-used. More complete listings are here.

Agriculture Department

Appalachian Regional Commission

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Broadcasting Board of Governors

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Census Bureau

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Civil Rights Commission 

Climate Change Science Program

Commerce Department

Commission on National Security

Commodity Futures Trading Comission

Congress

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Corporation for National and Community Service

Council of Economic Advisors

Customs and Border Protection

Defense Department

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Director of National Intelligence

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Economic Research Service

Education Department

Electoral College

Energy Department

Energy Information Administration

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

ExpectMore.gov

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Federal Election Commission (FEC)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (ChildStats.gov)

Federal Judiciary

Federal Reserve System

Additional links:  Federal Reserve Districts and Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Federal Voting Assistance Program

FedWorld

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

General Accountancy Office

General Services Administration

Geological Survey

Global Health

Government Ethics, Office of

Government Printing Office (GPO) / GPO Access.

Grants.gov

Health and Human Services Department

Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention

Homeland Security Department

House of Representatives  (See Congress.)

Housing and Urban Development Department

Information Security Oversight Office  (See also unofficial Federation of American Scientists site.)

Interior Department

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

International Broadcasting Bureau

International Trade Administration

International Trade Commission (ITC)

Justice Department

Labor Department

Library of Congress

Medicare

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Archives

National Cancer Institute

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

National Center for Health Statistics

National Climatic Data Center

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

National Counterintelligence Executive

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

National Defense University

National Do Not Call Registry

National Drug Control Policy, Office of

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

National Forest Service

National Institute of Justice

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Park Service

National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Security Agency (NSA)

National Security Council (NSC)

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Peace Corps

Personnel Management, Office of

Postal Service

President  (Current White House Web site. An archive of previous White House site(s) is here.)

Presidential Libraries

President's Council on Bioethics

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Senate   See Congress.

Small Business Administration

Smithsonian Institution

Social Security Administration

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

State Department

Supreme Court

Surgeon General

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Trade Representative

Transportation Department

Treasury Department

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission