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American Community Survey "The American Community Survey (ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation."
American Fact Finder Guided and advanced search options to find data on demographics, economic characteristics, and more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics "The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision making."
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications "The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general keywords, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options. "
CIA World Factbook "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."
Congress.gov The official website for legislative information at the federal level, searchable by legislation (past and current), members, Congressional Record, committees, and more
Congressional Budget Office The CBO provides "independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process. Each year, the agency’s economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation."
Data.gov "Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more."
FDSYS: Federal Digital System Website provides access to a searchable compendium of federal government information
govinfo "A service of GPO to provide free public access to the full text of official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government"
GPO - U.S. Government Publishing Office "Keeping America Informed as the official, digital, and secure source for producing, preserving, and distributing official Federal Government publications and information products for Congress, Federal agencies, and the American public."
National Technical Information Service "The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) helps federal agencies make better decisions about data, with data. "
U.S. Census Bureau "The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy."
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office "The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks." Website provides information about patents and trademarks as well as a search engine for existing and pending trademarks and patents.
USA.gov "USA.gov is your online guide to government information and services."

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