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http://www.gao.gov
The General Accounting Office exists to support the Congress in meeting its Constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the American people.

http://www.state.gov
Each federal agency has its own Web page. These are the ones for the White House, the General Accounting Office, and the Department of State.

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/index.htm
Review tables that reveal the composition of the federal workforce, demographics, occupation, pay, and many other facts.

http://www.fedstats.gov/
Federal agencies collect many statistics about the American population, the economy, housing, employment, and many other areas of life. This Web site provides a guide to finding and using those statistics, whether they involve the mean household income of American families or last year’s export trade data.

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
At this site, you can see what jobs are open in the federal government and make an online application.

http://www.npr.gov
The goal of the National Performance Review (NPR) is to "reinvent" the federal government—that is, transform it into a government that "works better and costs less."

http://www.gsa.gov/
Learn more about the mission of the General Services Administration (GSA) and its role in managing the federal bureaucracy.

http://www.fedworld.gov/
Federal World is a government site that contains links to numerous federal agencies and government information.

http://www.doc.gov/
If you want to get an idea of what federal agencies are putting on the Web, you can go to the Department of Commerce’s Web site.

http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/fedfld.html
The Federal Register, is the official publication for executive branch documents, including the orders, notices, and rules of all federal administrative agencies.

http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/catalog/govman.html

The United States Government Manual contains information on the functions, organization, and administrators of every federal department. You can now access the most recent edition of the manual online.

http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl
The Federal Web Locator is an excellent site to access if you want to find information on the bureaucracy.

http://www.louisville.edu/library/ekstrom/govpubs/federal/plum.html
"The Plum Book," which lists the bureaucratic positions that can be filled by presidential appointment, is online.

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/phone.htm
Find telephone numbers for government agencies and personnel.