U.S. Government Resources: Information Policy and Technology

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U.S. Government Resources: Science & Technology

e-Government
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/

Official site of the President's expanding electronic initiative.

egov - The Official Web Site of the President's E-Government Initiatives
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/index.html

The egov web site provides information about how the federal government uses improved Internet-based technology to make it easy for citizens and businesses to interact with the government, save taxpayer dollars, and streamline citizen-to-government communications.

eStrategy
http://www.estrategy.gov/flashmain.cfm?action=main

The Office of Electronic Government and Technology, as part of the General Services Administration, provides information and guidelines on Information Technology as a tool for electronic government, which can enhance access to and delivery of information and services to citizens, business partners, employees, agencies, and government entities.

Federal IT Accessibility Initiative
http://www.section508.gov/

Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. Using this web site, Federal employees and the public can access resources for understanding and implementing the requirements of Section 508.

Freedom of Information Act: Electronic Reading Room
http://foia.fbi.gov/room.htm

This page provides FBI documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act that have been scanned from paper copies. Some portions, considered to be top secret, have been blackened out by the FBI.

Government Knowledge Management Portal
http://www.km.gov/

Knowledge Management Working Group was established under the sponsorship of the Enterprise, Interoperability and Emerging Information Technology Committee, as an interagency body to bring the benefits of the government's intellectual assets to all Federal organizations, customers, and partners.

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)
http://www.nclis.gov/

NCLIS is an independent agency of the federal government that advises the executive and legislative branches and other public and private organizations on national library and information policies and plans.

National Technical Information Service, (NTIS)
http://www.ntis.gov/

The NTIS, part of the Department of Commerce, is a central source for U.S. government scientific, technical, and business information. The website provides free access to the NTIS sales catalog of products published since 1990. You can search by title, date, topic, or featured collection such as the environmental collection. The site provides ordering information and links to full text of those publications stored on government websites.

Virtual Reference Shelf
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

Selected web resources compiled by the Library of Congress.