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CIA
Central Intelligence Agency. A good site for information on countries
from around the world right down to GDP and number of political
parties.
Counterterrorism Intelligence Capabilities and Performance Prior to
9-11
House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
Department of Commerce
As the banner states, the Department of Commerce has a "broad range of
responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative
technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring
economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority
entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship".
On-line access to the budget, important calendar of events, and links
to individual commerce departments.
Department of Energy
The mission of the Department of Energy is to provide technical
information and a scientific and educational foundation for
technology, policy, and institutional leadership necessary to achieve
efficiency in energy use, diversity in energy sources, a more
productive and competitive economy, improved environmental quality,
and a secure national defense. Includes links to D o E news and hot
topics as well as a searchable database.
Department of Defense
Department of
Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Home of the FBI. Links to various D o J organizations, issues and news.
Department
of State
Excellent site with access to current policy, press briefings and
statements, "Dispatch Magazine", and the organizational structure
complete with phone numbers. Too many areas to cover here but well
worth a look.
Digital
National Security Archive
The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive
collection of primary documents available. The database contains more
than 35,000 of the most important, declassified documents that led to
US policy decisions.
FBI
"In a world that is changing by the second, the FBI solves
ever-increasing challenges more intelligently, and at higher levels."
An excellent, up-to-date site with information on the FBI's national
security and criminal investigations.
FedWorld
The Federal Information Network. The National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) introduced FedWorld in November 1992 to help with the
challenge of accessing U.S. Government Information online. Its mission
is to provide a one-stop location for the public to locate, order and
have delivered to them, U.S. Government information. Great searchable
database.
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
Government WWW Servers
The mother of all lists. If it's government and it has a WWW page,
you'll find it here.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Forces Command
Library of Congress
On-line search of the main collections with links to news, events and
other on-line database resources.
NCIX
Office of the National Counter-Intelligence Executive. A great page
with access to updates, threats to US business interests as well as
news, trends and developments.
NIC
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) is a centre for US government
mid-term and long-term strategic thinking and for intelligence
community collaboration on substantive issues.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(replaced NIMA)
National Infrastructure
Protection Center (NIPC)
The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) serves as a
national critical infrastructure threat assessment, warning,
vulnerability, and law enforcement investigation and response entity.
The NIPC provides timely warnings of international threats,
comprehensive analysis and law enforcement investigation and response.
National Reconnaissance
Office
The NRO designs, builds and operates the nation's
reconnaissance satellites.
NRO products, provided to an expanding list of customers like the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DoD),
can warn of potential trouble spots around the world, help plan
military operations, and monitor the environment.
NSA
The National Security Agency. Links to the mission statement and other
useful tidbits of information. Kind of thin but then again that's to
be expected.
National
Security Archive
Access to the NSA in Washington D.C. Allows an on-line search of the
archive's collections and provides links to the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation database and others.
Security Policy
Board
A new site that provides insight into those factors that set US
National Security. A bit slow so be prepared to wait for a bit.
THOMAS
THOMAS is the US Congress on the Internet. Bills, roll call votes,
etc. can be found here. Searchable.
Today's
Global News (Overseas Security Advisory Council, US Department off
State)
U.S. Government Documents: U.S. Foreign Policy Resources (Columbia
University Libraries)
U.S. Government Documents: The U.S. Intelligence Community (Columbia
University Libraries)
U.S. House of
Representatives
The header reads "The U.S. House of Representatives' World Wide Web
service provides public access to legislative information as well as
information about Members, Committees, and Organizations of the House
and to other U.S. government information resources". Pretty much sums
it up. Need to find out about a specific law or when the next hearing
is on a particular issue? This is the place to go.
U.S.
Intelligence Community
The Intelligence Community is a group of 13 government agencies and
organizations that carry out the intelligence activities of the United
States Government.
U.S. Senate
The "other" legislative branch of the United States Government.
Includes a full listing of members, committees, etc.
The White House
A great site with a searchable database on speeches, publications,
etc. Good links to all manner of White House information and other
government information. Includes the Interactive Citizens Handbook
which will let you search just about every U.S. government site
imaginable.
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