Law, Government, Census & Statistics
- http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml - American FactFinder - An extensive website that collects information from the Census and makes it usable to citizens.
- http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/ - Annotated Constitution of the United States - This copy of the Constitution contains not only the original text, but also annotations explaining the history and legal aspects of the different articles and sections of the document.
- http://www.census.gov/ - Census Bureau of the U.S. - "The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy. We honor privacy, protect confidentiality, share our expertise globally, and conduct our work openly. We are guided on this mission by our strong and capable workforce, our readiness to innovate, and our abiding commitment to our customers."
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/FASTATS/ - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fast Stats - "The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages."
- http://www.data.gov/ - Data.gov - A great site for datasets. "Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more."
- http://datahub.io/ - DataHub - "CKAN is a tool for managing and publishing collections of data. It is used by national and local governments, research institutions, and other organisations which collect a lot of data. With its powerful search and faceting, users can browse and find the data they need, and preview it using maps, graphs and tables - whether they are developers, journalists, researchers, NGOs, citizens or your own colleagues."
- http://healthdata.gov/ - HealthData - "This site is dedicated to making high value health data more accessible to entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers in the hopes of better health outcomes for all."
- http://www.irs.gov/ - Internal Revenue Service - Find United States tax information, policy, forms, and more.
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/ - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.
- http://www.iowa.gov/ - Iowa.gov - This website will take you to every government agency and provide you with information about all facets of the government of the state of Iowa.
- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law - Iowa Code/Law - "Composite of all permanent laws enacted by the Iowa General Assembly."
- http://www.iowadatacenter.org/ - Iowa Data Center - "The State Data Center of Iowa is your source for population, housing, business and government statistics about Iowa, including data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa state agencies, and other state and federal sources."
- http://www.iowa.gov/tax/ - Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa Taxes - Tax forms and other information.
- http://www.iowacourts.gov/ - Iowa Judicial Branch - Everything related to the court system in the state of Iowa.
- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/index.aspx - Iowa Legislature - The State of Iowa Legislature page allows you to find information about bills, statutes, representatives, committees, roll call votes and much more.
- http://www.dps.state.ia.us/commis/ucr/index.shtml - Iowa Unified Crime Report - "233 geographic districts report crime information to the Program Services Bureau of the Department of Public Safety. This data is then compiled, analyzed, and reported by the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning in the annual Iowa Uniform Crime Report."
- http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ - Occupational Outlook Handbook - The profiles featured here cover hundreds of occupations and describe What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes BLS employment projections for the 2010–20 decade.
- http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml - Office of the Law Revision Counsel United States Code - "The United States Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is prepared by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the United States House of Representatives."
- http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ - Statistical Abstract of the United States - The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
- http://www.supremecourt.gov/ - Supreme Court of the United States - The official website of the Supreme Court.
- http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php - THOMAS - Thomas is the Library of Congress' search engine for current and archived legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Use Thomas to find bills, statutes, or information about your representative.
- http://www.house.gov/ - U.S. House of Representatives
- http://www.senate.gov/ - U.S. Senate
- http://www.usa.gov/- USA.gov - The U.S. Government's official web portal.
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ - World Fact Book - "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."