Government Web Sites

Updated October 24, 2006

• Congressional Budget Office
• Congress.Org Good central source of information about Congress, including e-mail links to lawmakers.
• Government Accountability Office
• Library of Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate

The White House

• President’s Council on BioethicsExecutive branch panel considering confidentiality, privacy and other bioethics issues.
• White House Home Page

Regulatory Agencies, US

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• COLA
• The Human Genome Program of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society
• Department of Justice
• Federal Trade Commission
• Food and Drug Administration
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS Program Transmittals
  • CMS Manuals
  • Physician Self-Referral
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Institutes of Health
  • National Human Genome Research Institute Policy and Legislative Database
• National Library of Medicine
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Office of Inspector General
  • Advisory Bulletins
  • Fraud Alerts, Bulletins, and Compliant Guidance

• FECInfo Home Page Privately run site provides up-to-date information on campaign finances. Searchable by candidate and PAC.
• Federal Court's Home Page
• FirstGov Comprehensive government directory.
• PubMed National Library of Medicine database of more than 10 million references to articles published in 4,300 biomedical journals.

Documents

• GPO ACCESS The online source for government documents, including federal legislation, the Federal Register, the Congressional Record and the Code of Federal Regulations. Daily publications, such as the Federal Register, are updated by 6 a.m.
• Thomas Operated by the House of Representatives. Not as comprehensive as GPO ACCESS, but a good source for online legislation and a little easier to use.

State and Local Government

• State Legislatures and Legislation Online from the National Conference of State Legislatures

Political Action

• FECInfo Home Page Privately run site provides up-to-date information on campaign finances. Searchable by candidate and PAC.

Accrediting and GME Organizations

• American Association of Blood Banks
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• American Board of Pathology
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations