Professor and Chair
Department of Political Science
University of Houston

Faculty Recommended Websites

Federal Government

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:  www.atf.treas.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics www.bls.gov

Bureau of the Census www.census.gov

Bureau of Transportation Statistics www.bts.gov

Central Intelligence Agency www.cia.gov

Commission on Civil Rights www.usccr.gov

Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency www.darpa.mil

Defense Intelligence Agency www.dia.mil

Department of Agriculture www.usda.gov
Department of Commerce www.doc.gov

Department of Defense www.defenselink.mil

Department of Education www.ed.gov

Department of Energy www.doe.gov

Department of Health and Human Services:  www.dhhs.gov

Department of Housing and Urban Development www.hud.gov

Department of Interior www.doi.gov

Department of Justice www.usdoj.gov

Department of Labor www.dol.gov

Department of State www.state.gov

Department of Transportation www.dot.gov

Department of Treasury www.ustreas.gov

Department of Veteran’s Affairs www.va.gov

Drug Enforcement Administration www.usdoj.gov/dea

Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission www.eeoc.gov

Export-Import Bank of the U.S. www.exim.gov

Federal Aviation Administration www.faa.gov

Federal Bureau of Investigation www.fbi.gov

Federal Communications Commission www.fcc.gov

Federal Election Commission www.fec.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency www.fema.gov

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission www.ferc.fed.us

Federal Highway Administration www.fhwa.dot.gov

Federal Reserve System www.federalreserve.gov

Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov

Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov

General Accounting Office www.gao.gov

Immigration and Naturalization Services www.usdoj.gov/ins
Internal Revenue Services www.irs.ustreas.gov
International Monetary Fund www.imf.org
International Trade Commission www.usitc.gov
Library of Congress www.loc.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration www.nasa.gov
National Endowment for the Arts www.arts.endow.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities www.neh.gov
National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation www.nw.org
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) www.nrc.gov
Office of Government Ethics www.usoge.gov
Office of Personnel Management www.opm.gov
Office of Special Counsel www.osc.gov
Peace Corps www.peacecorps.gov
Securities Exchange Commission www.sec.gov
Smithsonian Institution www.si.edu
Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov
The Executive Branch www.whitehouse.gov
The House of Representatives www.house.gov
The Senate www.senate.gov
The Supreme Cour twww.supremecourtus.gov
U.S. Customs Service www.customs.gov
United Nations Information Center www.unicwash.org
Voice of America www.voa.gov
 

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