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Text IconPDF Icon Budget of the U.S. Government
Also download tables in WK1 or WK4 format
Searchable database
--  Pig Book (Pork Barrel Spending)
Annual PrEx 2.8/8: - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
PrEx 2.8-1: yr -
U.S. Government Documents CD-ROM
HTML Icon Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Irregular HC 110.P63 A554 -
Lehman Reference
Business Reference
HTML IconPDF Icon Census of Governments Every 5 years C 3.145/4: - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
HTML Icon A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 In Progress Check individual titles in CLIO
HTML IconPDF Icon Circulars (Office of Management & Budget) Irregular PR 4.2: - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
Text Icon Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records 1 vol. Y 1.1/8:105-37 -
U.S. Government Documents Microfiche
Text IconPDF Icon Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Searchable database - all, title and/or chapter
e-CFR
A currently updated CFR (beta)
Annual AE 1.106/3: - U.S. Government Documents stacks
PDF IconExcel Icon Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances of the United States Government/
Consolidated Financial Statements of the United States Government
Annual No print version
Text IconPDF Icon Congressional Bills Irregular No print version
Text IconPDF Icon Congressional Committee Prints Irregular Y 4... - U.S. Government Documents Microfiche
Text IconPDF Icon Congressional Directory
Searchable database
Biennial JK 1011 .Un3:date - Lehman Ref Desk
Text IconPDF Icon Congressional Hearings Irregular Y 4... - U.S. Government Documents Microfiche
PDF Icon Congressional Pictorial Directory Biennial Y 4.P 93/1:1 P/date - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
Text IconPDF Icon Congressional Record
Browsable and searchable database
Daily 328.732 E - Butler
FN 73 - Lehman Microfilm
Text IconPDF Icon Congressional Reports Irregular Y 1.1/... - U.S. Government Documents Microfiche
HTML IconService restricted to members of the Columbia community Congressional Research Service Reports:
For free access, see list of sources on the Legislative Resources guide
Irregular Print version not available
HTML IconPDF Icon Consolidated Federal Funds Report Annual C 3.266/2: - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
C 3.266/3: - U.S. Government Documents CD-ROM
Text IconPDF Icon The Constitution of the United States of America
Includes Analysis and Interpretation, Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 28, 2000
Irregular KF 4547 .K54 1995g - Lehman Reference
Text IconPDF Icon The Constitution of the United States of America, As Amended, June 20, 2003
Includes Unratified Amendments and Analytical Index:
Text version --   PDF version
Irregular Y 1.1/7:108-95 - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
PDF IconExcel Icon The Fact Book[Federal employment statistics] Annual PM 1.2:F 11/ - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
HTML IconPDF IconZip Icon Federal Acquisition Regulation Daily No print version
PDF Icon Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year ... Annual C 3.266:U.S. Government Documents
HTML IconPDF IconExcel Icon Federal Employment Statistics Annual No print version
Text IconPDF Icon Federal Register: 1995-present
Service restricted to members of the Columbia community 1936-2000
-- Regulations.gov
Daily 353 Un43 - Offsite (1939-1959)
FN 3280 - Lehman Microfilm (1979-1994)
PDF Icon Service restricted to members of the Columbia community Federal Register Index (1939-1995) Annual No print version
HTML IconPDF Icon FedScope: Data on Federal Employment Database No print version
PDF Icon Financial Report of the United States Government/
Consolidated Financial Statements of the United States Government
Annual T 63.113/3:
U.S. Government Documents Microfiche
HTML Icon Foreign Agents Registration Act Semi Annual Reports Semiannual J 1.30:[yr] - U.S. Government Documents Microfiche
Text IconPDF Icon Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports:
--Searchable database via GPO Access
--  from GAO
Irregular GA 1.13: U.S. Government Documents Stacks/Microfiche
(web only after 2000)
Text IconPDF Icon Information on Federal Pay and Leave Irregular No print version
PDF Icon Journal of the Supreme Court of the United States Annual Law Library
Text IconPDF IconExcel Icon Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of theU.S. Monthly HJ 8101 .U55 - Business
PDF Icon Opinions of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Irregular Law Library
HTML IconPDF Icon Popular Names of U.S. Government Reports Irregular LC 6.2:G 74/- U.S. Government Documents Stacks
HTML Icon Presidential Vetoes, 1789-present
-- A Summary Overview
1 vol. Y 1.3:S. Pub. 105-22 - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
Text IconPDF Icon Public & Private Laws (Slip Laws) Irregular AE 2.110: - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
AE 2.111: - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
Text IconPDF Icon Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:
Hoover-Carter, G.H.W. Bush
Reagan
G.H.W. Bush-G.W. Bush
Semiannual J 80 .A2831 - Butler
Text Icon U.S. Code Every six years Y 1.2/5:994 - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
Text IconPDF Icon U.S. Government Manual:
1995/1996-present (Search or browse)
1935-1951 (Browse only)
Annual AE 2.108/2:- U.S. Government Documents Stacks
JK 421 .Un34 - Lehman Ref Desk
HTML Icon U.S. Government Policy & Supporting Positions (Plum Book)
-- Prune Book, from The Council for Excellence in Government
Every four years Y 4.G 74/9:S.PRT.106-54 - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
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PDF Icon United States Reports Annual R 11 - Law Library
HTML IconTIFFPDF Icon U.S. Statutes At Large:
1789-1875 (from American Memory)
Service restricted to members of the Columbia community1789-present (from CIS)
2004-present (from GPO)
Annual AE 2.111: - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
PDF Icon Service restricted to members of the Columbia community U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 Database No print version
PDF Icon Voting Assistance Guide Annual D 2.14:GEN6 - U.S. Government Documents Stacks
Text IconPDF Icon Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Service restricted to members of the Columbia community 1965-2004, 1993-present Weekly AE 2.109: U.S. Government Documents Stacks