In 1969, President Richard Nixon created the Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities that marked the beginning of a successful initiative to recruit and train women for upper-level governmental positions. This website includes audio files and text transcripts of interviews with some of the women who joined the government as a result of this initiative, along with a historical timeline and reports and other documents from the era to put the women's stories in context.

"The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1966 that works toward a world in which the nations and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are free from oppression and injustice, and enjoy a relationship with the United States based on mutual respect, free from economic and political subordination. To that end, our mission is to provide information and analysis on the region, and on its complex and changing relationship with the United States, as tools for education and advocacy - to foster knowledge beyond borders." (from their About Us page)

Find congressional and other government records on Nixon's impeachment trial, Kennedy's assassination, supreme court nomination hearings, and more.

"Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents ("the world's largest nongovernmental collection" according to the Los Angeles Times), leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information, global advocate of open government, and indexer and publisher of former secrets." (from their About page)

"The Online Library of Liberty (OLL) is a project of Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit educational foundation based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The aim of the OLL is to provide thousands of titles about individual liberty, limited constitutional gov

Learn about global issues such as climate change, human rights, terrorism, and energy.

This website makes available the research of the faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Topics covered include crime and criminal justice, economics, education, the environment and natural resources, housing, urban development, transportation

Find information on budgets, programs, initiatives, and other documents from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

If you're looking for a government regulation, this is the place to go. Search for "air quality", "energy efficiency", or any other topic affected by government regulations to find the official rules.

Information about developing countries and world politics.

"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." It contains information gathered by the U.S. Cens

This custom search engine searches only the websites of local government agencies in San Diego County.

PolicyArchive contains over 30,000 public policy research reports. These reports cover a wide range of subjects, including education, energy, health, politics, technology, and much more.

Find information gathered in the 2000 and 2010 census operations, including demographics and information about business, industry, employment and education.

These reports, case studies and other publications from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development cover affordable housing, housing design and construction, community and economic development, homeownership, fair housing, and more.

The Census Bureau provides a wide range of information about the people and economy of the United States. The first census (population count) was conducted in 1790, and the Census Bureau has been collecting information ever since, so this is an excellent

Research summaries from InformeDesign on government and institutional facilities -- correctional facilities, day care centers, libraries, museums, galleries, historic sites, offices, rec centers, community centers, religious buildings, schools, transporta

"Welcome to FedFlix, Joint Venture NTIS-1832 between the National Technical Information Service and Public.Resource.Org. Here we feature the best movies of the United States Government, from training films to history, from our national parks to the U.S.

This website from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development provides access to research on affordable housing, community development, homelessness, building methods and materials, energy conservation, and more. An excellent resource for the resea

This section of the AIA website includes articles, reports, videos, podcasts, and webinars on designing public facilities, including government offices, military campuses, and civic centers. Case studies highlight examples of good design.

Digital versions of every issue from January 2009 to the present are available online, along with many additional resources.

Website of the magazine Interior Design. The Library on this website includes a wide range of manufacturers' catalogs that are fully viewable online.