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General Government Information Search Tools

Use the tools below to locate general policy information or specific government documents. For information from specific agencies, please use the links on the Federal (U.S.) tab above.

American Factfinder
provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys. For more information see Using FactFinder and What We Provide.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), July 1976 to Present
is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general keywords, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.
GovInfo.gov
provides free public access to more than a million official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Govinfo.gov is GPO's beta website that will eventually replace the Federal Digital System (FDsys) public website. Being in beta means this site is a work in progress that we are sharing with you to get your feedback.
USA.gov
searches across several federal and state government agency pages for information. "USA.gov links to publicly available websites that are government-owned or government sponsored..."
FDSYS
provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
National Center for Health Statistics
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects data about health and health care in the United States.

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