If you can't get to sleep at night, you might want to visit the Thomas Jefferson Project. This is attempt by the U.S. Congress to make legislation available to the masses. It includes full text of bills, 'hot' bills, summary and status of bills, etc.

Commerce Business Daily has announcements of government contract opportunities, surplus for sale, etc.

Scorecard helps you learn about facilities that pollute. You enter your zip code and receive information on the location, source, and the effects of locally released air pollutants and chemical wastes.

Truth in Government Page has stories about the foibles and craziness of government and politicians.

Open Secrets.org tracks money that is tied to political campaigns and politicians.

Legislative Action Center Click on an area map to get a list of congresspeople and then zoom in on their voting record - somewhat outdated.

Your Water Quality comes to you via the EPA. Very nice presentation of the quality of your water based on an evaluation of the watershed structure in your area. Identifies who is dumping into your area.

Mr. Smith E-mails Washington This site helps you find the government official that you would like to communicate with. It also has a convenient e-mail window that you can enter your message into and then send it off.

Grassroots is dedicated to grassroots movements. You can look up an issue and respond on their forums or look up contact information.

Vote Smart - check out speeches, position statements, and other documents that came 'directly' from the horse's...er...candidate's mouth.

OpenSecrets has information on the contributers to political campaigns so you can see who is backing who.

Polling Report has latest poll information on a variety of issues and politicians.

First Gov has links to all kinds of government related or sponsored sites.

Ben's Guide to Government, aimed at high schoolers, has explanations of the various branches of the government and election processes.

Google's Government Search This is a search site that is limited to government and military Web pages.

Governing.com collection of links to governmental resources.

Public Information Resources - databases of state and county information including property values, owners, taxes, etc.

Project on Government Secrecy sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists.

Scorecard shows which counties are polluted. Enter your zipcode and get a rating on all kinds of pollutants and find out what the cancer risk is.

Where Does My Water Come From is sponsored by the EPA and tells you about the specific source and quality of the water you drink.

Government Grants - one stop shopping if your looking for a grant.

Fact Check has the facts behind the political smoke screens. Sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

FundRace - site tracks contributions to political campaigns and reports it by geographical area or by individual. You can see who on your block are contributors and how much they gave, if you really want to.

List of References - sponsored by constitution.org, includes a nice collection of links related to the federal government as well as a list of dictionary and thesaurus sites, a large list of sites covering laws and regulations, and sites related to activism and history..

The Whitehouse is the official site.

The Senate is the official site.

House of Representatives is also the official site.

The Office of the Clerk for the House of Representatives has the text of bills.

IRS Although this is their home page, it is almost useless if you want any specific information.

IRS Information is a little more useful than their home page. Their is a calendar of deadlines, instructions for individual filing, a 1040 calculator, etc.

IRS Index has a rather complicated index of information available on their site.

IRS Forms and Publications

US Postal Service where you can get postal rates and all sorts of useful information about mail (yawn). You can also arrange for the Post Office to hold you mail while you're away and you can tell them of an alternate delivery time when you receive one of those notices that they could not deliver a package. Somebody's thinking down at the Post Office.

Consumer Information Center gives free info put together by the government.

Government Links is a set of links to all kinds of government sites.

Electronic Government Information has links to all kinds of government databases: Federal Bulletin Board, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Bureau of Land Management Publications, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998, CBDNet (Commerce Business Daily), Congress of the United States Congressional Pictorial Directory, Department of Interior, Office of Inspector General, Food and Drug Administration, General Accounting Office, etc.

A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Government has links to departments and news items.

The United States Government Manual has text and pdf documents that you can download. Everything from the Declaration of Independence to how the various offices and departments work.

The Supreme Court has a schedule of cases, opinions, rules, etc.

Immigration and Naturalization

Your Congress

Transportation Security Administration - new laws that affect what you can take with you.

Drought Monitor

Congressional Research Documents has documents that reflect the research done for various Congressional studies. You paid for it, you might as well read some of it.

USA.gov FAQ's is a collection of FAQ's from over 200 federal government agencies.

State Scape deals with information on issues and initiatives in state government.

Pennsylvania Home Page

PA Department of Revenue has tax forms, due dates, electronic filing instructions, FAQ (although PA is the only place where the call Frequently Asked Questions - Commonly Asked Questions or CAQ's), etc.

PA Inheritance and Estate Tax Act

PA Decendents, Estates, and Fiduciaries

PA Statutes Index

Pennsylvania's Laws, Regulations, and Forms sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

PA Lottery

Pennsylvania Legal and General Info from the USC collection.

Penn Cable Network PA Page links to pages of state senators and reps.

Three Rivers Free Net PA Page

Library of Congress PA Page

Piper Resources' Guide to Pennsylvania has links to many, if not all, of the local government departments from the state level down to the township level.

PENNDOT PA Department of Transportation, where you can get applications for licenses, renewals, replacements, etc. - all for a small donation to the State.

PA Department of Environmental Protection which is responsible for the current rules governing water usage.

PA Department of Environmental Protection Drought Restrictions - drought information including status reports and maps, regulations, etc.

PA Politics is all about Pennsylvania, state level politics. A lot of material.

PENNDOT Driver and Vehicle Services

PENNDOT Forms - PA Department of Transportation forms

Montgomery County - see what the commissioners are up to.

Philadelphia Government links

Abington Township Pretty poor site.

Upper Dublin Township

County Offices by state.