Resources

About the U.S.A.

• Adherence to and Compliance With Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments (August 2005) (Released on 8/30/2005) (PDF file, 564 KB)*

• American Life - Culture, Education, Diversity and Innovation (by the Bureau of International Information Programs)

• American Media

• American Memory - Lessons Learned from Digital Library Projects in the United States

• Annual Report to the President and the Congress, commonly referred to as the Annual Defense Report

• The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017
  by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Budget of the United States Government

• Confronting Terrorism (by the Bureau of International Information Programs)

• Country Reports on Terrorism
  NOTE: This report is no longer called Patterns of Global Terrorism as it was in previous years; it is now called Country Reports on Terrorism.

• Daylight Saving Time
  • When does Daylight Saving Time/Standard Time begin?
    by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  • Daylight Saving Time - Saving Time, Saving Energy
    by the California Energy Commission
  • About Daylight Saving Time - History, rationale, laws & dates
    by WebExhibits
     
• Democracy Around the World (by the Bureau of International Information Programs)

• Economic Report of the President

• Economic Reports - by Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB)
  • Country Commercial Guides
  • Economic Policy and Trade Practices
  • Battling International Bribery
  • Other Reports
     
• The Flag
  • Facts About the U.S. Flag
  • Our Flag - Joint Committee on Printing, U.S. Congress, 109th Congress, 2nd Session, S.Doc. 109-18 - U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 2007 (PDF file, 1.5 MB)*
  • Flag Code: Title 4, Chapter 1 - The Flag (sections 1-10)
  • Flag Code: Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 33, Section 700 - Desecration of the Flag of the United States; penalties
  • Flag Code: Title 36, Subtitle I, Part A, Chapter 3, Section 301 - National Anthem
     
• Foreign Consular Offices in the United States

• Hi International (by the Bureau of International Information Programs)
  Hi International monthly webzine is for youth and deals with families, friends, careers, beliefs, sports, music, technology, education, relationships and, most of all, the future potential of youth.

• Holidays
  • Federal Holidays (by U.S. Office of Personnel Management)
  • State Holidays - Infoplease.com
  • Yahoo! Society and Culture - Holidays and Observances
     
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

• Money Laundering Strategy (by U.S. Treasury - Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI))

• The National Anthem

• National Floral Emblem

• National Drug Control Strategy (by Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP))

• The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (March 2006)

• 2009 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (3/31/2009) (PDF file, 2.46 MB)*

• Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of United States Lobbyists

• Religious Freedom

• "Seeking Free & Responsible Media" (PDF file, 257 KB)*

• State of the Union Addresses

• Statistics of the United States

• Super 301, Special 301, Title VII Reports

• Study of the U.S., Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

• 2009 Trade Policy Agenda and 2008 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program (March 2009)

• U.S. Department of Defense - Publications

• U.S. Election

• U.S. Tax Treaties (PDF file)*

• United States Trade Representative - Document Library

• Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants, M-618 (rev. 09/07) (PDF file)*
  - Resources for New Immigrants (by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)

• World Press Freedom Day

• Women's History Month

 

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Last updated: April 29, 2009