Research Guides: Master in Public Policy Program (MPP): Government Information

Government Information

Catalog of US Government Publications
Includes publications distributed through the US federal depository library program and more.
A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
List of Foreign Governments
Has links to official government portals or homepages and to legislative and executive branch institutions

Congressional Publications This link opens in a new window
Search for current and past activity on your subject to identify Congressional committee reports, documents, hearings, and more.
CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports, 2018+ This link opens in a new window
Now directly released by the CRS, which prepares these reports for the use of Congress in its legislative, oversight, and representational duties. Reports are produced on topics of interest to Congress.
CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports, 1965-2018 This link opens in a new window
Public policy briefs issued by the Congressional Research Service to inform members of Congress and their staff on subjects of current interest. Funded by taxpayer money and thus all in the public domain, these reports are nonpartisan and concise.
Note: The information on this site is compiled and made available as a public service by the Government Documents Department at the University of North Texas Libraries. UNT does not make any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for results obtained from the use of the information. Distribution of the information does not constitute such a warranty. Use of the information is the sole responsibility of the user.

Congressional Budget Office
CBO produces independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process. CBO is nonpartisan; conducts objective, impartial analysis, and doesn't make policy recommendations. Each report and cost estimate summarizes the methodology underlying the analysis.
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
An investigatory arm of Congress, the GAO often reports on program evaluation and outcomes.

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Image-based legal research collection: law and law-related periodicals, Congressional Record Bound volumes in entirety, coverage of US Reports back to 1754, world trials dating back to the early 1700s, legal classics from the 16th to the 20th centuries, the United Nations and League of Nations Treaty Series, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register from inception in 1936, the CFR from inception in 1938, and more.
Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
An online legal resource for law-related areas such as criminal justice, social work, business and education. This research tool features legal encyclopedias, court decisions, law reviews and journals, statutes, and more.