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Information Resources on Labor, Employment and Workforce Development

U.S. Department of Labor

• Employment and Training Administration

Bureau of Labor Statistics

National Labor Relations Board

National School-to-Work Office

The White House

The U.S. House of Representatives

• The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
  • Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
• The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has jurisdiction over measures relating to labor generally including: child labor; convict labor; labor standards and statistics; mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; regulation or prevention of importation of foreign laborers under contract; United States Employees' Compensation Commission; wages and hours of labor; work incentive programs; and workforce investment programs.
• The House Committee on Ways and Means has jurisdiction over public pension, tax policy and Social Security.

The U.S. Senate

• The Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
• The Senate Committee on Finance has jurisdiction over Social Security, public pension and tax policy.
• The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) has jurisdiction over measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare including: child labor; convict labor; equal employment opportunity; handicapped individuals; labor standards and labor statistics; mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; occupational safety and health; private pension plans; railway labor and retirement; regulation of foreign laborers; wages and hours of labor.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress.

The Government Printing Office (GPO) was created primarily to satisfy the printing needs of Congress, GPO today is the focal point for printing, binding, and information dissemination for the entire Federal community.

Library of Congress

To find information on a specific state legislature, check out NCSL's list of web sites of the legislatures. For links to various state governments and agencies, including links to state legislatures, try Piper Resources. State constitutions, legislation and statutes can be found here.

The U.S. State and Local Gateway provides federal information with state and local government officials in mind.

For basic information and trivia on all the 50 states -- from state capitals and populations to state birds, flowers and songs -- 50States is a great source of information.

American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)

National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA)

National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)

The Bureau of National Affairs

Congressional Quarterly

Governing Magazine

Roll Call

United States Code

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

Thomas is a legislative information site run by the Library of Congress through which you can access information on Legislation, the Congressional Record, and Committee Information.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) aims to provide the Congress with the objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process.

The Code of Federal Regulations is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.

A glossary of congressional terminology