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Government Websites

Data.gov
Information and access to data generated and held by the Federal Government.
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Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
EDGAR Database
Access the filings of publicly held companies to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
FDIC: Bank Data & Statistics
Use searchable databases to find information on specific banks, their branches, and the industry.
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The "Analysis" tab leads to financial information on specific banks as well as analyses of the banking industry and economic trends.
GovSpeak: A Guide to U.S. Government Acronyms and Abbreviations
This guide lists acronyms and abbreviations commonly used by the United States federal government. Each acronym is defined and links to the home page (or best alternative) of the identified department, agency, office, program or publication.

While Appendix A of the U.S. Government Manual provided the foundation of GovSpeak, this expanded list includes hundreds of acronyms not included in that publication; most have been discovered by manual reviews of department websites. Links are checked and updated monthly.
(from the guide)
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Please note: as of June 2011, GovSpeak no longer includes military acronyms. Please see instead the DoD Dictionary of Military Terms.
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
NHGIS retrieves an disseminates statistical and geographic information system (GIS) boundary data for the United States. It covers US history from 1790 to the present.
(from CHOICE, August 2012)

The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2010.
(from the site)
Congress.gov
An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.
U.S. Department of Treasury
Information categorized by: Coins and Currency, Economy, Fighting Illicit Finance, Financial Markets, International, and Trade.
USA.gov
A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Another good source of statistics.
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The "first-ever" government web site to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources. This site offers a powerful search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government document in a quarter of a second or less. USA.gov also features a topical index, online transactions, links to state and local government, options to contact your government, and other tools so you don't have to know the name of the government agency to get the information you want anytime you want it.