LibGuides: Government Resources: Executive Branch Resources

Government Shutdown

In the event of a government shutdown, each agency will implement their contigency plans which state which operations will continue and which will cease. For information regarding the potential federal government shutdown and agency contingency plans please refer to UC San Diego's U.S. Government Information: Shutdown Guide. Some government websites may go dark during a government shutdown. Please review some of the resouces in the "Looking for Missing or Deleted Federal Information" section of this page for ways of viewing an archived federal government website. If you need assistance finding government information please contact a librarian.

Looking for Missing or Deleted Federal Information?

If you are looking for missing or deleted federal government websites and information, please try some of the tips below or contact us for assistance!

If you know the URL, enter the URL in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at web.archive.org. Government resources are regularly archived.
Check these websites:
- End-of-Term Web Archive at eotarchive.org. The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
- DataLumos: https://www.datalumos.org/datalumos/. Many organizations have worked to archive government data on this site.
- Data.gov Archive: https://source.coop/repositories/harvard-lil/gov-data/description. This is an effort by Harvard to archive data on data.gov.
- ERIC Archive (ERICA): https://erica.datarescueproject.org/. The ERIC Archive or ERICA is an archive of the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) database.
- Environmental Data & Governance Initiative website for a variety of data tools at https://envirodatagov.org/environmental-data-justice/.
  - The Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool has been re-hosted here: https://edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io/j40-cejst-2/en/
- GODORT's 2025 Presidential Transition Guide for a list of a government tracking sites and resources for archived websites. GODORT is a roundtable of the American Library Association.
Contact us to help you locate missing information!

Executive Branch Resources

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
Find contact information for U.S. federal government departments and agencies including websites, emails, phone numbers, addresses, and more.
American Presidency Project
The American Presidency Project archives over 160,055 documents. Hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara, the American Presidency Project is non-profit and non-partisan. Documents available include: The Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1929); The Public Papers of the Presidents (1929-present); The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1977-2009); and The Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (post-2009).
Archived Presidential White House Websites
The official files that make up a Presidential administration's website are preserved in the National Archives' Executive Office of the President Electronic Records Archive. The National Archives has preserved the White House websites and made them available online. Since these are archived webpages, they are no longer updated.
Branches of the U.S. Government
Learn about the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government on USA.gov
Budget of the United States Government
Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications are included, which may vary from year to year. Years 1996 to present are available online.
Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. The 50 subject matter titles contain one or more individual volumes, which are updated once each calendar year, on a staggered basis.
Code of Federal Regulations (Electronic Code of Federal Regulations)
The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) is the regularly updated online version of the Code of Federal Regulations. It provides a way of exploring the Code of Federal Regulations as it exists today and at points in time back to January 2017. Users can browse the Code of Federal Regulations as it existed at any point in time; compare the regulations as they existed on any two dates; view a timeline of how the CFR content has changed; search for specific terms; and subscribe to changes in the regulations.
Code of Federal Regulations - List of CFR Sections Affected
The List of CFR Sections Affected lists proposed, new, and amended Federal regulations that have been published in the Federal Register since the most recent revision date of a CFR title.
Compilation of Presidential Documents
The Compilation of Presidential Documents collection consists of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents which are the official publications of materials released by the White House Press Secretary. The Compilation of Presidential Documents is published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
DiscoverGov
DiscoverGov provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases including GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo.
Economic Report of the President
The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the Budget of the United States Government. Supplementary reports can be issued to the Congress which contain additional and/or revised recommendations. Years 1996-present are available online.
Executive Orders
Orders signed by Presidents Roosevelt through Obama (1937-2017). Full text available for orders from Presidents Clinton-Obama. Executive orders and disposition tables are available only through the Federal Register for January 20, 2017 to the present.
Executive Orders and Other Presidential Documents: Sources & Explanations
Created by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. this site identifies sources for Presidential directives, proclamations, signing statements, executive orders, memoranda, and other documents.
Federal Register
Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily journal of the United States. It is the publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Also available on https://www.federalregister.gov/.
GovInfo
A United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) service providing free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Law Library of Congress
The Law Library of Congress contains the largest collection of United States, foreign, comparative, and international law and legislation in the world. Serving as the de facto law library of the United States, the Law Library of Congress acquires legal information in the publishing format designated as official by each issuing body, and retains the best archival copy available. Visit the website to access their digital collections or search the Library of Congress Catalog.
Official U.S. Executive Branch Websites
Maintained by the Library of Congress, this page contains links to only Executive Branch websites.
Pardons and Commutations
Maintained by the United States Department of Justice this is a list of clemency recipients from presidents Nixon to Biden.
Presidential Libraries
Presidential Libraries and Museums present vast archives of documents, museums full of important Presidential artifacts, interesting educational and public programs, and informative web sites.
Presidential Library Explorer
This visualization offers a path into the digitized holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration's Presidential Libraries, including texts, photos, and video/audio.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
The Public Papers of the Presidents, which is compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), began in 1957 in response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications Commission. Public papers include: addresses & remarks, appointments & nominations, bill signings & vetoes, communications to Congress & federal agencies, executive orders, media interviews, joint statements, letters & messages, meetings with foreign leaders and international officials, proclamations, resignations & retirements, and statements by the President.
Regulations.gov
Users can access proposed rules and regulations issued by federal agencies through this site. Users can find, read, and comment on regulatory issues.
State of the Union Addresses
The American Presidency Project has compiled the Annual Messages to Congress on the State of the Union from George Washington in 1790 to the present. Years 1994 to present are also available on GovInfo.
United States Government Manual
As the official handbook of the Federal Government, The United States Government Manual provides information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The Manual is published as a special edition of the Federal Register (see 1 CFR 9.1). Its focus is on programs and activities. Persons interested in detailed organizational structure, the regulatory documents of an agency, or Presidential documents should refer to the Federal Register or one of its other special editions.
United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book)
Published by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on Government Reform alternately after each Presidential election, the Plum Book lists over 7,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide. Data covers positions such as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisors, and aides who report to these officials. The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency or other key officials. The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government.
USA.gov
USA.gov is an online guide to U.S. government information and services. This website links to the Executive Office of the President, executive departments, independent agencies, boards, commissions, and quasi-official agencies.
The White House
The official website of the White House.

About the Executive Branch

These executive departments have smaller sub-agencies that support specialized work within their parent department. For example, the National Park Service is a sub-agency within the Department of the Interior.