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Government Web Sites

  • Army Corps of Engineers - Walla Walla District Home Page - We are the world's largest public engineering agency, and our work generally falls under three broad missions: Military Programs, Civil Works, and Support for Others.
  • Briefing Room - Latest information from the DOT.
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), - DOI, Interior The Bureau of Indian Affairs' mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.
  • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) - The online CFDA provides access to a database of all federal programs available to state and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
  • Center for Columbia River History - Lots of history on the Columbia River.
  • Commerce Business Daily - CBD Net is the Government's official FREE electronic version of the Commerce Business Daily (CBD).
  • Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development (CTED) for Washington State - CTED is grouped into six divisions: Community Services, Housing, Local Government, Economic Development, International Trade and Energy Policy. Every division works toward our mission of investing in families, communities and businesses and many of our programs span one or more divisions.
  • Disaster Relief Agencies - Worldwide disaster relief information on the net.
  • Federal Business Opportunities - FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.
  • Federal Citizen Information Center - Consumer information about products.
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
  • Federal Highways Administration - Offical web site for the US Department of Transportation.
  • FedNet! - FedNet was formed to provide new and emerging industries with audio and video programming and data services focusing on government issues of national, state and local interests. Base programming includes live coverage of the floor of the United States Senate and House of Representatives along with gavel to gavel coverage of key Congressional Hearings.
  • Fedstats - One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.
  • FEMA - Region X FEMA Region X states include Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The Federal Regional Center (FRC) is located in Bothell, Washington, six miles from Seattle's northern city limit.
  • FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency -- Disasters, Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response & Recovery
  • Government to Government State of Oregon website.
  • GPO Access - US Government Printing Office multi-database search engine.
  • House of Representatives - 109th congress information
  • HydrologyWebsite about Spokane Hydrology.
  • Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security - To save life and to limit human suffering, injury to wildlife, damage to natural resources, private and public property, the environment and the economy as a result of the harmful affects of natural and man-caused disasters, from all hazards, including terrorism and the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, in support of local governments and communities.
  • Indian Health Service - The Indian Health Service (I H S) is an agency within the U S Dept. of Health and Human Services and is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
  • Indian Reservation Roads Program - The IRR Program is a jointly administered program by the Federal Highway Administration and by the Bureau of Indian Affairs through an Interagency Memorandum of Agreement as established by Title 23 U.S.C. Section 204.
  • Interagency GPS - Executive Board (IGEB) Established by President Clinton in 1996 to manage the Global Positioning System (GPS) and its U.S. Government augmentations as a national asset.
  • Labor Market Information - Information about Washington State labor.
  • Library of Congress - The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
  • Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC) - Useful catalogue of RCW's, WAC's, and local ordinances from around Washington.
  • NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory - This Directory is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings.
  • National Archives and Records Administration - Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever. Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family's history, need to prove a veteran's military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you..
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration - The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues.
  • Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) are announcements that appear in the Federal Register, printed each business day by the United States government, inviting applications for Federal grant programs.
  • Native American Housing Assistance & Self Determination Act - The NAHASDA Act of 1996 is designed to provide Federal assistance for Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal self-governance. NAHASDA reorganizes the system of Federal housing assistance to Native Americans by eliminating several separate programs of assistance and replacing them with a single block grant program.
  • Office of Community Development (OCD) - provides financial and technical assistance to build livable and sustainable communities.
  • Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPA) - is a respected leader and trusted partner in developing schools and programs that prepare each student for the 21st century.
  • Per Diem Committee Overview - The purpose of the Committee is to ensure that uniform travel and transportation regulations are issued pursuant to Title 37, United States Code, other applicable laws, and decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, for members of the seven Uniformed Services. In connection with civilian employees of the Department of Defense, the primary purpose of the Committee is to issue uniform regulations implementing the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR), Statutory requirements, Executive orders, and decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. (PDC Charter April 20, 1988; LAW 37 USC 411 and 1001; DoD Directive 5154.29 March 9, 1993)
  • Rural Development, USDA - Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. Through our programs, we touch rural America in many ways.
  • SAFETEA-LU - Official FHWA site for the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
  • Small Business Administration (SBA) - Official US Executive Branch Web Sites
  • Spokane County Code of the West The Code of the West was first chronicled by famous western writer Zane Grey.
  • Spokane County Long Range Stratic Plan - Web Site for the Spokane County Long Range Stratic Planning Department.
  • Spokane County Utilities - Index The Utilities Division protects health and the environment through the replacement of ground waste disposal with piped sewerage systems above the sole sources aquifer.
  • State of Idaho - Attorney General Office web site.
  • The Code of Federal Regulations - Online catalogue of the CFR.
  • The National Rural Development Partnership - Home Page Working together to improve the quality of life in rural America
  • THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet Search engine for federal legislation.
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture - Home page for the USDA
  • U.S. Department of Education - Homepage for the US Department of Education.
  • U.S. Department of Labor - Homepage for the US Department of Labor.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Home page for the U.S. EPA
  • U.S. Geological Survey - As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us.
  • United Nations Cartographic Section - Maps and Geographic Information Resources
  • US State/Local Gateway An interagency project in collaboration with Vice President Al Gore's National Partnership For Reinventing Government
  • US Dept Of Labor -OALJ Law Library Dictionary of Occupational Titles Fourth Edition, Revised 1991
  • WA Department of Natural Resources - DNR manages more than 5 million acres of state-owned lands including forests, agricultural lands and submerged aquatic lands
  • Washington State Geographic Information Council's (WAGIC) - WAGIC is recognized as the statewide body responsible for coordinating and facilitating the use and development of Washington State's geospatial information.
  • Washington State Department of Information Services Tech - The agency’s primary role is to help state and local government use technology to more efficiently serve Washington residents.
  • Washington State Executive Ethics Board - The Executive Ethics Board is a five-member Govenor appointed panel. In addition, the Board is provided with staff by the Office of the Attorney General. The Board and it's staff investigate ethics complaints under the authority of chapter 42.52 RCW.
  • Washington State Legislature - Bills, calendars and schedules, the Revised Code of Washington, the State Constitution, and other legislative information
  • Washington State Transportation Training Coalition - The Training Coalition is a unique and voluntary partnership created by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), the Community Transportation Association of the Northwest (CTA-NW), the Washington State Transit Association (WSTA), the Washington State Transit Insurance Pool (WSTIP), and Eastern Washington University Northwest Tribal Technical Assistance Program (EWU NWTTAP). These partners work cooperatively to identify, develop, and coordinate training programs for public, tribal, private, profit, and nonprofit transportation agencies.
  • Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission - A regulatory agency whose responsibilities include oversight of the telecommunications industry in Washington.
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