ELECTIONS
CAMPAIGN FINANCE   http://www.tray.com
FECInfo offers numerous ways to look up information about contributions.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE     http://www.fec.gov
The Federal Election Commission database tells you how much money was contributed to Tom Bliley during his last campaign or whether John Warner owes any debts from the last election.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE  http://www.opensecrets.org/home/index.asp
Open Secrets lets you search only by zip code, but it lists names not on the Virginia Public Access Project site.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE   http://www.vpap.org
Discover who donated how much money to which candidates with the Virginia Public Access Project site.   You can search by name, occupation or zip code.  Also has voting records for members of Congress.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE   http://www.sbe.state.va.us/Campaign_Finance/PublicResources.htm
The Virginia State Board of Elections Campaign Finance site has info on candidates for the General Assembly, Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General.

ELECTION DISTRICTS   http://dlsgis.state.va.us
The Virginia Redistricting page has info about current districts.

ELECTION NEWS    http://www.govspot.com
GovSpot collects handy sites for election-watchers.

ELECTION RESULTS    http://www.sbe.state.va.us/Election/results
The Virginia State Board of Elections site has statistics from 1995 to the present.

ELECTION STATISTICS    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html
The University of Michigan has a mega-site of political science resources, including public opinion polls and election results.

PARTIES    http://www.democrats.org/index.html
The Democrats' Home Page

PARTIES    http://www.gopnet.com
The Republicans' Home page.
 

GOVERNMENT - LOCAL
FREDERICKSBURG-AREA ELECTED OFFICIALS Click here for a spreadsheet with the names and election terms of Fredericksburg-area officials.

BUDGETS - LOCAL GOVERNMENT   http://www.apa.state.va.us/local_government/comparative_cost.htm
Virginia's Auditor of Public Accounts has created County Budget comparisons, a great tool for comparing revenue and spending for each locality.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT HOME PAGES  http://www.vipnet.org/community/hub_page.htm
This is the place to find the official home pages for Virginia cities and counties.  It also links to RADCO's home page and the Virginia Association of Counties.

AND CHECK THIS OUT:
"THE VIRGINIA REVIEW OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS": This handy guide lists officials in Virginia cities and counties. Look for it in the newsroom library under Dewey # 328.

Looking for local courts?  Please visit the Crime & Law page.
 

GOVERNMENT - STATE
BUDGET - STATE     http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecgovt.html
The University of Michigan Documents Center has loads of information on government finances.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY   http://leg1.state.va.us
Look up bills, the Code of Virginia and info on members here.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS - A reference book called "The Almanac of Virginia Politics" has biographies and key votes for General Assembly members. It's in The Free Lance-Star library under Dewey # 328.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS' FINANCES    http://www.50statesonline.org/cgi-bin/50states/States.asp?State=VA&Task=PFDs
The Center for Public Integrity publishes copies of General Assembly members' Personal Financial Disclosure forms online.

STATES' HOME PAGES    http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm
This nicely-organized list makes it easy to find the Web pages of agencies in Virginia -- or any other state.

VIRGINIA GOVERNMENT DIRECTORY    http://www.cns.state.va.us/Va_Quick/QuickRef.cfm
Has phone numbers for state agencies, colleges, prisons, commissions, etc.

VIRGINIA HOME PAGE     http://www.state.va.us
Web pages for all three branches of the state's government are available here, plus the state constitution.

Looking for state court information?  Please visit the Crime & Law page.
 

GOVERNMENT - FEDERAL
BUDGET - FEDERAL     http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/index.html
The U.S.Office of Management and Budget puts the federal budget online.

BUDGET - FEDERAL    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecgovt.html
The University of Michigan Documents Center has loads of information on government finances.

CONGRESS - DISTRICTS   http://dlsgis.state.va.us
The Virginia Redistricting page has info about current Congressional districts.

CONGRESS FACTS
Has links to information on votes, member biographies, spending, bills, etc. Created by The Free Lance-Star news library staff.

CONGRESS - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES     http://www.house.gov

CONGRESS - MEMBERS    The reference book, "CQ'S Politics in America," has biographies and key votes for members of Congress. It's in The Free Lance-Star library under Dewey number 328.

CONGRESS - THE SENATE   http://www.senate.gov

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - FEDERAL    http://www.firstgov.gov
Organizes government Web sites into a Yahoo-like directory that's very user-friendly.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS - FEDERAL    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/federal.html
Famous speeches, declarations, trial records and treaties are available via this University of Michigan site.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS - FEDERAL     http://www.access.gpo.gov
The Government Printing Office links to studies and reports published by many federal agencies.

THE PRESIDENT    http://www.whitehouse.gov
Look here for presidential speeches.  This site also has quick access to statistics on crime, health, education, demographics and the economy.
 
Looking for federal court information?  Please visit the Crime & Law page.

MILITARY SITES
FREDERICKSBURG AREA WAR DEAD LIST
The names of local citizens who died in 20th and 21st-century wars, collected from various sources by The Free Lance-Star. It's in an Excel spreadsheet and may be slow to load.

LOCAL MILITARY BASE       www.nswc.navy.mil
Dahlgren Home Page

LOCAL MILITARY BASE   http://www.aphill.army.mil
Fort A.P. Hill Home Page

LOCAL MILITARY BASE     http://www.belvoir.army.mil
Fort Belvoir Home Page

LOCAL MILITARY BASE     http://www.quantico.usmc.mil
Quantico Home Page

MILITARY BASES   http://www.militarycity.com
Looking for information about a military base? Try MilitaryCity. Go into ArmyTimes or any of its sub-sites and click on “Search The Installation Database.”

MILITARY DEFINITIONS    http://www.janes.com
Jane's Information Group has articles on the world's military powers, aircraft and ships, as well as a glossary of defense acronyms and terms. Free registration required. The Central Rappahannock Regional Library's reference section has Jane's books, which have specs for aircraft and ships, including “Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft” (629.13 Ja), “Jane’s Fighting Ships” (623.825 Ja), and “Jane’s Infantry Weapons” (623.4 Ja).

MILITARY STATISTICS    http://www.defenselink.mil
The Department of Defense site tells you how many people are on active duty and how many soldiers are stationed around the world.  Also has information about military casualties back to the 1980s.

MILITARY STATISTICS    http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/casualty/castop.htm
The Department of Defense lists casualty statistics for wars and military conflicts back to the Revolutionary War.

MILITARY STATISTICS     http://henry.ugl.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stmil.html
Find all sorts of military facts and figures via this University of Michigan site.

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