Accessing U.S. Government Information: Subject Guide to Jurisdiction of the Executive and Legislative Branches(Bibliographies and Indexes in Law and Political Science)

This much revised and expanded edition guides researchers to sources that provide information about the general and specific subjects which form the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government. A tool that correlates legal authorities, principal offices, and financial resources and clarifies their patterns of interaction, the book points out the most appropriate methods and authors for accessing all fields of federal data. Students, teachers, public administrators, policy analysts and citizen activists will find that this easy-to-use guide reliably maps out the jurisdictions of government business and policymaking. This much revised and expanded edition guides researchers to sources that provide information about the general and specific subjects which form the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government. A tool that correlates legal authorities, principal offices, and financial resources and clarifies their patterns of interaction, the book points out the most appropriate methods and authors for accessing all fields of federal data. This research aid translates the universe of public responsibilities into topical categories that chart the structure and functions of the policymaking branches and their various subunits. By helping students, teachers, public administrators, policy analysts, and citizen activists to understand the role of jurisdiction in the business of government, it enables them to develop their own best research strategies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction User Guide Specific Subject Categories Executive and Legislative Jurisdiction by Specific Subject Category Subject Entries with Multiple Cross References General Subject Categories Specific Subject Categories by General Subject Category Parent Agencies and Committees by General Subject Category Parent Agencies Specific Subject Categories by Parent Agency Congressional Committees by Parent Agency Congressional Committees Specific Subject Categories by Congressional Committee Parent Agencies and Appropriations Subcommittees by Legislative Committee Appropriations Subcommittees Specific Subject Categories by Appropriations Subcommittee Parent Agencies and Legislative Committees by Appropriations Subcommittee Index (Agency/Committee Abbreviations) Parent Agencies Agency Subunits House Committees Senate Committees Joint Committees Appropriations Subcommittees

About the Author :
JERROLD ZWIRN is a reference librarian in a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library. He is the author of Congressional Publications, (1983), Congressional Publications and Proceedings (1988), and the earlier edition of this guide published by Greenwood Press in 1989. He has contributed several articles to Government Publications Review. An abiding interest in government decisionmaking and library service has led him to study the relationship between federal business and information output.