Government Documents at Purdue

Numerous types of documents are produced by U.S. Government agencies in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches along with independent agencies. Examples of documents produced by the executive branch and independent agencies include:

These are examples of these publication types:

Fact sheet from this Justice Dept. division. U.S. Forest Service research report. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report Federal Aviation Administration handbook. Produced by the Dept. of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration Produced by Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service. Barack Obama (July 1, 2016-January 20, 2017) July 3, 2020 remarks by President Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore, SD 4th of July celebration. Contains Biden Administration message on proposed U.S. Government budget. Census Bureau statistics and analysis U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics press release with statistical data. Central Intelligence Agency map of Taiwan. Produced by Federal Emergency Management Administration

Legislative Branch and Congressional Support Agency Examples

Examples of documents produced by the legislative branch and congressional support agencies include:

June 4, 2020 House Armed Services Committee hearing June 10, 2021 House Judiciary Committee hearing.

January 20, 2022 Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee report on S. 2305 to enhance cybersecurity education.

July 21, 2020 Minority Staff Report and committee print by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Transcript of U.S. Senate debate in the September 7, 2022 Congressional Record.

Text of legislation introduced in the House of Representatives on June 11, 2021 to prohibit federal funds from being used to teach Project 1619 material in elementary and secondary schools. Lists Representatives introducing and cosponsoring this legislation and the committee(s) to which the bill was referred to.

May 5, 2022 congressionally passed and presidentially signed legislation seeking to improve cybercrime data collection. Establishes funding for this initiative and gives various agencies time periods in which they have to file reports on this subject.

Title 7 Sections 71-87 of the United States Code include text of federal grain standards laws. The United States Code includes the codified text of U.S. laws divided into 54 different titles or subject areas.

2014 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report. CBO is a congressional support agency analyzing the budgetary implications of federal programs, the U.S. Government budget, and files cost estimates on legislation reported by congressional committees.

March 14, 2022 report by the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS prepares objective reports on public policy issues being considered by Congress.

December 2021 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on this subject. GAO is a congressional support agency evaluating the management performance of government programs.

Judicial Branch Examples

Numerous documents are produced by the U.S. Government's judicial branch including:

June 24, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and returning abortion law jurisdiction to individual states.

December 1, 2021 oral arguments and argument transcript before the U.S. Supreme Court in this Mississippi abortion case.

Arguments filed by interested individuals and organizations before the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to rule in particular ways on this Mississippi abortion case.

July 22, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ordering consolidating these two cases challenging university affirmative action admission programs which the Supreme Court will hear arguments on October 31, 2022.

July 28, 2022 order by Justice Clarence Thomas denying a stay of execution to Alabama prisoner.

Documents court decisions between October 4, 2021 and June 2022. Contains minutes of activities and information about lawyers licensed to practice before the Supreme Court.