Government Documents on Public Administration

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Government Documents on Public Administration

Local, state, and national governments must manage a variety of activities including financial spending, high

way construction, housing, information technology, social assistance, and taxation. These same governments also evaluate the performance of programs under their control. Numerous publications produced by government agencies on the management and evaluation of governmental programs are available in Purdue Libraries and on the Internet. Subject headings you can use to search for such publications in the Library Catalog include:

   Administrative Procedure United States
   Contracting Out United States
   Executive Departments United States Management
   Government Paperwork Law and Legislation United States
   Independent Regulatory Commissions United States
   Local Government
   Public Administration United States

The principal index for locating U.S. Government documents is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36. It is available online from 1994-present The GPO Index covers this information from 1976-present..

Additional indexes include the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index
HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering current and recent congressional
publications, CIS U.S. Congressional Serial Set Index HSSE REF
328.73 C761c, CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909
HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, and CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996.

Federal legal and regulatory reference sources dealing with public administration include:

Slip Laws	HSSE DOC REF AE 2.110:
U.S. Statutes at Large and here	HSSE REF 345.11 Un3
United States Code	HSSE REF 345.11 Un3co
Compilation of Selected Public Building Laws	HSSE DOC Y 4.T 68/2:106-64
Federal Register	HSSE REF & MF 353.005 Un34
Code of Federal Regulations	HSSE REF 353.005 C64
Index to the Code of Federal Regulations	HSSE REF 353.005 C64 Index
Lists of Sections Affected	HSSE REF 353.005 C64a

Key Indiana legal and regulatory information sources include:

Acts Indiana	HSSE REF 345.91 In2
Indiana Code	HSSE REF 348.772 In25c
Indiana Register	HSSE REF 348.772025 In3
Indiana Administrative Code	HSSE REF 348.772025 In2i

Examples of federal public administration publications include:

Consolidated Federal Funds Report & (CD-ROM) l	HSSE REF C 3.266/3: HSSE DOC C 3.266/2:
Census of Governments	HSSE DOC REF C 3.145/4:
President's Private Sector Commission on Cost Controll (Grace Commission)	HSSE DOC PR 40.8:C 82/
Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement & Tax Reform	HSSE DOC PR 42.8:B 52/F49
Information Resources Management Plan of the Federal Government	HSSE DOC PREX 2.2:In 3/2
OMB Circulars	HSSE DOC PREX 2.4:
Budget of the United States Government	HSSE DOC REF PREX 2.8: HSSE DOC PREX 2.8: (also in CD-ROM)
National Performance Review Reports-(Courtesy University of North Texas Library)	HSSE DOC PRVP 42.2:

Congressional publications on public administration include:

Congressional Budget Office Reports	HSSE DOC Y 10
Government Accountability Office Reports	MEL MF GA 1.13:
Congressional Record	HSSE Repository X/A:
Reports to Be Made to Congress	HSSE DOC Y 1.1/7:108-14 + earlier eds.
House Appropriations Committee (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee. Appropriations committee publications are excellent sources for project expenditure information.)	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:
House Oversight & Government Reform Committee (Reps. Dan Burton (R-IN) & Mark Souder (R-IN) are members of this committee.)	HSSE DOC Y 4.G 74/7:
House Ways & Means Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.W 36:
Green Book)	HSSE DOC Y 4.W 36:10-4/
Senate Appropriations Committee	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:
Senate Finance Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.F 49:
Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.G 74/9

Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem HSSE DOC Y 4.3:T 22/
(Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) was a member of this committee.)

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Internet Resources

Increasing amounts of government information are on the Internet. The Purdue
Libraries Documents Department homepage is a good starting point. GPO Access contains major
federal legislative, legal, and regulatory information sources such as congressional
bills, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the U.S. Code. Examples of other
federal government public administration Internet resources include:

Census Bureau

Dept. of Housing & Urban Development

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Archive (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

General Services Administration

Internet for Federal Inspectors General (IgNet)

Office of Government Ethics

Office of Management & Budget & OMB Earmarks Database

Expectmore.gov

Regulations.gov

National Academy of Public Administration

State Government Sites