Federal Government Documents

The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations. It is a publication of the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Basic guide to Social Security programs.

The official handbook of the Federal Government. It provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches plus quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.

Every four years, just after the Presidential election, the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is published, alternately, by the Senate and the House. The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government.