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PRESIDENTIAL INFORMATION SOURCES

OTHER SITES FOR PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS	PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES
PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS	TREATIES - UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES	WHITE HOUSE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

In addition to veto power over legislation passed by Congress, the office of the President has lawmaking authority that is exercised by the issuance and publication of a number of types of documents that have legal effect. Presidential documents include:

Executive orders issued to government officials.

Proclamations or announcements of policy to the nation and may include announcements of ceremonial occasions or deal with trade policy or tariff issues.

Administrative orders, memoranda, notices, letters, and presidential determinations.

Presidential reorganization plans to reform, abolish, or transfer agency functions.

Presidential messages or communications to Congress to propose new legislation, explain vetoes, transmit reports, convey information about national affairs, and during signing of legislation.

Executive agreements made between other countries.

Executive orders, proclamations, administrative orders, and reorganization plans are published in the Federal Register and codified in Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations and are searchable on the Internet. These documents have no legal authority or effect until they have appeared in the Register. Proclamations and executive orders, as well as some of the other presidential documents are available on both LEXIS and WESTLAW. The office of the President has an active Internet presence where all Presidential documents are mounted on the White House page. These documents are also available at a number of other Internet sites.

Presidential Documents - Federal Register - GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces5408.html
Federal Register Search Form - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
This section of the Federal Register contains documents signed by the President and submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Presidential documents include proclamations and Executive orders as well as other documents such as determinations, letters, memorandums, and reorganization plans.

Presidential Documents - U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library - http://www.findlaw.com/10fedgov/index.html#exec

Search Executive Orders - http://library.whitehouse.gov/?request=ExecutiveOrder

The Internet Law Library maintains this hypertext list of presidential executive orders, speeches, historical documents, and other information resources. The Internet Law Library provides a search page to retrieve executive orders from the U. S. Code.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html
The online edition of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is currently under development as a pilot project jointly authorized by the publisher, the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Printing Office (GPO). Its purpose is to provide the public with enhanced access to Presidential documents. The OFR publishes the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents every Monday. The publication contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week. The online edition accessible through GPO Access contains data from the January 9, 1995 issue to the present. The Weekly Compilation serves not only as a source for the full text of first person Presidential documents, but also rounds out the picture of Presidential activities with a Digest of Other White House Announcements, Listing of Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Checklist of Other White House Press Releases, and Acts Approved by the President. The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration and contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.

WHITE HOUSE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov
This site includes information on the President & Vice President, their accomplishments, families, and how to send them electronic mail; Interactive Citizens' Handbook; White House History and Tours; and a virtual library to search White House documents, speeches, and photos, press releases, hot topics, and the latest government statistics.A link from the opening page allows users to search the Virtual Library.

White House - The Virtual Library - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/library.html

Search All White House Publications - http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/search/everything.html

The Virtual Library page includes searchable copies of press releases, radio addresses, photographs, executive orders, and a directory of historic national documents including; the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, NAFTA, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Users can search all publicly-released documents since the start of the Clinton Administration.

Radio Addresses of the President - White House - Virtual Library - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/library.html

Search White House Radio Addresses - http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/search/radio-addresses.html

Users can search and listen to the President/s Saturday Radio addresses.

Executive Orders - White House - Virtual Library - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/library.html

Search Executive Orders - http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/search/executive-orders.html

Users can search all official actions, procedural changes, and organizational changes.

White House Photographs - White House - Virtual Library - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/library.html
The collection of photographs of the first family and the administration is intersting and a unique view of history at your fingertips over the last four years.

Press Briefings - White House - Virtual Library - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/library.html

Search White House Press Briefings - http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/search/press-briefings.html

PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES

Inagural Addresses of the President -   http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/inaugural/index.html
Full text of inaugural addresses beginning with George Washington

POTUS - Presidents of the United States - Internet Public Library -   http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
This site includes background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.

A Hypertext on American History From the Colonial Period Until Modern Times -   http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
Inaugural, farewell, and State of the Union addresses, 1789-1995

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

PRESIDENT - http://sunsite.unc.edu:80/lia/president/pres-home.html
Links to Presidential Libraries, Hoover to Bush

National Archives and Records Administration - Presidential Libraries - http://www.nara.gov/nara/president/address.html

OTHER SITES FOR PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

University of California GPO Gate -   http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/gate.html

Economic Report of the President - http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/erp.html
The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the budget. The Report includes; 1) current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, unemployment, production, real income and Federal budget outlays    2) employment objectives for significant groups of the labor force 3) annual numeric goals and 4) a program for carrying out program objectives. Supplementary reports can be issued to the Congress which contain additional and/or revised recommendations.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents -   http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/presdoc.html
The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration and contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.

White House Publications - http://www1.ai.mit.edu/search/white-house-publications
This search index allows users to retrieve White House Publications by either clicking on a search term for a category or providing a combination of categories from 6838 documents organized into 174 categories. Searchers can specify constraints on the documents retrieved such as date.

Executive Orders - U. S. Laws and Regulations - Envirotext -
Presidential executive orders and proclamations codified since 1945 and compiled from Title Three of the Code of Federal Regulations are published in this dataset. The database can be searched by keywords, subject, CFR or U.S. Code citation, Executive Order number, or agency affected. The information within EnviroText is current, and is updated as new compilations are made available from the Office of the Federal Register.

Executive Orders and Office of Management and Budget Circulars - FedLaw - Federal Laws and Regulations - By Subject Category - http://www.legal.gsa.gov/intro2.htm

Executive Orders and OMB Circulars - General - http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal1.htm
Numerical Listing of Executive Orders Available Electronically - http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal1geo.htm

FedLaw provides a hypertext list of executive orders and Office of Management and Budget Circulars according to 61 subjects listed in subcategories of Laws, Regulations, and Other (which includes links to the Federal agencies that enforce or manage those laws and regulations).

Executive Orders - Disposition Tables - National Archives and Records Administration - Office of the Federal Register - http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html#top
The National Archives and Records Administration maintains this list of executive orders beginning with those signed by President Kennedy.   Each executive order document includes the executive order number; date signed by the President; Federal Register volume, page, and issue date; exact title of the order; any amendments; and current status of the order.

White House Speeches and Press Releases - Miscellaneous Government Related Databases - http://sunsite.unc.edu/white-house/whitewais.html
This site from the University of North Carolina Sunsite is being developed to offer a searchable index government information. The site now provides a searchable index to White House Speeches and Press Releases and President Clinton's 1992 Campaign Speeches.

TREATIES - UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL

Treaties are formal agreements between countries. In the United States, treaties have the same legal effect as statutes. The Constitution gives the executive branch the power to arrange treaties, but treaties must be submitted to the Senate for ratification. Executive agreements may also be made with other countries. Legally and bibliographically executive agreements are similar to treaties. The major difference between treaties and agreements is that agreements do not require Senate ratification.

Treaties in Force - A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force -   http://www.acda.gov/state/
This is a cumulative annual index of treaties to which the United States is a party.   Bilateral treaties are arranged by country and multilateral by subject. This annual publication lists treaties and agreements currently in effect to which the United States is a party. TIF provides access to bilateral treaties by country and, within country, by broad subject; access to multilateral treaties is only by broad subject. Citations are provided so that researchers may locate the text of the treaty. Later modifying agreements are given with each original reference. Most references are to United States Treaties and Treaties and Other International Acts Series

Dispatch -   http://www.state.gov/www/publications/dispatch/index.html
This weekly periodical may publish the text of major treaties.

University of Pennsylvania - Treaties and Other Agreements Guide - http://www.lib.upenn.edu/vanpelt/guides/rc/treat.html

Legal Information Institute - Cornell University School of Law -   gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu:70/11/foreign/fletcher

Historical Treaties -   gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu:70/11/foreign/historical

Multilaterals Project: Multinational Treaties - Tufts University School of Law -   http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher/multilaterals.html

Internet Law Library - Treaties and International Agreements -   gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Gov/Treaties     http://www.currentlegal.com/lawlibrary/89.htm     http://www.law.com/lawnet/89.htm      http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/89.htm