CCTA Government Information

http://www.open.gov.uk/

Here's where to come for information on any UK government authority. Just open its colossal directory, scan down the list, make your choice, and before long you'll be nodding off, just as if you were actually there.

Central Intelligence Agency

http://www.odci.gov/cia

Find out about the CIA's role in international affairs, the intelligence cycle, its history and real estate. But that's nor what you're after is it? You watch TV and read the Weekly World News. You want to know about political assassinations, arms deals, Latin American drug trades, spy satellites, conspiracy theories, phone tapping, convert operations, government-sponsored alien sex cults, and the X-files. This must be another CIA.

Declassified Satellite Photos

http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/dclass/dclass.html

Here's what you've been expecting to stumble across on the Net: the first spy pictures taken from satellites and then dropped to earth by parachute. They're freshly declassified and plenty more will follow. Look closely and see Soviets knitting socks in preparation for a bleak winter.

FedWorld

http://www.fedworld.gov

Find US federal government servers, contacts, and documents.

Her Majesty's Treasury

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk

Another spine-tingling UK site. Read press releases, ministerial speeches, minutes, economic forecasts, and the budget, and decide whether your tax pounds are going to worthy causes.

US Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/

There are more statistics here about the US and its citizens than you'll ever want to know, You can search the main census database, read press releases, view the poster gallery, check the projected population clock, listen to clips from its radio broadcasts, or link to other serious info-head sites.

US Federal Government Servers

http://www.fie.com/www/us_gov.htm

Extreme directory of US federal government servers.

Welcome to the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov

Slick Willy might not really be at his PC when you choose to "speak out" through the White House's official suggestion form, but you never know, something just might filter through. It's easy to be cynical about this PR exercise, particularly the moribund guided tour, but it does show the doors of democracy are at least ajar.