International Government Guide

United States Relations

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• Bureau of Industry and Security (Dept of Commerce)
  Charged with the development, implementation and interpretation of U.S. export control policy for dual-use commodities, software, and technology. They are concerned with export control policy, export licensing and enforcement.
• Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) (US Department of Labor)
  Includes annual reports, publications on child labor, foreign labor trends, United States Employment Impact Review, Labor Rights Report, Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report and North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) documents.
• Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)
  The bureau coordinates an extensive portfolio of issues related to science, health, the environment, and the world's oceans.
• Central Intelligence Agency
  An independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers. Documents include general reports, annual reports from 1997 to 2003, a FOIA Electronic Reading Room and a reading list for intelligence literature.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau
  USCIS offers a variety of resources for immigrants and the organizations that serve them. The site includes a variety of reports and studies, along with resources for new immigrants.
• Digital National Security Archive (online database)
  A collection of significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. The Archive is organized into dozens of topical collections, each containing government documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
• Foreign Agricultural Service
  Reports include information on market and trade data, trade agreements and negotiations, and commodities and products.
• Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (FCSC) (US Department of Justice)
  Adjudicates claims of U.S. nationals against foreign governments. Annual reports include a table of completed programs with dates and payment amounts.
• Foreign Relations of the United States (1945-1976)
  This series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. This collection covers the Truman Administration to the Nixon-Ford Administration.
• Foreign Relations of the United States (1861-1960)
• Global Strategic Assessment, 2009 - America's Security Role in a Changing World (Institute for National Strategic Studies)
• House Permanent Committee on Intelligence
  Documents include committee reports 1998-date; conference reports 1998-2005; and current documents and record votes.
• International Trade Administration (US Department of Commerce)
  Publications include press releases, speeches and testimony by senior staff, and a variety of on-line publications on importing, exporting and overseas business.
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  Responsible for overseeing federal intelligence activities. Those activities are intended to promote the security and vital interests of the nation. Legislation (2001-date), hearings (2003-date), and reports (2001-date) are available.
• US Department of Defense
• US Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions
  Links to websites of U.S. embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions.
  
• US House of Representatives International Relations committee
  Reports include Legislation on Foreign Relations from 1999 through 2005.
  
• US Senate Foreign Relations committee
  Has jurisdiction over international Red Cross activities, monetary and development organizations, scientific and environmental affairs, and nuclear energy. Hearings from 2003-date, list of current treaties, and current foreign relations legislation.
  

• Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, 2nd ed., 3v, 2002
  US Relations Essays by subject experts treat concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with specific articles on topics ranging from anti-imperialism to environmental diplomacy, from refugee policies to terrorism and countermeasures. Also includes a chronology.

• Marie Concannon, Government Documents Coordinator
• Sandy Schiefer, Government Documents Librarian