Science and Technology Section (STS): Government Information Resources: United States

Science.gov is a portal to government databases and research drawing from a wide spectrum of science agencies across disciplines. Includes technical reports, conference papers,data sets, and some open access journal articles.

While no longer being updated with new resources, this serves as a useful database for older federally-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business information across disciplines.

Contains a wide array of science and technical information from all research development projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Provides standards for measurements such as the atomic clock, physical reference data, spectroscopic standards, etc...

A federal agency that promotes the progress of science, and secure national defense. It funds 25% of basic science research conducted by American universities.

Includes agencies regulating railways, highways, aviation, waterways, transit, and pipelines.

This Army department employs civilians and soldiers who build and maintain America's infrastructure and military facilities.

Provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.

An independent agency created by Congress to regulate commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials.