Blogs

Higher Education

• Government Publications Library University of Colorado at Boulder Blog -- interesting government sites from a librarian at UC
• Swem Government Information from William & Mary College
• Government News for Montana -- interesting government sites focusing on Montana and west
• The Gov Docs Guy blog - Kevin McClure of Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois blogs “highlighting newsworthy government documents.”

Government and Other Organizations

Listng of Blogs from the U.S. Government

• GovGab - range of topics related to government agencies: elections and voting, finance and investing, consumer topics, holidays, health and safety, and more; links to relevant sources {Office of Citizen Services and Communications},
• Federal Government Policy Issues -- Discussion and information on selected policy issues concerning tax, foreign relations, energy and other significant policies. The intent is to provide data and analysis that will assist in determining the appropriateness of the policy.
• Project On Government Oversight -- a blog for the Project On Government Oversight (www.pogo.org).
• Tax Information Blog -- tax-Information, tax help, state taxes, federal taxes. All the tax information you will need right in one place.
• Library of Congress Blog “Light and liberty go together”
• NASA's * Virtual Launch Control Center Team posted messages and updates on the Mission STS-115 Launch Blog -some messages are accompanied by video footage and there are a few bits of trivia throughout the blog postings as well
• Tech-ade blog - of the Federal Trade Commission
• Docuticker - offers a hand-picked selection of resources, reports and publications from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and other public interest organizations.

• ASY Live Blog http://asylive.blogspot.com/ – The "ASY Live Blog," an extension of the Department of Defense America Supports You program, highlights the support supplied by citizens and corporations nationwide to our men and women in uniform and communicates that support to our troops.
• Energy Savers http://eere.typepad.com/energysavers/ – The Energy Savers Blog provides a place for consumers to learn about and discuss energy efficiency and renewable technologies at home, on the road, and in the workplace.
• Eye Level http://eyelevel.si.edu/ – This Smithsonian American Art Museum blog covers American art and the ways it reflects American history and culture.
• Future Digital System http://fdsys.blogspot.com/ – U.S. Government Printing Office blog about the Future Digital System program that will be a world-class information life-cycle management system
• Grants.gov http://grants-gov.blogspot.com – Updates for the grant community.
• Mount Rainier National Park Volunteers Blog http://rainiervolunteers.blogspot.com/ – Get the latest news about the volunteer program at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.
• National Parks http://blog.nationalparks.org/ – The National Park Foundation enriches the connection Americans have with our National Parks.
• Pushing Back http://pushingback.com/blogs/pushing_back/default.aspx – Office of National Drug Control Policy blog to educate Americans about illegal drugs and the latest international, federal, state, and local efforts to reduce drug use
• Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/blogs/default.htm – Bloggers offer insights and information about Smithsonian Institution exhibitions, events, collections, research projects, and more.
• Take Pride in America: The Blog http://takeprideblog.blogspot.com/ – Take Pride in America, a national partnership program aimed at increasing volunteer service on America's public lands, hosts this blog to empower volunteers from every corner of America to maintain and enhance our natural, cultural, and historical sites.

RSS

• Government feeds
• University of Michigan Documents Center - XML version of their news page
• of Congress -2 handfuls of general and copyright rss feeds
• National Library of Medicine - mostly for updates to journals and news but also a DailyMed Drug Label Updates (http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/rss.cfm)
• Documents in the News - blog with RSS from Washington State Library

Podcasts

• Podcasts from the US Government
• List of Gov. Poadcasts

News

• Documents in the News - hot documents are organized by topic, such as "CIA Leak Investigation" and "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld;" the site archive goes back to 1995 (University of Michigan Library’s Documents Center)

• Center for Public Integrity is to produce original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable (nonprofit, nonpartisan, non-advocacy, independent journalism organization based in Washington, D.C.)