Paul L. Boley
Law Library
Lewis & Clark Law School

Executive Orders and Documents

How to Find
Executive Orders & Proclamations

Federal Register (from 1994)
Choose year(s), type "executive order" AND keywords in search box, or "proclamation" AND keywords

Federal Register (1936-2007)

HeinOnline

Check Executive Order Disposition Tables
Full-text from 1993, cites to EOs in Federal Register from 1937, Subject Indexes from 1993, Disposition (superceded, amended, revoked) of EOs from 1937

Whitehouse.gov: Executive Orders (current President only)
Full table of EOs, to search type executive order followed by keywords

Whitehouse.gov: Proclamations (current president only)
Full table of Proclamations, to search type proclamation followed by keywords

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (from 1993)
Choose year, type "executive order" AND keywords in search box, or proclamation AND keywords in search box

Codification of EOs & Executive Proclamations
(1945-1989)
Combined reference source for executive documents

Westlaw
Pres Database: (EOs 1936- , Other docs 1984- );
WCPD Database: (Weekly Compilation of Pres Docs 1995- )

LexisNexis
Executive Orders file (1980- );
Public Papers of the Presidents file (EOs & Proclamations, etc., 1979- )

CFR Title 3 (current year only)
GPO Access
Browse EOs and Proclamations

 

Government Documents

GPO Access
Over 1000 databases of official federal information

UMich Documents Center
Central source for government information

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
1976-
GPO Access

National Archives and Records Administration
Digital images of important historical U.S. documents as well as records from every branch of the federal government

U.S. Government Manual
Official handbook of the federal government

The White House
Links to Presidential documents, administrative agencies and briefings/press releases (current administration only)

U.S. Agency Websites and Search Tools
Boley Law Library
via our own Administrative Law page

Statistics

FEDSTATS
Provides access to the statistics produced by over 70 agencies.

Statistical Resources on the Web (UMich) Incredible resource providing subject links to both government and private statistics available on the web.

TRACfed

Dynamic access to federal data concerning criminal, civil, & administrative enforcement, staffing, spending and more
:: Quickstart Guide
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State and County Quick Facts (US Census Bureau) -- Handy reference to frequently-requested national, state and county census info.