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Search Engines for US Government Information

There are a number of different search engines and directories you can use to find US government information. These are a few of the best for both general and specialized information.
Courtesy of Washburn University School of Law.  A web page for Federal Agencies that provides links to the agencies' homepage, publications, organizational charts, electronic forms and administrative decisions. Often this information can only be found by digging deep into an agency site.
Locally owned website which also links to free and fee based public records locally and nationally.
The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government.
Provides access to statistical data from over 70 federal agencies and the latest White House press briefings.
Search engine built by the US government to search only Federal online information.
Search engine built by the US government to search only Federal online information, in Spanish.
FedWorld.gov
The FedWorld.gov web site is a gateway to government information. This site is managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) as part of it's information management mandate.
This popular search engine's secondary search (google.com/unclesam) limits your searches to servers using the .gov (federal), .mil (military), and state servers (ending with .us or .gov). Smaller entities, such as cities, may not be included if the server domain does not fit the pattern required by Google. Note: Results from Findlaw.com are also included in the results due to the amount of federal legislative information included on their server, but other .com, .org and .net sites are excluded.
Commercial-provided directory that provides access to all levels of world, federal, state and local government.  Includes links to consumer information sites, public opinion polls, election information, and more.
The Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional Bills and other Federal Government information are available online via GPO Access, a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Public access is available through the Federal Depository Library, or directly from GPO. Provides access to the current Guide to U.S. Government Information, also known as MoCat.
Search engine for well over 100,000 unclassified scientific technical reports held in databases at NASA, DOE, DOD, and EPA and their sub-agencies. Gray literature is material that is harder to locate as it is not published through normal venues, such as journals or conferences. Some material dates back to 1974.
Infomine (Government Information)
 University of California Riverside's Government Information Web Page for searching the UCR collections and resources.
Search Systems' Public Records Locator
 This offers the choice to search either free or fee-based databases to public records. You may search by region (recommended) or by keyword.
Access to current and historical (starting with the 93rd Congress in 1973) legislation with links to bill summary (or full text), current status, supporters, voting records and much more.
This list provides search engines and online directories to International governments (IGO) and non-governmental organizations (NGO). Non-government organizations are agencies like the International Red Cross or United Nations. Some engines are created by the US Government while others are from universities or other reputable organizations.