Once a week RiceInfo runs a program which automatically merges selected directories of links at these institutions into the menus you see here. Census Basic Tables for United States Counties, Metro Areas, and Places. Census Bureau Home Page with information regarding the organization of the Census Bureau, its population Clocks and a listing of other sites with Census Data. CIA Factbook is produced annually by the Central Intelligence Agency. It contains information on countries and territories throughout the world, including area, climate, economy, government, land use, natural resources, population, etc.
Information is also available on international organizations and weights and measures.
Consumer Information Center - Federal GSA provides the public with timely, relevant consumer information. The file contains their publication catalog and gives information in broad subject categories such as cars, children, employment, food and nutrition, health, housing, etc. Consumer Product Safety Commission was created in 1972 to protect the public against unreasonable risks and deaths associated with consumer products. The database contains very current information on topics such as Child resistance caps on medicine bottles, and safety alerts from 1990 to date. The first time you enter the directory read their Help about searching screen carefully.