Though still in the early stages of its evolution, the Internet is already an important research tool for scholars, policy analysts, journalists, and the public. As a result, one can read, save, and print out the full text of arms control treaties and agreements, thousands of Defense and Energy directives, technical and environmental reports, GAO reports, and congressional bills and laws. Also in abundance are statements and speeches by government officials, testimony before Congress, fact sheets, and press releases. Almost every unclassified government document of public interest published since mid-1994 can be found on the Net. The table below lists the Web addresses of U.S. government departments and agencies that deal with nuclear issues.
Some sites have internal search engines allowing keyword searches of documents and materials.
To find the information you are looking for out of the hundreds of millions of pages that make up the Internet can be a daunting and at times frustrating task. GovBot is used to limit searches to U.S. government sites, as it only searches the .mil and . gov domains. For instance, suppose you are after a specific program at Los Alamos. With the onset of the electronic revolution, some have prophesied the demise of the printed word. Others have belittled the value of the Web, considering it little more than a toy and a time-waster.