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• National Archives, Office of the Federal Register, U.S. Government Manual
• GovInfo, United States Government Manual, 1935 to Present, with search instructions
  • https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/GOVMAN/
  • current edition, https://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov
• U.S. Government Bookstore, https://bookstore.gpo.gov/search/
• Independent publishers, for recent editions
  • Bernan Press, Rowman & Littlefield, https://rowman.com/
  • Claitor's Publishing Division, https://www.claitors.com/
• WorldCat, https://www.worldcat.org/title/united-states-government-manual/
• The Wayback Machine, website snapshots since 2011
  • https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov
• National Archives, Library Resources for Administrative History: Directories
  • https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/
• Wikipedia, United States Government Manual

The US Government Manual is known as the Official handbook of the Federal Government. This annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, boards, commissions, and committees. Each agency's description consists of a list of principal officials; a summary statement of the agency's purpose and role in the Federal Government; a brief history of the agency, including its legislative or executive authority; and a description of consumer activities, contracts and grants, employment, and publications.

• 1934 – 1938, National Emergency Council
• Oct. 1939 – July 1940, Office of Government Reports
• Fall 1940 – Spring 1942, Executive Office of the President, Office of Government Reports, United States Information Service
• Fall 1942, Bureau of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information
• Summer 1943 – 1945 1st ed., Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information
• 1945 2nd ed. – 1947 1st ed., Division of Public Inquiries, Government Information Service, Bureau of the Budget
• 1947 2nd ed., Government Information Service, Office of Government Reports
• 1948, Division of the Federal Register, The National Archives
• 1949, Division of the Federal Register, National Archives Establishment
• 1950/51 – 1958/59, Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration
• 1959/60 – 1984/85, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration
• 1985/86 – present, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000073967
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002911463
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007119419
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009815800
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009815801
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100569456
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102282343
• and the Government websites referenced above.