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INFORMATION USA

• Provided by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, Information USA is an authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about official U.S. policies, American society, culture, and political processes.

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION about the UNITED STATES

• Links to official state websites
• U.S. Gazetteer for searching for a place in the U.S.
• An Outline of American Geography

HISTORY of the UNITED STATES

• Biographies of U.S. Presidents
• Documents of American history
• Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
• Constitution, 1787
• Speeches
• Inaugural addresses of the Presidents of the United States
• Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
• Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream, August 28, 1963
• An Outline of American History

U.S. GOVERNMENT

• Executive Branch
• President of the United States (First Lady)
• Vice President of the United States
• White House
• Federal Agencies and Commissions
• Judicial Branch
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Supreme Court Collection of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
• Legislative Branch
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
• Official Federal Government Web Sites
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Outline of U.S. Government

ELECTIONS

AMERICANA and STATISTICS

• Score and Text of the National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Information on the flag of the U.S., "The Stars and Stripes"
• Information on the Statue of Liberty
• American holidays
• Population of the United States according to the U.S. POPClock Projection of the U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Census Bureau for statistical information

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION and LINKS

• Information on the Green Card Lottery
• List of various dictionaries
• General Tables of Units of Measurement, including Tables of Equivalents
• Mileage Calculator for determining distances
• Information about Daylight Saving Time
• International Time Zones and time differences between Austria and the United States under Worldtime, or Date and Time Gateway
• Information about zip codes and area codes
• White pages and yellow pages address, fax and telephone information under www.switchboard.com or www.infospace.com

TRAVEL INFORMATION

• For information on travel to the U.S. please visit our Tourism and Travel U.S.A. page

STUDYING in the UNITED STATES

• Online information about universities and colleges
• America's Best Graduate Schools - U.S. News & World Report
• Peterson's Education Portal
• EmbarkCom
• The AdmissionsOffice.Com
• Alphabetical lists of universities under American Universities, or Colleges and Universities
• Study in the USA, a resource for international students
• Information on various admission tests
• The Educational Testing Service Network
• Official TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Website
• GRE OnLine (Graduate Record Examinations)
• GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
• SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
• ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates)
• USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination)
• Austrian Fulbright Commission (Austrian-American Educational Commission)

CONSULAR INFORMATION

• For information on visas please contact the Consular Section