Contacting U.S. Government - Part I
Dateline: 01/09/98
Never in our history has it been so easy for so many citizens to access the structures and people of the Federal Government. The Web sites of most federal organizations now feature some sort of “people finder” function, as well as location, phone number, and email lists, or lookups.
In this two-part feature, we’ll look in detail at how to use the Internet to contact our government. Part I will include the President, Vice President, and Congress. Part II will cover some major government agencies and offices.
The President, First Lady, and Vice-President
Their email address are:
The President:
president@whitehouse.gov
The First Lady:
first.lady@whitehouse.gov
The Vice President:
vice.president@whitehouse.gov
If you prefer to online forms, and your browser supports them, you can use these on the Whitehouse Web site:
Send
Electronic Mail to the President
Send Electronic Mail to
the First Lady
Send
Electronic Mail to the Vice President
Note: According to 18 USC Sec. 871, it is a federal offense to send threatening messages to the President, Vice President, or anyone in the line of Presidential Succession.
The United States Senate
Official Senate Web Site - http://www.senate.gov
Congressional Telephone Directory
Phone numbers and office numbers for all House and Senate members, committees,
and related offices. Compiled by Robin H. Carle, Clerk of the House.
Senators
With Email Addresses
Also includes links to Senators' Web sites plus email addresses an URLs of
Senate Committees and Administrative offices.
University of Michigan - Congressional Email and Web Site
Index
A simple, but always current list of all email addresses and Web sites for
all Senators and Representatives.
INFOSEARCH® presents Mr.
Smith E-Mails...
Form-based email to the Whitehouse and Congress. Useful for sending the same
letter to several individuals at once. Letters are limited to 10,000 characters.
Also send mail to hundreds of media outlets.
Email Addresses of Certain Senate Committees and Offices
Democratic Policy Committee -
postmaster@dpc.senate.gov
Republican Policy Committee -
webmaster@rpc.senate.gov
Committee on Aging -
mailbox@aging.senate.gov
Energy Commission -
webmaster@energy.senate.gov
Joint Economic Committee -
chairman_mack@jec.senate.gov
Small Business Committee -
committee@small-bus.senate.gov
Conference of Majority -
webmaster@repub-conf.senate.gov
Senate Historical Office -
historian@sec.senate.gov
Senate Curator -
curator@sec.senate.gov
United States House of Representatives
Official House Web Site - http://www.house.gov
Links to Representatives' Web Sites
Congressional Telephone Directory
Phone numbers and office numbers for all House and Senate members, committees,
and related offices. Compiled by Robin H. Carle, Clerk of the House.
Write Your Representative -
Lookup
This function requires your Zipcode and, often, your Zip+4 number. For that,
it sends you to a rather hard to use lookup feature from the Postal Service.
Frankly, this thing is hard to use and not all Representatives participate.
Here are two better ways to go:
University of Michigan - Congressional Email and Web Site
Index
A simple, but always current list of all email addresses and Web sites for
all Senators and Representatives.
INFOSEARCH® presents Mr.
Smith E-Mails...
Form-based email to the Whitehouse and Congress. Useful for sending the same
letter to several individuals at once. Letters are limited to 10,000 characters.
Also send mail to hundreds of media outlets.
House Mailing Label Files
This is kind of neat. These files will produce pre-formatted and addressed
mailing labels for you. Just download them and print them using your word
processor. Available in PC-format only at this time.
Mailing Labels for U.S.
Representatives
WordPerfect (PC)
Format
MS-Word (PC)
Format
ASCII Format
Mailing Labels for House Committee
Members
WordPerfect (PC)
Format
MS-Word (PC)
Format
ASCII Format
A Final Note: Due to the volume of mail they receive, most members
of Congress choose to respond directly only to email from their local
constituents. However, all incoming email is read.
U.S.
Government Info/Resources Bulletin Board
Have a question, comment or something you want to discuss? Post it on the
Bulletin Board
Index
to U.S. Government Web Space
Links to over 250 agencies, bureaus, commissions and offices in all three
branches of government.
Federal
Job Openings and Resources
40,000 people will get U.S. Government jobs this year. Want to be one of
them?
