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Fedstats.gov

By MARYANNE MURRAY BUECHNERMonday, Aug. 23, 2004
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Not the sexiest site on our list, to be sure, but incredibly useful for gathering statistics and reports from more than 100 government agencies. Click on Key Statistic next to an agency's name (they're listed alphabetically) to pull up links to other Web pages containing relevant info. You'll have to dig a little, but for many kinds of research this is a great place to start.

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