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A political blog that presents a sharp critique of American and world politics. It is extremely critical of liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans. It also sells patriotic t-shirts, political magazines, celebrity posters, and calendars.
Provides training manuals, guidebooks, and other recruit information from the United States Marine Corps.
This prototype offers relatively sketchy information but invites feedback about UK Government operations. There are also links to the DTI and the National Rivers Authority.
The British Army is the first of the UK's armed forces to put itself on the Internet.The site features unclassified material on equipment, training and the structure of the army, and you can click on an interactive world map to find out about its global activities. There's also a set of screen savers based on the series of radio and TV recruitment ads. At the heart of the site is an online ""game"" that takes players through a number of military scenarios, but overall Army World Challenge comes across as more of an enrolment tool than an information service. Which is the intention, of course. In the words of the army's director of recruitment, Brigadier John Milne, We are hoping that The Army Challenge will encourage young people to find out more about the opportunities offered by a career in the Army.
Model meet and greet pages for local constituents incorporating superb functionality with assured design. Councillors are listed alphabetically and by ward, and are accessible by a clickable map, with a full list of council services, contacts and numbers which are similarly easy to get to. Additional information on the Leeds economy, business initiatives and education is included, along with tourist travel, attractions, shopping and events. Enhancing an already established reputation as an enlightened council, the 24-hour city goes from boomin' strength to strength.
Can you believe this is for real? Your guide to Californian jails is aimed at, well, would-be gaolers, actually, and carries details of training courses from transitioning to a new jail to inmate con games: what jail staff need to know. Sadly the link to jail slang didn't work but, nonetheless, it's a strangely mesmerising site.
Representing those who ply their trade in the American Foreign Service, this site's a surprisingly interesting resource for anyone interested in US foreign policy and is soon to be the home of Diplomats Online, a joint venture with Ted Tuner's CNN to put teachers and students in touch with American Diplomatic officials.
Take a photographic tour, browse the organisational chart or go straight to the Department of State Foreign Affairs Gopher for information on US treaties, global affairs and general foreign policies.
There is lots and lots of information on the CIA here. You can find out about its role in international affairs, the intelligence cycle, its history and real estate. But that's not what you're after is it? You've seen it on TV and in the movies and you want to know about political assassinations, arms deals, Latin American drug trades, spy satellites, conspiracy theories, phone tapping, covert operations, government-sponspored alien sex cults and the X files. You must have the wrong CIA.
This home page, an initiative from the Director-General XIII of the EC, provides the WWW with information about Europe and the European electronic information market. There is some riveting reading here, including the much sought after unexpurgated version of the Maastricht Treaty.
Press releases, ministerial speeches, minutes and economic forecasts you can subscribe to a mailing list to receive news and even read the budget. It has to be said that this is rather dull, but at least it shows the goverment is waking up to the existence of the 'information superhighway'.
Have you ever used Bill Clinton as an extreme example of the type of person who uses the Internet? Well, here's proof. It's easy to be cynical about this PR exercise, particularly the moribund guided tour of the Whitehouse and Hillary's page, but it does show the doors of democracy to be at least ajar. Most government departments can be accessed from a simple menu. Larrikins may even download Bill's welcome message for their windows start-up sound file. Best though, is the invitation to email the President and 'speak out', perhaps about his wife's page.
This server is located in the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, but the service itself is experimental rather than official. About all you get from this inscrutable site is some general information about Japan. Unlikely to become one of Today's Cool Places.
The US government set up this Test Web server - a graphics-intensive home page that can take a long time to load. It can take a while to get access, but when you do, you'll find yourself linked to a growing database of information from one of the world's largest bureaucracies.
The US Department of Health server contains useful information on finding your way through the US health service, plus public access information on topics such as cancer and Aids.
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