Diplomatic Resources

Politics

• Federal Government Organizational Chart
• Congressional Directory
• Congressional Calendars
• How U.S. federal laws are made and how to research them
• Advocacy Tips for Diplomats
• D.C. Office of the Secretary

Trade and Commerce

• Budget of the U.S. Government
• U.S. Department of the Treasury Organizational Chart
• U.S. Department of Commerce Organizational Chart
• U.S. Department of Commerce Bureaus and Offices
• U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Office of International Affairs
• Export Import Bank of the United States
• WTO on Economic Recovery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Modernizing Trade Agreements using NAFTA as an example
• International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) on Developing Public-Private Partnerships Globally
• International Competition Network Resource Library for Global Competition Law Enforcement and Competition Assessment
• Economic Indicators (monthly report prepared by the Council of Economic Advisors)
  • Provides economic information on GDP, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, federal finance, and international statistics

U.S. Foreign Assistance 

• The Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance

  

  • Map of Foreign Assistance
• United States Agency for International Development 
• U.S. Trade and Development Agency
• Navigating the State Department:
  • Organizational Chart
  • Understanding Abbreviations and Symbols
  • Telephone Directory of State Department Officials
  • Telephone Directory of Foreign Chanceries
• U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
• U.S. Department of Labor
  • Child Labor, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking
• U.S. African Development Foundation 
  • USAFD Fact Sheet
• Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • MCC by the Numbers
  • Scorecards

Sanctions

• U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control
  • Programs and Information
  • Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN) Human Readable Lists
  • Consolidated Sanctions List Data Files
  • Sanctions List Search Tool
  • Other OFAC Sanctions Lists
• Sanctions Program and Country Information
• Understanding Economic Sanctions

Health, Science and Technology

• World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Health Regulations (2005) on Global Health Security
• D.C. COVID-19 Site
• D.C. COVID-19 Testing Locations
• U.S. Federal Science Research Information
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Research and Publications)