FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WEB SITES
Federal government offices do not necessarily hire in the same way. During the fall
recruiting season, numerous offices recruit for Government Honors and Summer
Internships Programs. It is increasingly likely that applications are available online only.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT and AGENCY JOB SITES
Government Honors and
Internship Online
Handbook
Office of Personnel
Management
Federal Government
Employment
Opportunities
Fedworld
U.S. Nonprofit Gateway
Commodity Futures
Trading Commission
Comptroller of the
Currency
Department of Agriculture
www.law.arizona.edu/career/ An online resource listing
summer and permanent
honorshandbook.cfm
positions. Updated
periodically. Contact
Whittier CSO for the
username and password
for this account.
www.usajobs.opm.gov
Lists federal job openings
and other employment
information. Not all
government jobs are listed
here, however.
www.nalp.org/jobseek
Click on “Federal Legal
Employment
Opportunities Guide.”
Provides an in-depth look
at which agencies hire
lawyers.
www.fedworld.og
Federal government job
listings and library
databases
www.nonprofit.gov
Federal government
directory, links to federal
information clearinghouse
and nonprofit resources
www.cftc.gov
Independent agency to
regulate commodity
futures and option markets
www.occ.treas.gov
Regulates and supervises
national banks
www.usda.gov
Broad range of
responsibilities related to
food and farming issues
Department of Commerce
www.doc.gov
Department of Defense
www.defenselink.mil
Department of Education
www.ed.gov
Department of Energy
www.doe.gov
Department of Health and
Human Services
Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
www.hhs.gov
Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov
Department of Labor
www.dol.gov
Department of State
www.state.gov
Department of
Transportation
www.dot.gov
Department of the
Treasury
www.treas.gov
www.hud.gov
www.doi.gov
Monitors foreign trade,
fishing, and granting of
patents
Formulates military
policy, oversees
acquisition contracts,
analyses classified
information
Ensures equal access to
education. Civil rights
issues
Oversees steady,
consistent and safe supply
of energy. Ensures
national security and
safety.
Primary agency for
overseeing public health
Oversees housing needs in
nation’s cities
Manages the nation’s
natural resources.
Oversees the U.S.
government’s relationship
with Native American
tribes
Major law enforcement
branch of the federal
government. Largest
government employer for
lawyers.
Administers and enforces
law and regulations in the
work place.
Represents U.S. foreign
policy through embassies
and mission. Guides
foreign policy.
Sets national
transportation policy and
oversees transportation
issues.
Responsible for
overseeing domestic and
international financial,
economic and tax policy.
Department of Veteran
Affairs
www.va.gov
Environmental Protection
Agency
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
www.epa.gov
Export-Import Bank of the
United States
www.exim.gov
Federal Communications
Commission
www.fcc.gov
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
www.dot.gov
Federal Election
Commission
www.fec.gov
Federal Labor Relations
Authority
www.flra.gov
Federal Reserve System
www.federalreserve.gov
Federal Trade
Commission
www.ftc.gov
General Accounting
Office
www.gao.gov
National Labor Relations
Board
www.nlrb.gov
Nuclear Regulatory
www.nrc.gov
www.eeoc.gov
Provides health, social,
educational and pension
programs for veterans
Safeguards the nation’s
air, water, and land.
Enforces federal laws
related to equal
employment opportunity.
Assist U.S. exporters by
providing guarantees of
working capital loans and
foreign repayment.
Regulates interstate and
international radio,
television, satellite, cable
and wire communications.
Nation’s insurer of bank
deposits, maintaining the
stability of financial
system.
Independent regulatory
agency that discloses
campaign finance
information and enforces
limits and prohibitions on
contributions.
Independent agency
administering the labormanagement relations
program for federal
employees.
Establishes monetary
policy, supervises banking
institutions.
Protect consumers and
eliminates unfair or
deceptive practices in
marketing.
Central watchdog agency.
Investigates, audits and
evaluates government
programs.
Independent agency that
administers the National
Labor Relations Act.
Protect the country from
Commission
Patent and Trademark
Office
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation
www.uspto.gov
Securities and Exchange
Commission
www.sec.gov
Social Security
Administration
Unites States Agency for
International Development
www.ssa.gov
www.pbgc.gov
www.usaid.gov
the effects of radiation
from nuclear reactors.
Administers laws relating
to patents and trademarks.
Federal corporation that
encourages the
continuation and
maintenance of benefit
pension plans.
Mission to maintain the
integrity of the securities
market.
Oversees anti-poverty
program
Promotes economic
growth and development
abroad in support of U.S.
foreign policy.