Week of April 20, 2014 - Commerce, Trade, International Organizations, and Policing Agency Websites

By Joan Whetzel

Some of my writing research has led me to government and international organization websites, all of which have boatloads of info that can be used for background on a story or article. They can also be used for school projects and homework.

US Department of Commerce

http://www.commerce.gov/
Information on trade, commerce and the economy, from the US standpoint.

International Trade Administration

http://trade.gov/
Trade, commerce and the economy from an international standpoint.

World Trade Organization (WTO)

http://www.wto.org/
An organization of countries that regulates international trade and commerce.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/index.htm
World politics and military alliance. 

United Nations (UN)

http://www.un.org/en/
An humanitarian organization that fights for human rights.

Interpol

http://www.interpol.int/
International policing agency that investigates crime on an international level.

CIA

https://www.cia.gov/
Performs international investigates, intelligence, and security for the US.

FBI

http://www.fbi.gov/
The FBI operates on an national level investigating crimes and gathering intelligence within US borders.
 
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm
Everything you ever wanted to know about national security, keeping our borders safe.

45. Wikileaks

http://wikileaks.org/
Wikileaks, arguably,  acts like a media version of a policing agency, aiming to keep the government in check, to keep the government from overstepping its boundaries, and to keep freedom of the press alive, even if it means reporting on things that the government doesn't want the general public to know about.