Computer Incident Advisory Capability: Internet Hoaxes
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

Pages sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy where visitors can find details of Internet hoaxes.

Georgia Department of Education
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us

Links to summary statistics regarding reading, demographics, etc., the official state curricular framework, and more. Does your nation, state, or province offer something similar? Use one of the popular search engines to find out.

National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/

Online research summaries, especially those involving demographics, and other resources from this agency of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Nation's Report Card: Focus on Reading
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/reading/reading.asp

Report of the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress for reading.

Office of Educational Research and Instruction
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/

Contains a variety of sources offering research findings in literacy and other areas from this U.S. Department of Education agency.

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Allows you to locate and track legislation on literacy (and other matters) in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Search function by bill number and keyword. Also contains links to the Congressional Record, committee activity, and roll-call votes, and provides full text of historical documents including the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Federalist Papers.

United States Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/

Lots of links to agencies, documents, etc., from the main page of the federal department.

United States Information Agency
http://www.usia.gov/

Features links to Fulbright information for higher education support in the U.S., along with other resources from this arm of the U.S. Department of State.