Frequently Asked Questions

INFORMATION USA

Provided by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, Information USA is an authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about official U.S. policies, American society, culture, and political processes.

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION about the UNITED STATES

• U.S. Gazetteer for searching for a place in the U.S.
• An Outline of American Geography
  

HISTORY of the UNITED STATES

• Biographies of U.S. Presidents
• Documents of American history
• Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
• Constitution, 1787

Speeches

• Inaugural addresses of the Presidents of the United States 
•  Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 
•  Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream, August 28, 1963
• An Outline of American History

U.S. GOVERNMENT

 Executive Branch

• President of the United States (First Lady)

• Vice President of the United States

• White House

• Federal Agencies and Commissions

 Judicial Branch 

•  Supreme Court of the United States 

•  Supreme Court Collection of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School

Legislative Branch

• U.S. Senate

• U.S. House of Representatives

Official Federal Government Web Sites

• Executive Branch 

•  Judicial Branch 

•  Legislative Branch

•  Outline of U.S. Government
  

AMERICANA and STATISTICS

• Score and Text of the National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Information on the flag of the U.S., "The Stars and Stripes"
• Information on the Statue of Liberty
• American holidays
• Population of the United States according to the U.S. POPClock Projection of the U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Census Bureau for statistical information

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION and LINKS

• Information on the Green Card Lottery
• List of various dictionaries
• General Tables of Units of Measurement, including Tables of Equivalents
• Mileage Calculator for determining distances 
•  Information about Daylight Saving Time
• International Time Zones and time differences between Austria and the United States uder Worldtime, or Date and Time Gateway
• Information about zip codes and area codes
• White pages and yellow pages address, fax and telephone information under
• ww.switchboard.com or www.infospace.com

  TRAVEL INFORMATION

  STUDYING in the UNITED STATES

  Online information about universities and colleges

  • America's Best Graduate Schools - U.S. News & World Report
  • Peterson's Education Portal
  • EmbarkCom
  • The AdmissionsOffice.Com
  • Alphabetical lists of universities under American Universities, or Colleges and Universities
  • Study in the USA, a resource for international students

    Information on various admission tests

    • The Educational Testing Service Network
    • Official TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Website
    • GRE OnLine (Graduate Record Examinations)
    • GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
    • SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
    • ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates)
    • USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination) 

    CONSULAR INFORMATION

    For information on visas please contact the Consular Section