Executive Agencies and the Office of President

Info on Office of the President and Executive Agencies, including Budget, Presidential papers, regulations, Treaties and Executive Orders

Presidential Records Act

Public Papers of the Presidents: Two versions online

There are two versions of the Public Papers of The Presidents online: govinfo.gov and HathiTrust (formerly through the University of Michigan). Both are full image and easy to use. They have some different features so you can pick the one you like best. This series is being discontinued after the Obama Administration. See the Complication of Presidential Documents, updated daily, for this information.

Also available free online through HathiTrust (formerly through University of Michigan) This version does not include George W. Bush or Barack Obama; see Govinfo version for these).HathiTrust version contains search-only version of the Franklin D. Roosevelt papers, which are not in the public domain.   

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States 

Compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, began in 1957 in response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications Commission. Noting the lack of uniform compilations of messages and papers of the Presidents before this time, the Commission recommended the establishment of an official series in which Presidential writings, addresses, and remarks of a public nature could be made available.

Other Sources of Presidential Papers

Compilation of Presidential Documents

Founders Online

Vice Presidential Papers

The Presidential Records Act of 1978 that made Presidential records public property also included Vice Presidential Papers.

Papers of vice presidents who later became president are kept with their presidential papers. National Archives has the papers of vice presidents Gore and Cheney. Papers of other vice presidents who never served as president are available in various locations.