Q. How do I cite government information in APA format?

Website:

Author (Date). Title of the website [type of media (Blog Post, Podcast, etc.)]. Retrieved from http://www.DirectURLtoTheWebsite.gov

Example:

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Services. (2011). Educational vocational counseling. Retrieved from http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/vec.htm

Paper publications:

Corporate author. (Date). Title. (Report or series number if available). Place: Publisher.

Example:

U.S. State Department, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.(1990). The United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program: Fifth Five-Year Report 1986-1990. (Department of State Publication 9761).Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Hearing:

Full title, including committee, House of Congress, Congress number (year).

Example:

Feeding the Dragon: Reevaluating U.S. Development Assistance to China: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, 112 Congress (2011).

Laws, cases, and other legal materials:

See Appendix 7.1 of the APA Style Manual, Sixth Edition.