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Online Government Document (p. 205)

Reference list:

Government Name. Name of Government Agency. (Year). Title of document: Subtitle (Report No. xxx [if available]). Retrieved from URL of specific document


EXAMPLE 1:

United States, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Controlling Mosquitoes at Home." Zika Virus, 5 May 2016, www.cdc.gov/zika/prevention/controlling-mosquitoes-at-home.html.

In-Text Citation:
      (Government Author, enumeration [if available])
 
Example:
      (US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC)
 
EXAMPLE 2

United States, Congress, Senate. "Law Enforcement and Juvenile Crime." National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Howard Snyder, Dec. 2001, www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/191031.pdf

In-Text Example:
      (US Congress, Senate)