State Government Agencies

Agencies

State and Local Government on the Net 

Comprehensive links to U.S. state and local government sponsored Internet sites, updated daily. View all the Web sites in a given state, or view Web sites across all states dealing with a given topic. Also links to federal and non-government national organizations that serve state and local governments.

StateInformation.com (American Safety Council)

Links to state agencies and information, arranged alphabetically by subject with sections for each state.

Organizations

Council of State Governments (CSG)

Links to web sites in individual cities, arranged by state and territory. The only multi-branch state association, CSG helps state governments share resources, strategies, and ideas.

International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Professional and educational association for more than 8,000 appointed administrators and assistant administrators serving cities, counties, other local governments, and regional entities around the world.

National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)

Represents chief information officers and information resource executives and managers from the 50 states, six U. S. territories, and the District of Columbia. From its founding in 1969 to 1989, the association was known as NASIS (National Association for State Information Systems). From1989 to 2001 it was called NASIRE (National Association of State Information Resource Executives).

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

The premiere legislative organization in the U.S. This homepage provides a guide to the organization, related news stories, selected agency publications, and links to related Internet sites.

National Governors’ Association (NGA)

As the only bipartisan organization of, by, and for the nation’s Governors, NGA provides a forum for Governors to exchange views and experiences. NGA also provides assistance in solving state-focused problems, information on state innovations and practices, and bipartisan forum for Governors to establish, influence, and implement policy on national issues.

National League of Cities (NLC)

The largest and most representative organization in the U.S. serving municipal governments. This homepage includes information about the organization, as well as extensive links to state affiliates, local government organizations, and related information on the Internet.

U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM)

The official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are about 1,050 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.

Information

For State and Local Employees (USA.gov)

Government resources for state and local government employees.

State Government Information Index (St. Mary’s University)

Provides basic information about each state, with links to other library information pages full of state & local government information.

StateInformation.com (Livingston North Communications)

Links to state agencies and information, arranged alphabetically by subject with sections for each state.

The World Wide Web Virtual Law Library (IU School of Law—Bloomington)

Annotated list of sites related to law and government. Can be browsed by state or by topic, or searched by keyword.

Topics

State and County QuickFacts (U.S. Census Bureau)

Census statistics at the state and local levels. Includes links to state data centers.

State and Local Statistical Agencies and Information (UNT Libraries)

Lists of agencies and publications that focus on statistics at the state and local level. See also the United States Statistical Agencies and Information page for more state and local statistics.

State Library Web Sites (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)

Directory of home pages of state libraries that have Web sites.

stateline.org: your source for state news (PEW Center on the States)

Follows the development of major issues as they appear on the public agenda in a critical number of states. in order to help journalists, policy makers and engaged citizens become better informed about innovative public policies.