University
of Michigan Documents Center: According to the Scout
Report, "one of the best and most comprehensive gateways to US and international
government information. The site is arranged both geographically (international,
foreign, federal, state, and Michigan), and thematically (statistics, politics,
and documents in the news)."
Federal
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Directories:
- State
and Local Government on the Net Search by state
or by topic.
Includes links to official
state home pages and to state directories, statewide offices, legislative, judicial,
and executive branch offices, boards and commissions, cities, and counties.
State:
- Council of State Governments:
"Your One Link to the States," from the Council of State Governments.
- National
Conference of State Legislatures: The Electronic Information Network for
State Legislatures.
City and County:
- Association
of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- CEOs
for Cities: "A national bipartisan alliance of mayors, corporate
executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders. Our mission is to
advance the economic competitiveness of cities."
- National
Association of Counties
- National
League of Cities Home Page
- Regional
Councils of Governments and Metropolitan Planning Organizations Listed
by state.
- U.S.
Conference of Mayors. Search the Best
Practices
section.
Minnesota
- Minnesota
North Star The State of Minnesota's home page.
- Association
of Minnesota Counties
- Citizen's
League
- League
of Minnesota Cities
- Metropolitan
Council
- Minnesota
State Legislature Home Page Includes bills, the MN Statutes, and Session
Laws. Be sure to explore Links
to the World.
- Minnesota
State Planning Agency This state agency "aims to provide timely and accurate
information on critical issues to policy-makers and the public." Includes
statistics, reports, trends, issues.
- Office
of the Legislative Auditor "A nonpartisan audit and evaluation office
within the legislative branch... The office primarily focuses on state agencies
and programs, but also audits several metropolitan agencies and "semi-state" organizations and reviews some programs administered locally."