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Albany County http://www.albanycounty.com/
Is the official county site. There are pages for departments, the
legislature, civil service, etc.
Attorney
General, Office of the - http://www.oag.state.ny.us/ This site includes information on a wide variety of subjects, from
crime to telecommunications. There are guides for victims of stalkers,
information on sex offenders, clinical trials, health care complaints,
and much more.
In addition they have a library of Opinions rendered on NYS laws and
regulations.
Census Bureau http://www.census.gov
-Contains a wealth of statistical information on U.S. demographics.
Free access to all of its publications released since January 1996.
Includes population, housing, business, manufacturing activity, trade
and government. Site offers links to other data centers.
County
and City Data Book http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
The library has the print version but selections from the book are
also available here
Committee on Open Government. Dept. of State.
New York. http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/index.html
If you have questions about getting access to government information
that falls under either the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) or the
Open Meetings Law, check out this site. It includes publications,
laws, and answers to frequently asked questions. And, perhaps just
as important there is an e-mail link and phone number to the office.
The staff there invite anyone to call for advice.
Contact Information For U.S Congressmen - http://www.house.gov/representatives/
Dept. of Commerce http://www.commerce.gov/
Your can find a number of links here, most notably they have the Federal
Budget back to 1998. They also have a link to the White House page
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/index.html)
which has historical perspective on the budget generally going back
to the 1940's.
E-Mail Addresses for U.S. Senators- http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
FedWorld -http://www.fedworld.gov/
-A good search tool for federal government information.
FBI Home Page http://www.fbi.gov/
-Includes the famous "Ten
Most Wanted List" and information on current major investigations.
Information on crime statistics, the FBI history, and current press
releases.
Government Online http://govspot.com/
A very complete site for locating government information. It also
includes social services sites, libraries, historical documents, arts
and humanities, justice, military, travel, and more.
GPO Access Databases -http://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html
-Provides access to online databases of the federal
budget, the Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional bills , documents
and reports, Congressional Record, Federal Register, U.S. Code, GAO
reports, and the Economic Report of the President.
Legislative
Gazette http://www.legislativegazette.com
Published under the auspices of the Research Foundation of the State
University of New York it covers a broad range of legislative and
political topics.
New York State Archives - http://www.archives.nysed.gov/
The New York State Archives is the official repository of New York
State Government records having permanent legal and historical value.
Their Web site offers access to archival information and a virtual
tour of NY State government, people, culture, and economy.
New York State Department of Labor http://www.labor.state.ny.us/
An important statistical site for labor statistics and job information.
The site is useful to both businesses and employees. There are forms,
regulations, education, and training information. Statistics can also
be pulled out by areas in the state.
New York State Assembly http://assembly.state.ny.us/- The official home page of the NYS Assembly including:
Legislative Reports, The Legislative Process, Assembly Member Directory,
Pictorial Tour of the New York State Capitol, and current Press Releases.
New York State Board of Elections
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/
An excellent site for finding local representatives, district maps,
election law, enrollments, presidential primary information, etc.
New York State Department of Motor
Vehicles http://www.nysdmv.com/
No more waiting in line to take care
of your motor vehicle problems. This site offers answers to your questions,
allows you to download forms, provides online registration, and much
more.
New York State Government Information
Locator http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ils/
-Single point of access to information provided by N.Y. State
government agencies, the State Legislature and the Judiciary.
The New York State Department of Financial Services http://www.dfs.ny.gov/ The New York State Department of Financial Services, created by combining the New York State Banking and Insurance Departments aims to modernize regulatory oversight of the financial services industry. Superintendent Lawsky’s key objectives for the new Department are enhancing New York’s status as the world’s financial center, vigorously protecting consumers, and preventing systemic risk.
NYSED State Library Selected Election Web Sites http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/election.htm
The websites on the list below cover federal, state, and local representatives; New York State newspapers; political and citizen groups; New York-based public opinion polls; and voter registration information. Many other sources can be identified by using the New York State Library online catalog or by accessing the NOVELNY databases, which are available to New York State residents.
New York State Senate Home Page
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/- Provides information on Senate member and their
histories, offices; bills introduced , passed and signed into law
or vetoed; general info on the NYS Senate. For those who do not know
who their Senator is can find out by using their zip code. Also provides
a gopher menu to search or view New York Legislative Bills, New York
Legislative Resolutions, New York State Statutes, New York State Constitution,
New York State Chapters, and New York State Vetoes.
New York State Public Phone Directory: http://www6.oft.state.ny.us/telecom/phones/index.jsp?mode=P
You can search by person or browse by agency. One link includes all New York State employees. Another link allows browsing by functional topic.
Office Of Homeland Security - http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/
- Website of the Homeland Security Office whose responsibility is
to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national
strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks.
SearchGov - http://searchgov.com/-Search
for links to government on the Web. Includes Executive and Independent
Agencies and Local and State Government.
Search Systems: Public Information http://www.searchsystems.net/
This site is information rich. Interested in knowing the assessed
value of a property in the area? Check out the New York County section.
Want to check out a charitable organization? This is covered here.
Worries about paroled inmates? Here too. How about a licence for an
architect or other professional. Also here. Actually the site does
not have everything -- but it has a lot.
State and Local Government on the
Net http://www.statelocalgov.net/
-Guide to government-sponsored Internet sites. Arranged by state.
Includes multi-state organizations.
U.S. Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.gov
-Tax laws and regulations, tax forms and publications, tax statistics,
tax help, electronic services information.
University of Michigan Documents Center http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Access a broad range of government statistical data here. Access has
been set up by both major categories, minor categories as well as
a Google search. Topics range from abortion to world governments.
Welcome to New York http://www.state.ny.us/
-Official New York State government Web site. Offers access to
the Governor’s budget and speeches, "I Love New York"
tourism info, and state education and economic development projects.
The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/ -Features virtual
White House tours, biographies and email addresses for President and
Vice President. Provides full text of selected Presidential speeches,
current press releases, a kid’s White House page, plus links
to current U.S. statistical data.
Law Resources
American
Bar Association Law Information
http://abalawinfo.org/ Site provides
legal information on credit, financing, wills, estates, taxes, family
law, family health, domestic violence, and much more. Just about every
legal category of information is covered. For example if you have
a problem with on-line shopping, there is a checklist of how to proceed.
CourtHelp
- http://www.nycourthelp.gov/
- An excellent site created by the Unified Court System to help people
understand and use the courts. There is a nice collection of forms
as well as a lot of helpful information.
FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com/
-Internet directory for legal resources set up like the popular
search directory Yahoo. From here you can find both US and international
law.
FindLaw Forms -http://forms.findlaw.com/
- At this site, visitors can access over 8,000 forms from United States
federal and state courts for free from one easy-to-use location.
FindLaw Constitutional Law Center
at - http://supreme.findlaw.com
- an educational resource site dedicated to the United States Constitution
and the U.S. Supreme Court. Designed with students and the general
public in mind, the FindLaw Constitutional
Law Center features an easy-to-read guide that leads visitors through
historical
documents, biographies, and Supreme Court decisions. Users can browse
through the Federalist Papers, read the Constitution, or research
the lives of the Founding Fathers or past and present Supreme Court
Justices.
LawHelp.org/ny
- http://www.lawhelp.org/ny/
This site is promoted by the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New
York, cin. to serve low-income people by providing a source of legal
counsel and information. It has help on a variety of topics and contacts
for those areas. Many of the pamphlets are available in other languages.
Lawyer Locator (Martindale-Hubbell)
http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html
-Law Directory which
provides access to comprehensive listings of 900,000 lawyers and law
firms around the world.
New York Courts
and Law Guide http://www.nylj.com/Sponsored
by West Group this site provides news, decisions, rules, a consumer
law guide and more.
New York State Code http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS
Here you can browse the laws of New York by subject.
NY Department of State-Division
of Administrative Rules http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=nycrr-1000
This site is powered by Thomson West and provides free access to an
unannotated version of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR).
The on-line version of the NYCRR is intended to provide the public
with free access to the rules and regulations of New York State agencies.
It is intended for informational purposes only.
NY Division of Local Government
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/
From this site you can download publiscations on a variety of topics
such as how to adopt local laws, how to conduct meetings and hearings,
and the Gudie to Planning and Zoning Laws of New York State.
New
State Attorney General
-- Resource Center http://www.oag.state.ny.us/resource_center/resource_center.html
This Website contains the Opinions of the Attorney General issued
since 1995. Opinions are issued in response to requests by state agency
officials and local government attorneys. The opinions fall into two
broad categories, formal and informal opinions. Formal opinions are
those issued to state departments and agencies. They are denominated
"formal" because the Attorney General signs them as chief
legal officer of the State. Informal opinions are issued to local
governments at the request of the attorney for the local government,
who is the municipality's chief legal officer. Opinions issued to
the municipal attorney are denominated "informal" because
it is ultimately the responsibility of the municipal attorney to provide
advice to the local government.
New York State Unified Court System
- www.courts.state.ny.us/decisions/
Here you can all court of appeals case decisions back to 2003. You
can also find Supreme Court Civil and Criminal decisions, dating back
to 2001.
Nolo Legal Encyclopedia http://www.nolo.com/briefs.html
-Brief advice on 15
legal topics including small business, patent, copyright & trademark,
real estate and will & estate planning law. Annotated links are
provided for further information on each topic.
U.S. Constitution http://www.usconstitution.net
This site includes not only all the text and amendments but also what
they call cornerstone documents and constitutional interpretation.
US Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ Browse a variety of federal Documents including the US Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Record, and much more.
Westlaw New York Codes, Rules and
Regulations http://government.westlaw.com/
This site is powered by Thomson West and provides free access to an
unannotated version of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR).
The on-line version of the NYCRR is intended to provide the public
with free access to the rules and regulations of New York State agencies.
It is intended for informational purposes only.
Contact Richard
Naylor, Government and Law Bibliographer
To make suggestions about this site,
to report dead links, or for information related to Government and
Law resources you may contact Mr. Naylor at:
William K. Sanford Town Library
629 Albany Shaker Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
Phone: (518) 458-9274
Fax: (518) 438-0988
E-mail: naylorr@uhls.lib.ny.us
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