Governing: State government links

Committee on State Taxation: trade association promoting "equitable and nondiscriminatory state and local taxation of multijurisdictional business entities."

Conference of State Bank Supervisors

Council on Foundations

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws

Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation

Council of Chief State School Officers

Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation

Council of State Governments

Counsel Quest: links to local, state and federal legal resources.

The Debarred and Suspended Vendors List: helps procurement officials research and identify unethical vendors.

Digital Governance: links to state and legislative sites.

Dumb Laws: a libertarian-flavored compendium of questionable statutes from near and far.

EconData.Net: comprehensive links to sources of economic data from local to global.

The E-Commerce Tax Policy Project from the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City

Education Commission of the States

Environmental Council of the States

Federation of Tax Administrators

50 States and Capitals: quick--what's the state bird of Minnesota?

FinanceNet: comprensive links to federal, state and local government finance resources.

Foundations Online: directory of charitable grantmakers.

Governmental Accounting Standards Board

Governmental Research Association: membership organization for individuals and organizations researching into taxation and other state and local government activities

Government Finance Officers Association

The Government Performance Project: a joint effort of academic experts and Governing Magazine journalists, underwritten by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Government Resources on the Web: many links to government Internet resources, from the University of Michigan Document Center.

The Governors Center at Duke University: conducts executive education programs for public managers in state government.

GovSpot: a comprehensive collection of links to online government resources at all levels

Help Me Find a Job: Kurt Rueckel's site provides links to multiple sites with government job listings.

Indiana University Virtual Library: state laws, along with links to many state government Internet servers.

Innovations in American Government Program: from the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard.

Intergovernmental Solutions Program: a partnership between the University at Albany's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy and New York State.

International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions: information central for workers' compensation issues.

Tne National Purchasing Institute's Internet Public Purchasing Review: covers purchasing issues at all levels of government.

Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission

Library of Congress state and local government information

Midwestern Governors’ Conference

Multistate Tax Commission

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

National Association of Attorneys General

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

National Association of Fleet Administrators

National Association for Family-Based Services

National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators

National Association of Government Deferred Compensation Administrators

National Association of Insurance Commissioners

National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials

National Association of Park Directors

National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

National Association of Purchasing Management

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

National Association of Secretaries of State

The National Council of State Agencies for the Blind

National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers

National Association of State Aviation Officials

National Association of State Chief Administrators

National Association of State Chief Information Officers (formerly NASIRE)

National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors

National Association of State Community Services Programs

National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

National Association of State Development Agencies

National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services

National Association of State Emergency Medical Service Directors

National Association of State Energy Officials

National Association of State Election Directors

National Association of State Facilities Administrators

National Academy for State Health Policy

National Association of State Human Services Finance Officers

National Association of State Medicaid Directors

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

National Association of State Personnel Executives

National Association of State Retirement Administrators

National Association of State Procurement Officials (formerly National Association of State Purchasing Officials)

National Association of State Telecommunications Directors

National Association of State Treasurers

National Association of State Units on Aging

National Association of State Workforce Agencies

National Center for Children in Poverty

National Conference of American Indians: links to tribal governments and other Native American resources.

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

National Conference of Insurance Legislators

National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards

National Conference of State Fleet Administrators

National Conference of State Legislatures

National Criminal Justice Association

NCSL's National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (click on Public User on the NCSL home page)

National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards

National Council on Family Relations

National Council for Public-Private Partnerships

National Federation of Independent Business: small-business-related policy news, state-by-state.

National Forum for Black Public Administrators

National Governors' Association: includes an extensive set of links to welfare reform sites.

National Institute of Government Purchasing

National Legislative Performance Evaluation Society

National Lieutenant Governors Association

National Public Employer Labor Relations Association

National Recreation and Park Association

National State Auditors Association

New England Governors' Conference

North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries

Policy.com: links to dozens of policy-analysis and advocacy organizations from all points on the political spectrum.

The Public Policy Connection: comprehensive listings of think tanks, as well as policy journals and other Internet policy links.

Regional Economic Information Service: state, regional and local economic data, from the University of Virginia.

Service Employees International Union

Society of Government Travel Professionals

Southern Governors Association

State Health Facts Online: health data for all 50 states, from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Stateline.org: from the Pew Center for the Study of the States, an online resource for those who follow state government.

The federal State and Local Employees page: links to resources for people in state and local government

State and Local Government on the Net: Piper Resources' comprehensive collection of links to state and local government sites and other online resources.

The Vera Institute of Justice's State Sentencing and Corrections program

Welfare Information Network: a foundation-backed welfare reform clearinghouse.

Western Governors' Association

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