American Local Power Project |
A national network for local governments to gather information about the coming deregulation of the electric industry. A worthwhile site for local government officials and informed consumers.
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Best Practices for Mayors
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Best practices of city governments. Sponsored by US Conference of Mayors
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Best Practices for State & Local Governments
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On US FirstGov.gov gateway. Links for a variety of governmental issues and best practices. Also has links for Statistics at the State and Local Level
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Center for Technology
in Government
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CTG pursues new ways of applying computing and communications technologies to the practical problems of information management and service delivery in the public sector.
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Community Stories
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Ideas for improving municipalities. Sponsored by the National Civic League
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Council For Excellence in Government
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The Council works to improve the citizen confidence and participation in government. |
FirstGov for Kids |
Federal Government web site designed specificall for kids.
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Government Information
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Federal Information Consumer Center.
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Innovations in
American Government
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Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation. An awards program sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Harvard University, JFK School of Government. Get ideas from innovative successful programs around the counrty.
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Legislative Source Book |
Law Librians' Society. A comprehensive index to government documents available on the Internet.
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Municipal Codes
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This database is provided by Municipal Code Corporation. Local government legislators may find ordinances passed by others in the U.S. that will be useful to them.
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Municipal Codes
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A listing of communities that have placed their municipal code on-line with General Code Publishers. A good place to do research. Most are NJ, NY and PA. Visit General Code Publishers via their ad in the NJ League of Municipalities Municipal Products and Services web page
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Municipal Codes
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www.ordinance.com contains land use information for over 3,000 municipalities, including all of New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington State.
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NJIT Center for Information Age Technology
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Since 1983, CIAT has been the State-based computer consulting center. Their impartial, professional experts have helped NJ local government with technology projects and problems. |
Rutgers Uinversity - Center for Government Services |
Highly respected as a municipal, county and state resource.The Center provides continuing education, research, technical assistance and more.
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The Urban Institute
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A Washington D.C. nonprofit policy research organization. Look for Hot Topics, Research Centers, Periodicals and Policy Briefs, Books, Job lisitngs.
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