State Government Gateway Sites

• Kala's State Page (Kala Ladenheim: George Washington University)

Site provides extensive links to a) general information; b) governors/executive branch; c) state statutes and bills related to health; d) state agencies; e) state associations; f) state health departments/public health; g) individual state legislatures and sites.


• State Home Pages (NASCIO)
  Site provides links to official state home pages in all states.  

• Official State Home Pages (Duke University Libraries)

Site provides links to each state's official home page and links to other state information.
 
• State and Local Home Pages (Global Computing)

Site provides links to each state's official home page and links to home pages.
 
• State and Local Governments (Library of Congress)

Meta-Indexes for government information at state and local levels.
 
• State and Local Governments on the Web

Comprehensive listing from University of Michigan.

Executive Branch

• Directory of State Officials: ordering info only (Council of State Governments)
  CSG State Directories (CD-ROM) provide contact information on elective officials and administrative officials, including: a) government position; b) political party; c) first name; d) last name; e) state; f) city; g) Zip Code; h) state district; i) phone number; j) Fax number; k) E-mail address; l) preferred mailing address; m) Capitol address; and n) title. These can be used to create customized mailing labels etc.
  
  
• State Administration and Finance (NASCIO)
  Site provides links to executive branch administrative departments, including budgeting, in all states.
  
  
• Governor's Offices (NASCIO)
  Site provides links to Office of the Governor in most, but not all, states.
   
• Master List of Attorneys General (National Association of Attorneys General)
  Up-to-date list. Another portion of the site contains background info on terms, duties, and governance of state attorney generals.
   
• Health, Human Services and Welfare Agencies (NASCIO)
  Site provides links to health, aging and social services agencies.  Some states have 5-6 entries while others have none, so this falls well short of being a comprehensive listing.
   
• Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Agencies (NASCIO)
  Site provides links to various environment-related agencies; listings are incomplete.
   
• Regulation and Licensing Agencies (NASCIO)
  Site provides links to various health-related agencies, including occupational licensure agencies, insurance departments, and those regulating radiation hazards; listings are incomplete. 
   
• State Health Agencies (George Washington University)
  Site provides links to each state's lead health agency.
   
• State Health Departments (National Health Information Center)
• State Medicaid Agencies
• State Insurance Departments (NAIC)
• State Agencies on Aging
• State Mental Health Agencies (NASMHPD)
• State Workers' Compensation Agencies (NC Industrial Commission)
  Site provides links to workers' compensation agencies in all 50 states and Washington, DC.
  
  
• Federation of State Medical Boards
  
  
• State Physician Disciplinary Boards (MedAccess)
  Site provides address and phone of each state disciplinary board.
   
• Census State Data Centers
  Centers provide training/technical assistance in accessing and using Census data for research, administration, planning and policymaking by government, business, universities and others.
   
• Registry of State-Level Efforts to Integrate Health Information (DHHS)
  Site developed by Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at DHHS under contract with Lewin Group.  Site provides a) taxonomy of state health data integration activities; b) state profiles & contacts; and c) search site by topic area.

Legislative Branch

• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
  Policy issues, legislators, publications, meetings/events, government relations.
   
• Health Policy Tracking Service

• Directory of State Legislators: ordering info (Council of State Governments)
  Ordering information for CSG State Directories (CD-ROM) which provide contact information on state legislators (see descriptive under Directory of State Officials).
   
• State Legislatures (NASIRE)
  Site provides links to state legislative Web sites; nearly all states have at least 1 entry and some have as many as 10-15.
   
• Internet Sites of State Legislatures (NCSLnet)
  Site provides links to state legislative Web sites; nearly all states have at least 1 entry, but there appear to be fewer listed than on NASIRE links.
   
• Guide to State Government Sites (PARI of NJ)

• State Statutes on the Internet (Cornell Law School)
  Most but not all state statutes are available on the Internet; site allows selection by topic, including many health-related areas: a) alcoholic beverages; b) health; c) insurance; d) labor and industrial safety; and e) natural resources.