California Electronic Government Information

Hypertext links & resource descriptions for over 230 California state, regional & municipal databases available over the Internet or through dial-up bulletin board systems. Entries grouped by source & listed by title. Links to other compilations & search engines. Entire file available for downloading.

Chris Mays is a proud recipient of the James Madison Freedom of Information Award.

Title: California Electronic Government Information 
Archived as text via anonymous ftp: 
ftp.cpsr.org  /cpsr/states/california/cegi.txt 
URL: http://cpsr.org/cegi.html 
Version: 19960615 
Edition: 16th 
Udpate Frequency: Varies, one to two months. 

The date of last revision is June 15, 1996. Copyright 1996 Chris Mays. This document may be freely distributed in its entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the written permission of the copyright holder.

Table of Contents

I am gathering information on California government sources of electronic information that are currently available to the public, either by means of the Internet (ftp, gopher, email, www, etc.), or by direct dial to a bulletin board system. The most recent compilation follows. Sources of electronic information such as these continually change and evolve. Please send corrections, additions and comments to: Chris Mays <cmays@thecity.sfsu.edu> I will periodically update the list.

I assume all responsibility for errors and omissions. Please distribute this list freely, with proper credit. The ascii version of this file can be found at cpsr.org by anonymous ftp at ftp.cpsr.org: /cpsr/states/california/cegi.txt (Login: anonymous, Password: (send Internet address)), or via listserv (send email to < listserv @ cpsr.org > with the message: get cpsr/states/california/(space) cegi.txt) and gopher: Host=gopher.cpsr.org Port=70 Path=0/cpsr/states/california/cegi.txt. Those of you with browsers can access the list via the World Wide Web at URL: http://cpsr.org/cegi.html. If you do not have access to these technologies, or have problems with them, email Chris Mays <cmays@thecity.sfsu.edu>, and I will forward you a copy of the list.

This list was compiled for the California Electronic Government Information (CEGI) Project, with the support of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, the California Library Association Government Publications Round Table, and help from subscribers to the calgovinfo list. To subscribe to calgovinfo, send email to: < listserv @ cpsr.org >, Subject: none, message: subscribe calgovinfo (your name)

The point of collecting this information is to:

• Make the availability of these resources more widely known.
• Encourage citizens to think about what information they want to see online, and how they want to retrieve it.
• Applaud those state and local agencies and organizations who are providing electronic information services, and prod the rest.

• The name of the agency/organization, and where it fits into the structure of government. For example, if you have a WWW address for the Office of Information Technology, remind me that the OIT is part of the Department of Finance, which is a cabinet-level department. It would be helpful to know the formal, informal and acronymic names.

• The name of the friendly, knowledgeable manager in charge of the resource, and how to contact her. Beyond contact names, I would like to know if the agency permits the public to give feedback regarding the services offered.

• The path to the resource, including what it is (WWW, ftp, telnet, gopher?), login, password, commands that must be issued, directories of interest, phone number, speed and settings for BBS's, who to contact with questions, etc.

• The nature of the information, perhaps in abstract form, so that I can write a sentence or two describing it, or borrow yours.

• Dates of coverage. Note if the information source is an archive of past postings, documents or records, or just carries the latest.

Thanks,

Copyright 1996 Chris Mays. Version 19960615