California codes by keyword and citation.
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Politics & Government
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California
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California agencies regulations by title and keyword search.
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California's Judicial Branch includes Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Trial Court, Court Opinions, & Judicial Council. Can find court information and standard forms.
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Drivers license information
DMV Publications includes Driver's handbook and test examples.
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California State Assembly’s Office of the Chief Clerk archive site with California statutes and resolutions passed from 1850 to 1992 in full text. Includes the history of bills from 1881 to 1992, and full text of the Journal of the Assembly from 1849 to 1992.
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Every California Assembly and Senate bill and statutes (bills passed into law) of the California legislature since 1993 in full text. Includes the current California codes, Assembly and Senate Journals and the California Constitution.
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Vital information such as death, birth and marriage certificates with official government websites and covers property information, business searching, verification of professional licenses and many other public records available online.
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Includes election, business, incorporation, campaign lobbying, archives and special programs.
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Senate leadership, member biographies, and legislative schedules and district maps.
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Member directory, committees and caucuses, and legislative calendar.
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The official web site for the state of California.
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Click on Videos to see visual training on "Rules of the Road" and "Reasons for Failing the Driving Test" to help you pass the exam.
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Cities / Counties
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Federal
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Elections
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Find the latest Ballot Pamphlet, the status of proposed propositions, and campaign financing reports.
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A non-profit, non-partisan organization provides an online California voter guide.
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Nonpartisan information for new voters in California on how to register, choose a political party and ways to vote. Includes an Easy Reading Voter Guide and a Spanish version link.
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Historical election information.
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Locates voting districts for a specific address.
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Locate all elected representatives, state and federal, by zip code. Tracks the performance of over 13,000 political leaders. Voting records, biographies, committee assignments of elected officials.
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The League of Women Voters provides information about voter registration and candidates. The user can retrieve a sample ballot for a district by entering a zip code.
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Executive Branch
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Links to the page of each Department and the White House.
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Retrieve a Personal Earnings and Benefits Estimate Statement.
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Access immigration laws, regulations and guides. Click on 'Education & Resources' in the gray-colored banner at the top of the web page. To find Sample U.S. History & Government Questions (in English & Spanish) and a Naturalization self test, please clink on 'Civics and Citizenship Study Materials' in the left-side margin.
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Direct link to the White House.
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General
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Visa requirements for U.S. travelers visiting other countries.
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A simplified statistical abstract.
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Judicial Branch
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Current and historic Supreme Court cases. Includes major decisions and the Court Calendar.
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Full-text decisions by volume, year, citation, party name or keyword.
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The Official US Supreme Court Web Site.
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Legislative Branch
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Browse Congressional leadership, state delegations, committees.
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Bill texts, summaries, status. Roll call votes and major legislation of current Congress. Recent Public Laws by P.L. number.
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Who's who and how to contact them.
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Directory of members, their assignments, etc.
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Searching Aids
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Index to electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government since 1976 providing title, year, author, SuDoc number, and Internet access. Full cataloging (MARC) record is viewable. Locate the closest depository library.
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Migration of information from GPO Access to FDsys (Federal Digital System) should be complete in 2010, and will manage government information from all three branches, and ensure public even as technology changes.
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"One-stop shopping" for the Federal forms most used by the public.
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Search for statistics provided by more than 100 federal agencies.
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Provides a list of depository libraries in your area, and links to descriptions of their collections.
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A service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publication, the federated search engine searches Federal Government databases to retrieve reports, articles, and citations.
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International
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Published and updated weekly by the Central Intelligence Agency. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid to as many world governments as considered practical, some not officially recognized by the U.S. Regimes with no diplomatic exchange are indicated by NDE.
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Embassy addresses, phone numbers in Washington D.C. Information on Diplomatic Internship Program in Washington.
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Contains complete and official listing of the foreign consular offices in the United States, and recognized consular officers. Compiled by the U.S. Department of State.
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Over 2400 annotated links in a wide range of topics concerning international affairs, studies, and relations. Most are in English.
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Topical annotated index of Internet sites with useful links. Topics include: General Resources, Canada, Commonwealth Countries, Constitutions, Developing Countries, Diplomatic and Consular Service, European Union, Foreign Relations, Great Britain, Heads of State, International Law, Palestine, South Africa, Treaties, and United Nations.
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Alphabetical listing by country with updated contact information. Published by the County of Los Angeles Office of Protocol.
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Regional and country information on funding, political and economic status and speeches.
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Searching Aids
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A central reference and referral point for government information at all levels, local, national and international.
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The official web portal of the U.S.Government that provides federal, state, and local government information and services.
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How to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates.
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States
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Contains links to networks of state and local government agencies, including multi-state organizations and national organizations which are affiliated with government (such as the Council of State Governments).
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Basic information on all 50 states, including Washington, D.C.
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Taxes
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Territories and Outlying Regions of the United States
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(Site is in Spanish)
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United Nations
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Locate documents using the UN Info Quest System, view national, regional & peacekeeping maps.
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United Nations site providing full text and full image access to UN publications published since 1993. Resolutions are available back to 1946. Older documents are being added continuously, with many available to the early 1980s. UN sales publications and the treaty series are not included.
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Catalog of United Nations(UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Coverage begins with 1979, but is being extended backwards. More thorough indexing makes this source a useful aid to finding full text documents in the ODS site listed above. Once reference is found in UNBIS, simply clip the document number and drop it into the ODS search screen. Also includes voting records on adopted resolutions and indexing of speeches.
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Follow UN activities, view resolutions and major documents.
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