California Electronic Government Information

Hypertext links & resource descriptions for over 110 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.

Title: California Electronic Government Information
Archived as text via anonymous ftp:
ftp.cpsr.org /cpsr/states/california/cegi.txt

URL: http://cpsr.org/dox/cegi.html
Version: 19950601 
Edition: 10th
Udpate Frequency: Varies, one to two months.

The date of last revision is June 1, 1995. Copyright 1995 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@sfsu.edu> 496 Fairbanks Avenue, Oakland CA 94610. 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 Mosaic or Lynx can access the list via World Wide Web at URL: http://cpsr.org/dox/cegi.html. If you do not have access to these technologies, or have problems with them, email Chris Mays <cmays@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 people 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.

• 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.

• 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 it feedback on the services offered.

• Path to the resource, including what it is (WWW, ftp, gopher?), login, password, commands that must be issued (e.g. California Legislative Information, ftpmail@leginfo.public.ca.gov, Subject: none, message: connect leginfo.public.ca.gov [carriage return] help [cr] quit [cr]), directories of interest, phone number, speed and settings for BBS's, etc.

• 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,

2.7 Proposed, But Not Yet Implemented

Contra Costa Networking Forum <ccc_network@cabbs.com> is discussing a community network. (940901)

"webFRESNO is a World Wide Web guide to the City of Fresno, California." It's under construction. (950513)

Kern Internet Services is working on a Bakersfield & Kern County Services & Government page. (950513)

"The Town of Los Gatos is expanding its presence on the World Wide Web. Construction is underway to create the town infrastructure, business, shopping and recreation areas, and to provide travel information. Come back soon!" (941103)

The Department of Computer Science at San Francisco State University is planning a web server for the City and County of San Francisco. The City will be available in both English and Spanish, but there's nothing there yet. (950318)

Jeffrey A. Clark put together a web site for West Hollywood. Don't forget to look at the West Hollywood Virtual City Hall in the Municipal section of this list. (950318)

Copyright 1995 Chris Mays. Version 19950601