| 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 State and Local Government Gateway. Lists Best Practices in Administrative 
              Management, Commerce, Disasters, Education, Environment, Fmilies, 
              Workforce and more.  
               
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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.  | 
          
           
            Energy 
              Saving Ideas  
               
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            Ideas 
              for municipal programs to save energy and reduce pollution and resource 
              problems. Sponsored by the US Dept of Energy  
               
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            | FirstGov 
              for Kids | 
            Federal Government web site 
              designed specificall for kids. | 
          
           
            Government 
              Info  
              Sharing Project  
               
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            Demographics, Economics, 
              and Education Information  
               
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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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            An 
              awards program sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Harvard University, 
              JFK School of Government.  
               
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            | Legislative 
              Source Book  | 
            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 State League of Municipalities 
              Municipal Products and Services web page 
               
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            Municipal Codes 
               
               | 
            www.ordinance.com contains land use information 
              for over 900 municipalities, including all of New Jersey, New York 
              City, Philadelphia, and Washington State.  
               
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             NEW 
               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. | 
          
           
            Public Affairs 
              Research Institute of NJ  
               
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            Public 
              Affairs Research Institute of New Jersey, the place for most comprehensive 
              information on the interaction of New Jersey's public policies and 
              the private sector, with profiles and evaluations of economic and 
              demographic trends, business & social.  
               
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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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