New York State Government Information Locator Service Welcome to the New York State Government Information Locator Service (NYS GILS). The NYS GILS provides a single point of access to information services provided by New York State Government agencies, the State Legislature and the Judiciary. The GILS site is hosted by the New York State Library. New York State | Local | Federal
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New York State Government Information

• New York State Government Web Sites and Publications - Links to selected agencies and New York State documents in the Library's Digital Collections.
  
• Browse for Information by Subject - This section has over 50 subjects to choose from.
• Recent News from New York State Agencies via RSS Feeds - RSS news feeds allow you to get the latest news without having to visit a particular Web site. New!
  
• New York State Home Page (WWW.NY.GOV) - Searchable. Access information on New York State Government, Business, Education, Health, Toursim and more.
• Map-NY (part of WWW.NY.GOV), which enables visitors to locate New York State government services geographically; it also includes the NYS Geographic Information System Clearinghouse which disseminates information about New York's Statewide GIS Coordination Program and provides access to the New York State GIS Metadata and Data Repository.
• Citizen's Guide to Laptop Lobbying State Government in New York - Includes links to "How a bill becomes a law in New York State" and the "Legislative Action Center", where you can also find out who your elected representatives are.
  
• NYS OFT Telephone Directory - The Office for Technology Telephone Directory includes listings of organizations and individuals.
  
• New York State Library and Archives online catalog - Search the cataloged holdings of the State Library, the State Archives, the Digital Collections, and the New York State Historical Document Inventory. The Library is the official New York State Document Depository and has the world's largest collection of New York State documents.

Other State and Local Government Information

• Local Government in New York State - from the NYS Citizen Guide
• County Government
• City/Town/Village Government
• New York City - NYC.GOV: The Official New York City Web Site
• State Government Web sites - links to the Web sites of the 50 states, from USA.gov

Federal Government Information

• USA.Gov: Portal to U.S. Government. This site specializes in direct linking and searching the Internet to locate information that has been posted by and for government agencies.
• The Federal Information Center - The FIC "specializes in direct telephone assistance to callers who are trying to locate information in any format on Federal agencies, programs, and services." Browse through the resources available on the site, or call a toll-free number available on the site to ask one of the FIC's information specialists for assistance.
• GPO Access: Official Federal Government Information At Your Fingertips - Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. "Through the Superintendent of Documents programs, GPO disseminates the largest volume of U.S. government publications and information in the world."