Home » Posts tagged 'california'

Tag Archives: california

Our mission

Free Government Information (FGI) is a place for initiating dialogue and building consensus among the various players (libraries, government agencies, non-profit organizations, researchers, journalists, etc.) who have a stake in the preservation of and perpetual free access to government information. FGI promotes free government information through collaboration, education, advocacy and research.

CA state agencies misapply ADA law, documents vanish from CA websites

File this under the law of unintended consequences. A California law passed in 2017 designed to make sure CA government agency websites were accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had an unintended negative effect on CA agency Websites. The law simply states: 11546.7. (a) Before July 1, 2019, and before July 1 […]

Continue Reading →

Volunteer to describe state gov info!

The Archive of the California Government Domain, CA.gov, is a collaborative project run by government information librarians at the University of California and Stanford University, coordinated by the California Digital Library (CDL) with support from the California State Library & California State Archives. The project is hosting a metadata sprint December 6-13 to improve description for […]

Continue Reading →

Recreation, Travel & Tourism at State Agency Databases Project

This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Recreation, Travel & Tourism, featuring 35 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are: CALIFORNIA Interpretive Services Vendors and Contractors – A database of vendors used by the California State Parks for interpretive services. You can search […]

Continue Reading →

Military & Veterans at State Agency Databases Project

This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Military & Veterans, featuring 22 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are:   ALABAMA Alabama Civil War Service Database – Search Civil War service records by name, branch, company unit, regiment unit, or co. unit […]

Continue Reading →

Jobs & Unemployment at State Agency Databases Project

This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Jobs & Unemployment, featuring 44 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are:   CALIFORNIA Alternative Workweek Elections – This database provides a listing of all California employers that have filed alternate workweek election results […]

Continue Reading →

Latest Posts

Latest Comments

Blogroll

Archives

Meta

Archives

Powered by WordPress / Academica WordPress Theme by WPZOOM