Alaska
Alaska's state capitol building in Juneau.
General resources
- Handbook on Alaska State Government. Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency (August 2004). Outlines the functions of Alaska state agencies in all three branches of government.
- Gavel to Gavel Alaska. A service of KTOO-TV, Juneau's public television station, GtGA provides unedited live and tape-delayed coverage of state government activities, including: committee meetings, floor sessions, press conferences and other legislative events; oral arguments before the Alaska Supreme Court; administration press conferences and briefings; general government activities; and other meetings about legislative issues or of political interest. GtGA is broadcast on cable stations throughout the state and can be listened to or viewed live on the Internet using Windows Media Player software.
- Today's Schedule
- Broadcast of Supreme Court Oral Arguments. The Alaska Court System provides further information on GtGA's broadcast schedule of oral arguments before the Alaska Supreme Court.
Alaska state government
State of Alaska (executive branch)
Alaska State Legislature
Alaska Court System
- See Judicial branch of government: Alaska Court System.
- See also Courts.
Alaska congressional delegation
National
Federal government
U.S. states
- Stateline.org. Follows the development of major issues as they appear on the public agenda in U.S. states.
Associations
- Council of State Governments. CSG is a nonpartisan organization serving all three branches of state government through leadership education, research, and information services.
- National Association of State Information Resource Executives. Represents state chief information officers and information resource executives and managers from U.S. states and territories.
Interstate law
Uniform and model acts
Uniformity of laws across state and territorial boundaries is often desirable for interstate cooperation in particular areas of law and justice.
- National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Comprised of commissioners (usually four) appointed by each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to draft proposals for uniform and model laws on subjects where uniformity is desirable and practicable, and work toward their enactment in legislatures. The website of the NCCUSL Archives at University of Pennsylvania includes drafts of Uniform and Model Acts, including those in process, as well as final texts of Uniform and Model Acts that have been passed by the conference. See also the Legislative Status for a guide to the status in various legislatures of uniform and model acts currently recommended for enactment.
Interstate compacts
Compacts are agreements between two or more states which function similarly to treaties between nations, and are subject to principles of contract law. They have the force and effect of statutory law, even if not enacted in state statutes, and, in states which are party to them, take precedence over state laws. Unlike treaties, a compact cannot be unilaterally renounced by a state party to them except as provided within the compact itself, and Congress and the courts can enforce compliance with their provisions. There are currently nearly 200 interstate compacts in effect.
- Interstate Compacts: Information and Directories. Information from the Council of State Governments on interstate compacts currently in effect.
Canada
Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
- Canada Gazette / Gazette du Canada. Official newspaper of the government of Canada.
- Departments and Agencies. Comprehensive list of Canadian federal agencies.
Canada's Parliament / Parlement du Canada
Parliament comprises the House of Commons and the Senate.
Provincial & territorial governments
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut. Nunavut was formed from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories and officially became Canada's third territory on April 1, 1999. Inuit represent 85 percent of the Nunavut population.
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Québec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
First Nations
- Anishinabek Nation. Comprising the Ojibway (Chippewa), Ottawa, Delaware, Potowatomi, and Algonquin Indians of Ontario and represented by the Union of Ontario Indians.
International
International governing bodies
- United Nations (UN). An organization of sovereign nations providing the machinery to help find solutions to international problems or disputes and to deal with pressing concerns facing people everywhere.
- European Union (EU). An association of 27 member states in Europe organized to promote economic and social progress through a common market and common currency; to assert the identity of the European Union on the international scene through humanitarian aid to non-EU countries, common foreign and security policy, action in international crises, and common positions within international organisations); to introduce European citizenship, which complements national citizenship and confers its own civil and politic rights; to develop an area of freedom, security and justice; and to maintain and build on established EU law.
Country information
- Countryreports.org. Country information for most nations around the world, with basic information on government, economy, geography, people, defense, etc.
- The World Factbook. Country profiles updated annually by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
