Florida Government Information -- Research Tips

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Find an Agency: Legislature -- Counties & Cities -- State Agencies -- Other Government Entities & Post-Secondary Education -- Committees, Commissions & Other Organizations -- Water Management Districts -- Regional Planning Councils
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Select your home institution
"It is strongly recommended that you select your Home Institution. Selecting your Home Institution provides you with more information about your search results, including the availability of items at your home library. This also allows you to search all electronic resources available to you. The system generally pre-selects your home institution if you are on campus; if not, you can select it from the drop-down menu near the top of the search screen. (If you do not select a Home Institution, electronic resource results will be limited to those available to all Floridians through the Florida Electronic Library.)"
Limit search to a region
"Below the search box, look for "Optional - limit search to selected libraries," and click the green plus sign +. You can search by region, search a single college or university, or search multiple colleges and universities."

Previous configuration:
Find an Agency: Legislature -- Counties & Cities -- State Agencies -- Other Government Entities & Post-Secondary Education -- Committees, Commissions & Other Organizations -- Water Management Districts -- Regional Planning Councils
411 Online Telephone Directory by agency -- by city or county -- by school, community/state college, or university -- by subject -- by employee -- by phone number
Visitor: Attractions -- Kids Corner -- Nature & Recreation -- Professional Sports -- History & Culture -- Moving to Florida -- People & Places -- Traveling to Florida
Floridian: Communities -- Disasters & Emergency Information -- Elders & Retirement -- Health & Medical -- Home & Family -- Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention -- Nature & Recreation -- Professional Sports -- Taxes -- Working in Florida -- Consumer Information & Alerts -- Education -- Environmental & Health Factors -- History & Culture -- Just for Kids -- Licenses, Permits & Vital Records -- People & Places -- Research & Statistics -- Transportation & Travel
Business: Agriculture -- Doing Business with the State -- Environmental & Health Factors -- General Topics -- Taxes -- Business Licenses, Permits & Regulation -- Enterprise Development & Technology -- Florida Workforce -- Starting a Business in Florida -- Transportation Planning
Government: Welcome to Florida Government -- Executive Branch -- Florida Government Information -- Legislative Branch -- Regional Councils & Districts -- State Employee Resources -- Taxes -- Communities -- Federal Government Information -- Judicial Branch -- Local Government -- Research & Statistics -- State Purchasing

Previous configuration:
Find an Agency: Legislature -- Counties & Cities -- State Agencies -- Other Government Entities & Post-Secondary Education -- Committees, Commissions & Other Organizations -- Water Management Districts -- Regional Planning Councils
411 Online Telephone Directory by agency -- by city or county -- by school, community/state college, or university -- by subject -- by employee -- by phone number
Visitor: Attractions -- Kids Corner -- Nature & Recreation -- Professional Sports -- History & Culture -- Moving to Florida -- People & Places -- Traveling to Florida
Floridian: Communities -- Disasters & Emergency Information -- Elders & Retirement -- Health & Medical -- Home & Family -- Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention -- Nature & Recreation -- Professional Sports -- Taxes -- Working in Florida -- Consumer Information & Alerts -- Education -- Environmental & Health Factors -- History & Culture -- Just for Kids -- Licenses, Permits & Vital Records -- People & Places -- Research & Statistics -- Transportation & Travel
Business: Agriculture -- Doing Business with the State -- Environmental & Health Factors -- General Topics -- Taxes -- Business Licenses, Permits & Regulation -- Enterprise Development & Technology -- Florida Workforce -- Starting a Business in Florida -- Transportation Planning
Government: Welcome to Florida Government -- Executive Branch -- Florida Government Information -- Legislative Branch -- Regional Councils & Districts -- State Employee Resources -- Taxes -- Communities -- Federal Government Information -- Judicial Branch -- Local Government -- Research & Statistics -- State Purchasing

Select your home institution
"It is strongly recommended that you select your Home Institution. Selecting your Home Institution provides you with more information about your search results, including the availability of items at your home library. This also allows you to search all electronic resources available to you. The system generally pre-selects your home institution if you are on campus; if not, you can select it from the drop-down menu near the top of the search screen. (If you do not select a Home Institution, electronic resource results will be limited to those available to all Floridians through the Florida Electronic Library.)"
Limit search to a region
"Below the search box, look for "Optional - limit search to selected libraries," and click the green plus sign +. You can search by region, search a single college or university, or search multiple colleges and universities."

OPPAGA Reports
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- List of Legislative Recommendations
- Privatization
- Sunset Reviews
- Performance-Based Program Budgeting (PB²)
PolicyNotes is a free electronic newsletter highlighting OPPAGA publications and other reports from the Legislature, state and federal government reports, think tank research, website resources, and other sources for policy research and program evaluation. OPPAGA provides this weekly publication as an information service to bring attention to issues of interest to Florida policy makers.

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