Government Guide
The World Wide Web is home to an amazing amount of information. Here are a few links to government agencies' Web sites that may be of interest to Philadelphians, particularly those with an appetite for civic discourse.
City of Philadelphia
Phila.gov
The official Web site of the city government, with a trove of information for Philadelphians. With contact information for each city agency, annual reports, budget documents, city job listings and more. Go to the 'Visitors' section from the front page for more information.
Free Library
Site includes indexes to the library's collection and pointers to other Web sites for specific research areas.
City Services
The city, through the Mayor's Office of Information Services and the Free Library is making municipal resources available to the citizens of Philadelphia through the Internet.
City of Philadelphia City Controller - Jonathan Saidel's Office
The City Controller is the government's elected auditor. The site has a searchable database of agency audits, a mechanism to report fraud and waste, and the City Budget.
Civil Service Job Opportunities
Includes civil service exam information, detailed job descriptions, more.
The Philadelphia Courts
Includes court schedules for coming week, and a search tool that allows you to search by a person's name or company name for civil case judgments made against them. (First Judicial District of Pennsylvania)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Access Pennsylvania: An online catalog to the holdings of 1,400 libraries in Pennsylvania.
Governor Ridge
The governor's home page.
Pennsylvania State Government
Links to branches of the state government, state boards, commissions and agencies, the state budget, the Consitution of Pennsylvania and more.
Pennsylvania State Data Center
Demographic information.
Federal Government
Thomas
Complete, searchable legislative information.
FedWorld
Searchable government information.
Federal Government Agencies
Index of agency sites.
Current U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
The White House