State of Oregon

Oregon Online - this could be used as the Oregon Home Page; links to the governor and other politicians, the legislature, Oregon jobs, the ORS, OAR, Blue Book, cities and counties, travel, e-filing for Oregon taxes, road conditions, unclaimed property and where to order a 2000 state telephone book

Driver's License Knowledge Test - Online practice test. Another helpful site is the Online Study Guide for Student Drivers.

FirstGov - a single web site to answer any government question-federal, state, or local.

PROJECT SUCCESS SITES:

Oregon Blue Book

Famous Oregonians

Oregon Biographies


Oregon Almanac

The Dalles HS-Famous Oregonians

The Oregonian

Agriculture/Economy

Agriculture Statistics - provided by the National Office of Agricultural Statistics Service

Farmworkers in the State-results of LWV study

CPI Index for US, Portland-Salem Metro Area

Office of Economic Analysis-the main forecasting unit for the State

Economic Well Being and Poverty - a portrait of poverty in Oregon, data, research and policy

Income and Poverty Estimates-state and county

Achieving the Oregon Shines Vision: the 2001 benchmark performance report of the Oregon Progress Board

Education

Dropout Rates in Oregon High Schools - a 70-page State
Summary Report for 1999-2000

School and District Report Cards

National Center for Education Statistics

How Safe Are Oregon's Schools? - Status/recommendations
from the Oregon Justice of Department

School Directory

 Employment 

Affirmative Action Data

Occupational Projections 2000-2010

Jobs Database

OMLIS - a wealth of information on living and working in Oregon; includes job postings from employment depts.

  Oregon Career Network-connects job seekers with employers

Licensed Occupations

Teen Workers

Legislative Information

Constitution of Oregon - includes an index, proposed amendments and links to the US Constitution

Oregon Blue Book - continually updated, contains more information and resources than is possible with the paper copy

Find Your Legislator - type in your home address and up comes a list of your state and federal legislators, with addresses, phone numbers, e-mail contacts, and fax.

Oregon Legislature - provides links to: the Senate, House, Committtees and Bill/Laws; trace all measure back to 1995

Law Research - a huge site, clearly organized; uses the University of California GPO Gate to access federal information

Oregon Revised Statutes - full text of the ORS is included; browse by chapter, perform either a simple keyword search or a more advanced boolean search of the entire text of the ORS

Office of the Governor - headlines, budget, speeches, etc.

Oregon State Archives - the best place to find Oregon Legislative records; provides legislative tracings of bills, access to committee minutes, et.al.

Office of the Secretary of State - provides detailed information on state and county election results as well as the status of ballot measures

Oregonlive - the Oregonian newspaper's page on Oregon politics; recent headlines, contacts, election results, graphic on how bills become law

Oregon Administrative Rules - complete and searchable; an alphabetical index by agency name and numerical index by OAR chapter

Statesman Journal-2001 Legislature - includes the Capitol Calendar along with a capitol watch, bill search, et.al; includes a link to "How the Legislature Works"

 History

American Indians of the Pacific NW-arts, essays, work,
transportation, dwelling, potlatches, treaties, education

Oregon Photographs & Postcards

Fish and Wildlife on the Oregon Trail-then and now

Population

Census and Demographics - quick facts on state and counties

Population Survey 2000

Oregon Census Web Page

Pre-adoption birth records - the latest information on
availability of records