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Government

Please do NOT submit sites related to local or county government.

Agencies

Includes links to sites related to state agencies, boards and commissions. Agencies are government bodies created by the Illinois State Assembly to oversee a specific function of government. Under the authority of the Governor, they often handling administrative areas which overlap the various departments, and so are independent of the state departments.

Elections

This category contains links to sites related to Illinois elections and voting.

Executive

Includes links to sites related to the Executive Branch of the State of Illinois, including constitutional officer holders such as:

Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Illinois State Treasurer
Illinois State Comptroller
Illinois Secretary of State

and Departments of the State of Illinois.

Federal

Illinois-based federal government websites including members of Congress and federal regional offices.

Law

This category is for primary resources relating to the laws of Illinois, including the state Constitution, case law, and statutory law.

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Please do not submit sites for commercial service providers or law firms to this category.

This category is for primary legal resources, and service provider sites will not be listed here unless they provide free, direct access to such resources.

Law Enforcement

Information about law enforcement departments in the state.

Sites submitted here should be limited to state law enforcement agencies.

Police and sheriff department sites should be submitted to the most appropriate category of the respective locality and to the state-wide listings for police or sheriff departments, as appropriate.

Military

Includes links to sites related to military interests within the State of Illinois. Sites may include, but not limited to:

Army National Guard units within Illinois
Air National Guard units within Illinois
Air Force, Army, Navy, or Marine Corps entities within Illinois
Coast Guard units within Illinois

Please submit Illinois-based military social groups, historical societies, and veterans organizations, such as the VFW, Marine Corps League and like groups to the Illinois: Society and Culture: Military category.

Municipal Government

Includes links to State of Illinois-based resources that serve to support the state's municipal governments. A municipality is any self-governing political unit, typically an incorporated urban district. In Illinois, the term is usually applied to counties and incorporated cities, and may also be applied to towns, townships, villages, and other locally organized governmental units. This category lists general resources pertaining to municipal governments within the state.

Do not submit the site of your local government here.

Sites submitted to this category should be organizations, publications, or other resources of general interest to city managers, officials or those interested in municipal government.

Individual municipal governments should be submitted to the appropriate county or locality within Illinois: Counties or Illinois: Localities, and (if it exists) to that county or locality''s "Government" subcategory.

Services

Includes links to State of Illinois government services that do not necessarily fall within the realm of a single state agency or department.