Digital Preservation: New and Updated Collections from Archive-It
Archive-It is a fee-based web archiving service run by The Internet Archive. Here’s a look at some recent additions and updates to collections or permanently archived web pages they’re building.

+ Now one of the five largest collections: Arizona State Agencies
The Arizona State Agencies collection contains content from the websites of Arizona state government agencies, boards, and commissions.
Organizer: Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records

+ New: ALA GODORT state agency databases wiki

ALA GODORT state agency databases wiki.

+ New: California Legislative Analyst’s Office

Role of the LAO The office serves as “eyes and ears” for the Legislature to ensure that the executive branch is implementing legislative policy in a cost efficient and effective manner. The office carries out this legislative oversight function by reviewing and analyzing the operations and finances of state government.

+ New: International Fund for Agricultural Development
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. The conference resolved that “an International Fund for Agricultural Development should be established immediately to finance agricultural development projects primarily for food production in the developing countries”.

+ New: California Correctional Peace Officers Association

CCPOA represents the more than 30,000 correctional peace officers working inside California’s prisons and youth facilities, and the state’s parole agents who supervise inmates after their release. Since its founding in 1957, CCPOA’s mission has been to promote and enhance the correctional profession, protect the safety of those engaged in corrections and advocate for the laws, funding and policies needed to improve prison operations and protect public safety.

+ New: California Labor Federation (AFL-CIO)

The California Labor Federation is the state AFL-CIO, with more than 1,200 affiliated local unions, representing 2.1 million union members in diverse communities and sectors of the state’s economy. Manufacturing, service, retail, construction, public sector and private industry unions join together in the Federation to protect and advance the rights and interests of all California workers.

+ New: California Teachers Association

The California Teachers Association (CTA) is California’s largest professional employee organization, representing more than 340,000 public school teachers, counselors, psychologists, librarians, other non-supervisory certificated personnel, and Education Support Professionals (ESPs). CTA is affiliated with the 2.8 million-member National Education Association (NEA).

+ New: United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is made up of approximately 34,600 Civilian and 650 military members.

+ New: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division

Established in 1888, South Pacific Division is one of the Corps eight regions nationwide. Four operating Districts, headquartered in Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco, provide federal and military engineering support in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and in parts of Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Texas.

+ New: US Treasury-Financial Management Service

THE MISSION OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE is to provide central payment services to federal agencies, to operate the federal government’s collections and deposit systems, to provide governmentwide accounting and reporting services, and to manage the collection of delinquent debt owed to the government.

+ New: White House Office of Management and Budget

OMB’s predominant mission is to assist the President in overseeing the preparation of the federal budget and to supervise its administration in Executive Branch agencies. In helping to formulate the President’s spending plans, OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures, assesses competing funding demands among agencies, and sets funding priorities. OMB ensures that agency reports, rules, testimony, and proposed legislation are consistent with the President’s Budget and with Administration policies.

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