Re: Citing the gov

Just be careful with federal web sites vs state and local government web sites.

Federal government web sites may be assumed to be public domain, unless otherwise
noted (although it is courteous to give credit where credit is due).

This may not be the case with state and local government web sites.  First 
assumptions about public domain might get you into trouble as state governments
jockey for position.  State and local officials may claim actual copyright, even if
the information on their sites was collated with public funds.

It never hurts to ask. :)

--- John Starkey <jstarkey(at)advancecreations.com> wrote:
> > Have you thought of looking up the State of Colorado web site?  Their FAQ page
> > provides information on how to cite from their state government sites.
> > 
> > See http://www.state.co.us/FAQS/disclaimer.html
> 
> You know, I apologize for the waste of bandwidth. I rushed that message out while
> waiting on a response about another gig. Wasn't as clear as I should have been.
> 
> Mainly, I'm looking around for any trouble that may have cropped up, anywhere,
> from incorrectly citing the gov. They provide their recommended citations, we
> mainly use USGS, and USFS info. Since it is public domain info there can't be too
> many issues that stem from using it.
> 
> What I'm thinking is, if we add a blanket citation saying "Much of the info on
> this site is derived from USGS public domain data" and a link to their pages,
> instead of having their cite on every page that contains any data from their DB,
> will we be ok? Individual pages contain info from a variety of sources and is a
> composite. To cite everyone on each page would be half a page in itself.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> -- 
> John Starkey
> ColoradoParks.net
> Advance Creations


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