One way to picture the complex organization of public-sector institutions that generate information is to visualize the information as it is presented below.
|
Branch |
Local |
State |
National |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Legislative |
City Council |
Legislature |
Congress |
|
Judicial |
Municipal Courts |
State Courts |
Federal Courts |
|
Executive |
Mayor |
Governor |
President |
Each level and each branch of government generates information. The information sources are so voluminous that it would require a book for each of the branches to discuss comprehensively the material available at each level and in each branch, and the tools to locate that material. The important thing for you as a communications professional is to understand that each level of government generates information that is likely to be important for most messages you will work on and that there are efficient and effective ways to locate that information if you know how and where it is generated.
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