Personal & District Staff Resources
This page is designed to meet the research and training needs of legislative aides, district office staff and others who work directly for an individual state legislator. It is your virtual NCSL home for research materials, networking with counterparts across the country, contacting NCSL, and participating in meetings, training or other NCSL services.
The right hand side of the page contains links to a variety of NCSL's research documents and resources. Some of these are only provided to legislators and legislative staff so you may need to a password. Don't worry, sign up is free, quick and easy and allows you to access lots of valuable information. To learn more about NCSL's overall mission and the services we offer legislators and staff, go to the About NCSL tab at the top of the page.
Connect to Research
Go to ASK NCSL and find the NCSL staff contacts organized by issue area, the list of NCSL staff assigned to work with your state, or to request research help online. You can also search through over 10,000 state research documents. You can use NCSL's Bill Status and Tracking System to find legislation in other states, or sign up for email news on a variety of issues in the NCSLnet News Section. News clips on legislative issues are available at the Grasscatcher link and copies of all NCSL's legisbrief research reports and articles from State Legislatures magazine are only a click away. You can also connect to NCSL's Standing Committees that hold meetings, conduct research and publish information on a variety of issues.
Connect to Other Legislative Staff
You can join a list serve discussion group for legislators and staff only where you can post research requests to staff in other states or access the web sites of other state legislatures. Information is also available on NCSL Staff Sections that serve staff grouped by function such as bill drafters and researchers. Most of the staff sections compile directories of staffers in each state.
Connect to Training
You can download tips and advice to help you better handle constituent requests and reach out to the public. Look under the meetings tab on the top of the page for a list of all NCSL meetings and seminars. Many of them cover topics that may be of interest to you or your legislator.
Connect to NCSL
This page is designed for you based on interviews conducted with personal staff in a number of states. We want to know if this page meets your needs. Please let us know what you like, don't like and additional items that you would like to see on the page.
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