MICHIGAN GOVERNMENT
Governor and Executive Branch

Michigan Executive Branch Agencies: Comprehensive

• Citizen's Guide to State Government (PDF)
  • Organization chart of three branches of government
  • Directory of executive departments with phone numbers
  • Descriptions of the Michigan legislative process, directories of legislative members and committees, how to contact government officials
  • Number of signatures needed for petitions; number of state legislative and court officials by political party for counties and cities

• Michigan Manual
  • Directory of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches
  • Descriptions of each agencies and its missions
  • Biographies of key officials, judges, and all legislators with maps of the districts they represent
  • History and Constitutions
  • Official Canvas of Votes for the last state-wide election plus initiatives, referenda, and selected votes since 1948

• Sample Letters
  • Citizens' Guide to State Government
  • Michigan League of Conservation Voters
  • Michigan Speech and Hearing Association

• State of Michigan Departments and Agencies
  • Comprehensive web links to state government

• Salaries of State Officials
  • Book of the States (Doc. Cen. JK 2403 .B72)
    • Provides comparative salaries for governors, executive branch officials, legislators and judges in various chapters
    • See index under "salaries" at the back of the book

• State of Michigan Telephone Directory
  • Current directory arranged by department and available in Adobe Acrobat format
  • Search engine to find individual state employees by name

Executive Agencies: A

• Michigan Office of Services to the AGING
  • Aging fact sheets, senior resources, population data
  • Department news and policy
  • Renamed in 2002 as MiSeniors.Net

• Michigan Department of AGRICULTURE
  • Description and contacts in the animal, dairly, farm, and food divisions
  • Press releases beginning January 1996
  • Michigan Market Place describes over 26 commodities produced in the state and provides addresses/links to their industry councils
  • Climatology provides hourly weather forcasts and historic weather data, 1951-80, by county and weather station
  • Numerous production and forecasting data from the Michigan Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Links to agricultural servers throughout the United States
  • Industry web pages under development as of June 1996

• State ARCHIVES of Michigan
  • Archival circulars list the holdings of primary source records, including state and local elections, military records, and information from government agencies
  • Separate pages describe services provided to state governments, local governments, and individual researchers

• Michigan ATTORNEY GENERAL's Office
  • Searchable text of Attorney General opinions beginning 1997/98
  • Considerable consumer protection information including Michigan statutes on automobiles, homes and rent, gifts, fraud
  • Subject directory of offices for filing a consumer complaint and an on-line complaint submission form
  • Registration guidelines for charitable organizations
  • Free Annual Credit Reports-What Consumers Should Know provides Michiganians with advice on avoiding identity theft when requesting credit reports via phone, mail, or the internet (http://www.annualcreditreport.com)

Executive Agencies: B

• Michigan Office of State Budget
  • Text of submitted budgets back to FY 2000
  • Current budget bills
  • Monthly financial reports
  • Description of the budget process

Executive Agencies: C

• Michigan Department of CAREER DEVELOPMENT
  • Created on April 5, 1999 to enhance skills of Michigan's workforce
  • Web site includes annotated links to state services for employers and job seekers

• Michigan CENSUS AND STATISTICAL DATA Center
  • Michigan county-wide data from the 1990 and 2000 Censuses of Population and Housing, Economic Censuses, County Business Patterns
  • Population estimates and projections, government finance data, and mapping

• CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND INFORMATION
  • Data includes district and school building data on student headcounts, free lunch eligibility, and dropout rates
  • School staffing surveys, school safety and expulsion data
  • Financial summaries include Bulletin 1011 (Analysis of Public School Revenues and Expenditures) and Bulletin 1014 (Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information)
  • Most files in dbf format

• Michigan Department of CIVIL RIGHTS
  • Pamphlets on illegal discrimination and instructions on filing a complaint
  • Services to assist business in complying with civil rights laws

• Michigan Department of CIVIL SERVICE
  • Job classification specifications for state civil service
  • Employee regulations, guidelines, and benefits
  • Job applications and available job listings
  • Employer forms

• Michigan Department of COMMUNITY HEALTH
  • The agency was created in January 1996 by Executive Order 1996-1
  • It consolidates the Dept. of Public Health, the Dept. of Mental Health, and the Medical Services Administration
  • Web site describes agency mission and activities
  • Drug Control and Substance Abuse
    • Information on education, prevention, treatment, and law enforcement
    • Special report and proposals on various topics, such as binge drinking
  • Health Insurance Coverage
    • Services for pregnant women, children adults and seniors
    • Medicaid information
  • Health Statistics
    • Data on cancer and communicable diseases
    • Marriage, divorce, birth and death data, usually to the county level
  • Mental Health
    • Fact sheets on mental health in Michigan
    • Directories of state-operated hospitals and community health boards
    • Links to university psychiatry departments and federal mental health organizations
  • Office of the State Registrar
    • Birth, pregnancy, death by cause, cancer, and health care statistics
    • Most data at the state level, Detroit, and Wayne County
  • Physical Health
    • Prevention, crime victim services, and informed consent on abortion
  • Division of Vital Records
    • Instructions and application forms for obtaining birth, marriage, divorce, and death records

• Michigan Department of CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY Services
  • This is the reorganized Commerce Department
  • Primary mission is regulation and consumer protection
  • Links to web pages of its subdivisions, including
    • Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs
    • Corporation and Securities Bureau
    • Financial Institutions Bureau
    • Liquor Control Commission
    • Michigan Insurance Bureau
    • Michigan Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority
    • Michigan State Housing Development Authority
    • Public Service Commission
    • State Fair
    • Tax Tribunal
    • Became the Department of Labor and Economic Growth on Dec. 8, 2003

• Michigan Department of CORRECTIONS
  • Directory of prison facilities with description of program, security, prisoners, capacity, funding, and address
  • Brief overviews of corrections in Michigan and victim assistance
  • Job openings
  • Directory of Michigan Prison Librarians

Executive Agencies: E

• Michigan Department of EDUCATION
  • Michigan Schools Report Card (K-12 test results for individual schools)
  • Financial Rankings of school districts
  • Departmental programs, directories, annual reports, press releases
  • Michigan Merit Award information is available from the Treasury Department
  • See Statistics for school district data from the 1990 and 2000 Census

• Michigan Economic Development Corporation
  • Monthly county and place employment and unemployment data since 1970, occupational salaries and projections by county, tax free zones, and recruitment materials for Michigan business
  • Offshoot of the Michigan Jobs Commission and formed on April 5, 1999

• Michigan EMPLOYMENT Security Commission
  • MESC functions have been replaced by the Michigan Department of Career Development and the Unemployment Agency

• Michigan ENVIRONMENTAL Science Board
  • Full text of MESB reports (e.g. effects of mercury, chlorine, lead on the environment)
  • Information about the Board

• Michigan Department of ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
  • Press releases, management plan
  • Description of agency and district offices
  • Phone numbers to call for emergency responses
  • A list of hazardous waste facilities is available by county
  • Underground storage tank facilities, open/leaking and closed, can be searched by city, county, company or address or downloaded
  • Michigan Environmental Code
    • Searchable text of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act of 1994
    • Environmental executive orders and current environmental issues

Executive Agencies: F

• Michigan FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY
  • See Department of Human Services

• Michigan Bureau of FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
  • The Bureau regulates banking and related enterprises in Michigan
  • Rules and regulations regarding financial institutions
  • Recent legislative activity

Executive Agencies: H

• Michigan Center for GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
  • Downloadable shape files for Michigan
  • Legislative district and natural resource maps
  • MI Mapper programs for individual government agencies, e.g. boating
  • 1990 and 2000 Census maps

Executive Agencies: H

• Michigan HISTORICAL Center
  • Records maintained at the State Archives
  • Michigan historical sites
  • Michigan History Museum information

• Michigan Dept of HUMAN SERVICES (Dept. of Social Services/Family Independence Agency)
  • Biennial Report with summary of social services caseloads, departmental initiatives, and directory of local offices
  • News releases and fact sheets on social services programs and disbursements
  • Renamed from the Michigan Family Independence Agency on March 15, 2005

Executive Agencies: I

• Michigan INSURANCE Bureau
  • Michigan home insurance rates and rules

Executive Agencies: J

• Michigan JOBS Commission
  • Replaced on April 5, 1999
  • See Michigan Department of Career Development and Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Executive Agencies: L

• Michigan Dept. of LABOR and Economic Growth
  • Reformulation of the Dept. of Consumer and Industry Services
  • Launched on Dec. 8, 2003

Executive Agencies: M

• Michigan Department of MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
  • Description of agency and news releases
  • Building, financial and agency services
  • Its Office of Purchasing provides state contractor information and a bid list

• Military
  • Michigan Department of MILITARY AFFAIRS
    • Agency mission and biographies of Michigan National Guard leaders
    • Links to the Michigan Army and Air National Guard web sites as well as recruitment information
    • Description of department's veterans affairs activities

  • Military in Michigan (Senator Levin)
    • Description of federal military installations in the state

Executive Agencies: N

• Michigan Department of NATURAL RESOURCES
  • Description and history of the department
  • Directory of offices
  • Management Plan
  • DNR calendar of events
  • Michigan Environmental Code
    • Searchable text of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act of 1994
    • Environmental executive orders and current environmental issues

Executive Agencies: P

• Michigan State POLICE
  • Primarily statewide crime data
  • Links to departmental bureaus and local law enforcement agencies
  • Includes a missing and exploited children's data base
  • Road Conditions
    • Driving conditions on U.S. highways and interstates in Michigan
    • Data arranged by county and then road
  • Sex Offender Registry
    • Addresses of former sex offenders living in Michigan
    • Searchable by zip code only
    • Provides name, address, physical description, date of birth, and offense for which convicted

• Michigan PUBLIC SERVICE Commission
  • The commission regulates public utilities: gas, electric, communications and motor carriers
  • Web site includes a mission statement, annual report, current projects, and contact information

Executive Agencies: R

• Michigan Office of REGULATORY REFORM
  • Rules and proposed of Michigan executive departments beginning 1995
  • Arranged by agency and to be indexed by keyword

• Michigan REHABILITATION Services
  • Links to state and national web sites on disability and rehabilitation
  • Michigan Rehabitation Services manuals

Executive Agencies: S

• Michigan Department of STATE
  • Automobile and recreational vehicle registration by county
  • Information on license plate tab renewal, Centennial license place, and obtaining driving record
  • Note: Historical license plates appear in License Plates of the World has historical plates
  • What Every Driver Must Know, pamphlet used to prepare for operator's license renewal
    • Michigan Drivers License Points is a text copy typed from the pdf version on 02-03-2000
  • Bureau of Elections
    • Detailed election results beginning 1994, voter registration, election laws, filing deadlines, campaign information

Executive Agencies: T

• Michigan Department of TRANSPORTATION
  • Driving guide for highway construction; bridge and ferry toll schedules
  • Highway construction statistics

• Michigan TRAVEL Office
  • Regional and seasonal travel information
  • Calendar of events
  • For additional information, see the Michigan Travel web page

• Michigan Department of TREASURY
  • Press releases and description of department
  • Its Unclaimed Property Data Base lists over 115,000 names with $17 million in property
  • Tax Forms
    • Michigan Tax Forms and Instructions (Treasury Dept)
      • Forms in Adobe Acrobat
      • Provides link for free Acrobat software and tax assistance information
      • Forms archived since 1996
    • Michigan Tax Forms (Michigan Electronic Library
      • Printable tax forms using Adobe Acrobat
      • Joint project of the Michigan Electronic Library and Treasury Department
      • Archived since 1996
    • See also Taxes for rates and statistics

Executive Agencies: U

• Michigan UNEMPLOYMENT Agency
  • Employer information includes affirmative action report, newsletters, and status of labor bills before the Michigan Legislature
  • Advocacy forms and online resumes for the jobless
  • Average weekly salaries in Michigan since 1971 with unemployment trust fund, unemployment conpensation contribution, and unemployment insurance claims dating back to the 1930s

• Unemployment Claims
  • Instructions for unemployment claims in English, Spanish and Arabic
  • Unemployment application forms to be used via mail
  • Information on submitting applications via voice telephone (MARVIN) and the internet
  • Walk-in unemployment offices to be closed in December 2002

Michigan Governor's Office (Granholm)

• Text of 1963 Michigan Constitution
  
• Press releases and Executive Orders
  
• Michigan Budget
  • Budgets from FY 2000 to present
  • Available as single downloadable in pdf format
  • Possible answer for historical data:

    Executive Budget, 1941 to present:  HJ 11 .M542 
    	2000+ also at:
    	 
    http://www.michigan.gov/budget/0,1607,7-157-11460_18526---,00.html
    	Grad: 1984/1985-1992/1993,1994/1995,1996/1997-2005
    	Buhr: 1941/1943-1967/1968,1969/1970,1971/1972-1983/1984
    
    Trends in State Finances, 1936-46
    	Library of Michigan: HJ2053.M5 T74 1946 
    
    Michigan Auditor General Annual Report
    	HJ 11.M52, Buhr: 1837-1938
    	Some of these have been digitized by Google; some not.  The 
    	MIRLYN Record provides direct links.  They were also published 
            in the Michigan Legislature's Joint Documents Series for the 19th 
    	Century
    
    http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu:80/F/?func=direct&doc_number=000047962&local_base=AA_PUB

• Governor Engler's Archive
  • Includes some speeches and web site as of October 2002
• State of the State Address
  • Granholm
  • Archival Set (Engler) is usually the January speech and has its own unique title
  • Historical State of the State addresses appear in Michigan. Governor. Messages of the Governors of Michigan, J 87 .M516 (v.1-4 in Buhr; v.5-10 in Grad Stacks)
  
  
• Governor Granholm's e-mail address is http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21995---,00.html
  
• State Officers Compensation Commission Final Report: 2000
  • Salaries and expense accounts of the government, lieutenant government, Supreme Court justices, legislators, legislative officer supplements, 1968-2002
  • As of May 29, 2007 the salaries had remained the same
• Historical List of Michigan Governors
  • Covers 1837 to the present
  • Includes name, party, and dates
• National Governors Database (Natl Governors Assoc)
  • Biographies and pictures of all state governors, historic and current
  • Searchable by name, state, party, demographic characteristics
  • Complete through Iowa as of 2/4/04; some additional material for other states

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
Scott Duimstra, Documents Assistant, March 2002
Denise Schoene, Documents Center, April 2004
The University of Michigan Library
Graphics by Sherry Piontek and Barbara Perles

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/michexec.html