Government Websites at Richards Memorial Library

www.RMLonline.org

Voter Registration: To register in North Attleboro you need to go to Town Hall. at 43 S. Washington St. They are open M-F: 8a-4p and Th until 7p. You can also register at the Dept. of Motor Vehicles. The Town Website has information about polling locations and absentee ballots.

Elected Officials:

Town of North Attleboro
Massachusetts Access to Government Network (MAGNET): The place to start of all sorts of Massachusetts information.
A Citizen's Guide to Massachusetts State Services: This guide contains information about state services, agencies, and contact points. You can find services arranged by broad subject headings in the listings below, or search for specific words, or use the index.
Registry of Motor Vehicles
MassCares: resource locator by type and town
FirstGov.gov - Official website for searching the U.S. Government
U.S. Census: Quickfacts about Massachusetts
Ask a Librarian about Government Documents. Librarians research in govt. documents for you.
Texas Law Library's well-organized list of Government Documents Online.
Databases: Patent Grant and Patent Application Full-Text and Full-Page Images
Massachusetts Politics and Policy Online 02133.org: nonpartisan independent state think tank and State House News service provides information about Mass. govt.
Kids count: Census information about child well-being. Sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Mass. Correctional Institutions
San Franciso Library's United States Citizenship Resources

For more sites check out Minuteman's good resources.

Pensions and Social Security
A representative from the local Social Security office came to talk about what happens to our pensions when we begin to receive Social Security. The answers may surprise you. One of the issues is called The Government Pension Offset (GPO). Sometimes called the Public Pension Offset, it is a provision in Social Security law that can reduce or eliminate the Social Security benefit for spouses, divorced spouses, and surviving spouses who also receive a pension based on their own work for federal, state or local government that was not covered by Social Security. The current provisions became law in 1983. Here are some links.: AARP information on Government Pensions; Social Security Publication on Government Pension Offset; PDF about Government Pension Offset from Cornell; Information from Mass Retirees site
House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Members This has a link to the testimony about this issue. Rep. Barney Frank spoke about it and has some suggestions about what to do.
Another issue is the Windfall Provision Act which deals with receiving governmental pensions. Check out the Social Security Publication on this issue.