Volunteering in Government Settings

Information on legislation about volunteers or government guidelines/codes.

Articles on this topic:

• Citizen Involvement in Boulder County Government, Colorado
• Government Volunteers, 2003 legislation from South Carolina (provided as an example of US state regulations)
• Investing in Volunteerism: The Impact of Service Initiatives in Selected Texas State Agencies
• Preventing a Disaster within the Disaster:  The Effective Use and Management of Unaffiliated Volunteers - free PDF booklet by Points of Light, UPS and FEMA.
• State and Local Government Volunteers Act, 2002 legislation from Arkansas (provided as another example)

• StudentJobs.gov explanation of the US Federal regulations limiting volunteer service (1998).

• Volunteer Activity in Elections - description of volunteer work permitted or limited in federal elections (US, 2004)

• Volunteerism and the Government Sector, by Susan J. Ellis for USIA (1998)

Web sites with information on this topic:

Community Builders

http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/builder/volunteering/agenciesvol.html

Volunteering in government agencies in New South Wales, Australia and hints on ways to build community.

Government Volunteers

http://www.probono.net/dc/about.cfm

Site devoted to encouraging volunteer service in the community by lawyers employed by the US Federal government.

Marin County Civic Center Volunteers

http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/HR/ccvol/index.cfm

One of the pioneering volunteers in municipal government programs.

Public Service and Volunteerism

http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicService.shtml

US government site listing Federal agency volunteer programs.

The United States: A Nation of Volunteers
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0998/ijse/toc.htm
The United States Information Agency’s (USIA) electronic journal of U.S. Society & Values of September 1998 has a range of articles about the role of volunteering in America, from 12 authors such as Bill Clinton, Harris Wofford, Betty Stallings, and Susan Ellis.

USA Freedom Corps

http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/

Bush Administration site that combines general encouragement to volunteer in community organizations with information about a range of government volunteer programs.

Volunteers in Government Agencies

http://www.ocpe.sa.gov.au/ref_docs/PSMAD27.PDF

Clearly written guidelines governing the involvement of volunteers in government agencies, from Public Sector Workforce Relations, Department for Administrative and Information Services, in South Australia.

Revelant Hot Topic essays:

• Does It Matter if Volunteers Work in a Nonprofit or a Government Setting? - June '04
• Making Volunteer Management Happen: A Proposal for AmeriCorps - April '04
• Government, Politicians, and the Use of the Word "Volunteer" - February '04

• Mixed Messages from Government: Lessons from Minnesota - Feb '02

For information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian region please visit our friends at OzVPM:

http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resource_govtpolicy.htm

and http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resource_govtinvolvement.htm

12/04/07

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