Brent,

I already had a link to Byrd from the LVA site (and will check to see if 
there is now more information on him).

What concerns me is that it is not possible to go to the state site and get 
information on past governors. There is a page that lists the past governors 
but it is not interactive and leads to no futher information on the past 
governors than their time in office.

I checked pretty thoroughtly on the link to "history" on the official state 
site, and it does not lead to information on past governors.

Seems to me that the information on past governors, even if minimal, on the 
official site of the state government, should be a basic that is included on 
the state site. Children are being taught to pay attention to where 
information comes from on the web, and it should be a responsibility of the 
state webmaster to see that such information is included on the state's site 
to facilitate research not only by Virginia students, but also students from 
other states.

Perhaps there need to be conventions developed as to the basic provided on a 
state's official site and perhaps Virginia could lead the way. Certainly 
brief biographical sketches of past governors should be part of what a state 
provides. This is perhaps more true of Virginia, whose history delves deeply 
into the colonial era than with states that have shorter histories.

Brent, if you can suggest who the webmaster is for the state or anyone else 
with whom I can take up this issue, I would be most grateful.

Anne

Anne Pemberton
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