The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) established a program and funding to states and territories to udate systems, educate voters and provide better access for handicapped voters. Keep going to find the V.I. Election Plan.

Here is the full text of the 2004 Executive Budget as proposed by Gov. Charles W. Turnbull and as presented at a press conference on Friday Aug. 29.

This "Economic Recovery Plan 2003" for the territory in general and St. Croix in particular, was submitted by Frank J. Fox, president of the St. Croix Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of the chamber, to the governor and his financial advisers at a Government House meeting on May 12. As of Aug. 19, when it was posted on the Source newspapers, Fox said he had received no response from government officials.

The American Red Cross has issued recommendations for lifesaving preparedness steps everyone can take for hurricane season.

Virgin Islands holidays for 2003, compiled from a calendar prepared and distributed to government departments by the V.I. Finance Department, are posted here.

Virgin Islands residents have made four attempts -- in 1965, 1972, 1978 and 1980 -- to write their own constitution. Here's a historical background summary of these efforts, which involved many residents as delegates.

Here is a directory of government agencies and officials, with telephone and Fax numbers and websites where available. Legislative committee members are listed also. Data are current as of Aug. 1, 2003.

At its traditional biennial luncheon to welcome the new Legislature, League of Women Voters member Rosalie Simmonds-Ballentine offered the following guidelines for the new 25th Legislature.

Here is the full text of the State of the Territory address delivered by Gov. Charles W. Turnbull in the Earle B. Ottley Senate Chambers on St. Thomas on Jan. 13, 2003.

Here is the full text of Gov. Charles W. Turnbull's second inaugural address, delivered on Jan. 6, 2003, in Emancipation Garden on St. Thomas.