The Oregon Blue Book is the official directory and fact book for the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

 copyrighted by the Oregon Secretary of State

Oregon Secretary of State

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 and published by the Office of the Secretary's Archives Division

Oregon State Archives

The Archives Division of the Office of the Secretary of State of Oregon, or Oregon State Archives, is an agency of the Office of the Oregon Secretary of State charged with preserving and providing access to government records. It also publishes the Oregon Blue Book and Oregon Administrative Rules...

. As Governor Ted Kulongoski

Ted Kulongoski

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 notes in his introduction for the 2005–2006 edition, it "provides information about our culture, our ecology, and our government... Here you'll find information on state, county, and local government, government officials, boards and commissions, and our judiciary."

The Blue Book comes in both print and online editions. Oregon Revised Statutes

Oregon Revised Statutes

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 require the secretary of state to publish the print edition "biennially on or about February 15 of the same year as the regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly

Oregon Legislative Assembly

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," which are during odd-numbered years; it has been so published since 1911. The online edition is updated regularly, often daily, and is a superset of the printed version.

Editions

Recent print editions include:

• 2005-6 edition: ISBN 0-9669719-3-0
• 2003-4 edition: ISBN 0-9669719-2-2
• 2001-2 edition: ISBN 0-9669719-1-4
• 1999-2000 edition: ISBN 0-9669719-0-6