Trying to find the engineering gold at the end of the government rainbow is very unnecessary in these internet days.  The gold for my company are the standards that a particular municipality enforces.  Some websites have full standards that are hard to find.  Other websites have partial standards hiding in the depths of their pages.  Others even have hidden documents that can only be found when using the GOOG to search the site.  Enforceable and changing over time, standards should be easy to navigate from the main public works webpages.  Anything not on the site should clearly explain what standards they do want used.  Will I ever be able to find engineering gold at the end of the rainbow?