Subscribe to Rockland County's RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to get County news on demand.  Choose from the categories below and copy and paste the URL(s) to your preferred RSS reader on your PC or utilize the web-based readers such as Yahoo and Google to start receiving RSS feeds.
 

What is RSS? What is an RSS Reader? Where can I get an RSS reader? How do I view RSS Feeds?

Video of RSS Feeds (3 min)

Category:	Copy the URL(s) to your PC RSS Reader or utilize the web-based readers*:	Web-Based Readers: *
RC News Releases:	http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/RSS/newsreleases.xml
Civil Service Announcements:	http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/RSS/civilservice.xml
Job Opportunities	http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/RSS/jobopportunities.xml
Department of Health:	http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/RSS/healthpress.xml
Veterans Agency:	http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/RSS/veterans.xml
Public Transportation:	http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/RSS/publictrans.xml
Youth Bureau:	http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/RSS/youthbureau.xml

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a web format that contains news content of a website.  An RSS feed can be published when a website updates its news items.  This RSS feed delivers any new stories that are published on a website to an RSS reader.  Getting access to RSS feeds allows you to receive all news from a single location instead of having to navigate through multiple pages or sites searching for the news items you need.

What is an RSS reader?

In order to view RSS feeds, you must have an RSS Reader.  RSS readers are programs that download RSS feeds and display the content into a readable format.  RSS readers can be stand-alone programs for your PC or mobile device, or they can be web-based. 

Stand-alone RSS readers are downloadable programs that allow you to store RSS feeds on your PC or mobile device.  The feeds can also be integrated with your e-mail or mobile device.  Also Web-based RSS readers can let you view feeds from any computer through a web service (e.g. Yahoo or Google).

 * Where can I get an RSS reader?

There are many different RSS readers available for download on the Internet. Click here for a list of RSS stand-alone readers. Popular choices for web-based readers are My Yahoo and Google Reader. You must have these readers before you click on the links above. My Yahoo and Google Reader can be obtained by going to www.yahoo.com and www.google.com.

How do I view RSS Feeds?

Once you have an RSS reader on your PC, mobile device, or web-based reader service you can start viewing County and other RSS feeds.  In order to do this, copy the URL (web address) from your browser into a new feed in your RSS reader.  You will now be receiving RSS feeds from the originating County website to your reader.