This article discusses the importance of archiving state commission papers, documenting the formation of public policy, and allowing the public access to an organized collection of the data gathered by the Florida Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Florida's citizens with mental illnesses or substance abuse disorders face a myriad of problems in the mental health system, which caused the Governor and Legislature to establish the Commission, with the mandate of solving the system's inadequacies. The collection includes the background research, promulgated reports, and videotaped meetings of the Commission. The following recapitulates the completion of the Commission's vision of a Web accessible and searchable permanent record of their evaluations and conclusions.