(AP) — The most recent edition of Missouri’s official manual now is available online.

Commonly known as the “Blue Book,” the manual was printed every two years until a 2010 law barred its paper publication. The goal was to save about $1.7 million in costs.

The Blue Book includes information about public officials and agencies, local governments, elections and political parties. The new online manual can be viewed at www.mobluebook.com .

However, the manual eventually could return to book form. Gov. Jay Nixon this year signed legislation allowing the secretary of state to provide an electronic copy of the Blue Book to a nonprofit organization. That group then can publish and sell the book in a paper format.