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American Politics

• All Politics.com part of CNN.com also includes access to Time, Inc sites, such as TIME.com
• Almanac of American Politics published by the National Journal
• American Conservative Union
• American Political Science Assocation
• American Presidency Project UC-Santa Barbara
• AmericanPresident.org U Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs
• Best Information on the Net, St. Ambrose U: Political Science
• Christian Coalition
• Citizen's Against Government Waste (CAGW)
• Common Cause "holding power accountable"
• CQ's Campaigns & Elections information on House and Senate members, links to information of interest to voters and a place to rate your representative
• Congress.org includes a directory of elected officials, a media guide, and a section on issues and legislation
• CongressWatch is part of Public Citizen a non-profit,non-partisan, member-supported public interest group founded by Ralph Nader in 1971
• Conservative Party of NYS
• Democratic National Committee official site
• Digital Librarian: New York wide variety of NYS sites; government, organizations, news, historic, tourist, etc., long alphabetical list with search engine.
• Federal Election Commission
• FedStats Easy access point for searching for government statistics from all branches of government
• GPO Access Free government information, including the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Public and Private Laws (108th Congress 2003-04), the Congressional Record, and the Federal Register
• Great American Speeches: 80 years of political oratory from PBS
• Great Debate & Beyond: the history of televised presidentials debates
• Jefferson Project "comprehensive guide to on-line politics"
• Libertarian Party
• National Political Index most comprehensive general site for political information which includes an exhaustive directory of National Political Parties
• New York Times on the Web: Political page
• Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), "within the Management Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States. Their goal is to provide high-quality statistical information that is relevant, timely, cost effective, and customer-oriented."
• OpenSecrets.org from the Center for Responsive Politics includes lots of information on campaign finances.
• PoliSci.com "most comprehensive political reference source on the web" per the site.
• Political Cartoonists Index by Daryl Cagle
• Political information.com A targeted search engine for politics, policy & political news
• Political Science Resources from Smathers Libraries at the U of Florida
• Political Science Resources on the Web organized and very comprehensive site from the Documents Center at U. Michigan
• Politics.com commercial provider of political information, money trails, polls, discussion forums, and a directory.
• POTUS: Presidents of the United States
• Republican National Committee official site
• Roll Call Since 1955, Roll Call has been the newspaper of Capitol Hill. This companion web edition posts the leading stories from the newspaper every Monday and Thursday, along with editorials, election news, commentary, cartoons and classifieds.
• Social Science Information Gateway to Politics includes parties, ideologies, systems
• stateline.org "your source for state news"
• ThisNation American Government and Politics Portal
• Ultimate Political Science Links Page ed. by P. S. Ruckman, Jr., Rock Valley College, IL
• U. S. Electoral College
• Vote Smart Tracks the performance of over 13,000 U.S. political leaders
• Voter Information Services
• White House Information on the President, and links to the the Cabinet and the Executive Branch Agencies

Public Policy

Organizations

• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research think tank whose research covers economics and trade; social welfare; government tax, spending, regulatory, and legal policies; U.S. politics; international affairs; and U.S. defense and foreign policies
• Assessing the New Federalism information on the fifty states and the District of Columbia in areas including income security, health, child well-being, demographic, fiscal and political conditions, and social services
• Brookings Institute functions as an independent analyst and critic, committed to publishing its findings for the information of the public
• Carter Center founded by Jimmy Carter to reduce conflict and to alleviate suffering in the world.
• Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace.
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities works on fiscal policy issues and issues affecting low- and moderate-income families and individuals.
• CRS-Congressional Research Service Reports made available thru access to the National Library for the Environment
• Electronic Policy Network consortium of over 60 public policy organizations and advocacy groups.
• Ethics & Public Policy Center Library includes Center Conversations, Books, and Articles
• Foreign Policy Association includes maps, weekly articles & nonpartisan commentary on world news
• Foreign Policy IN FOCUS A joint project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies, an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates.
• Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation an independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation.
• Jerome Levy Economics Institute a nonprofit, nonpartisan, fully endowed, public policy research organization.
• National Academy of Public Administration an independent, nonpartisan organization chartered by Congress to assist federal, state, and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability.
• National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works.
• National Center for Policy Analysis nonprofit public policy research institute
• National Policy Association brings together influential business, labor, and other U.S. and international leaders to identify solutions to these emerging challenges.
• OMB Watch to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which oversees regulation, the budget, information collection and dissemination, proposed legislation, testimony by agencies, and much more.
• PERC (Political Economy Research Center) - The Center for Free Market Environmentalism dedicated to original research that brings market principles to resolving environmental problems.
• RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 30 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics.
• Urban Institute goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices.

Educational Institutions

• Heinz School of Public Policy & Management, Carnegie Mellon purports an international reputation for the quality of its research. Site includes links to its working papers
• Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University By collecting knowledge, generating ideas, and disseminating both, the Institution seeks to secure and safeguard peace, improve the human condition, and limit government intrusion into the lives of individuals.
• Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Public Policy Network The topics covered in posting include current public policy issues, events and conferences, research, teaching, curriculum and courses, employment and career opportunities, activities of public policy practitioners, announcements of relevant Internet resources, and other topics of interest.
• Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University mission is to stimulate and support excellent social science research on significant public policy issues and to disseminate the findings widely. Site includes links to its publications
• Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan nation's longest-standing laboratory for interdisciplinary research in the social sciences.
• Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy, jointly managed by the Schools of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law promotes interdisciplinary applied research
• NetEc is an international academic effort to improve the communication of Economics via electronic media located at Washington University in St. Louis.
• Nonprofit and Public Management Center (NPM), a collaboration of the University of Michigan Schools of Business, Public Policy, and Social Work to advance and promote understanding of the contributions of nonprofit and public organizations and the challenges of leading them successfully.
• PRIE - Program for Research on the Information Economy set up at the U. of Michigan to investigate both the economics of information, and the use of economics in designing, implementing and managing information systems.
• Frederick S. Pardee Rand Graduate School to educate the creative thinkers and high-level problem solvers who will confront increasingly complex public issues.
• Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University serves interests in both domestic public policy and international affairs, and emphasizes experiential, policy-oriented research and learning in its graduate program. Includes links to its publications and research papers

Public Opinion/Commercial Sites

• Europa Public Opinion Page
• Gallup Organization for public opinion research
• McKeever Institute of Economic Policy Analysis dedicated to the betterment of mankind through the promotion of sound economic policies.This site contains a description of recommended policies together with student evaluations of a number of individual countries' economic policies.
• Nationalissues.com "is a non-partisan, issue-oriented research web site that provides information to individuals, voters and students"; it "gathers the best articles and research from leading think tanks, news sources, advocacy groups and individual policy analysts and presents the information in one easily accessible site" per the site
• Opinion-Pages Editorial, Opinion and Comment pages from online English newspapers around the world, plus opinions from other thought-provoking Web sites
• Pew Internet & American Life Project "produces reports that explore the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the internet through collection of data and analysis of real-world developments as they affect the virtual world."
• PollingReport.com for public opinion research
• Public Agenda Online for public opinion research
• Roper Center for public opinion research
• Speakout.com formerly policy.com
• World Public Opinion.org The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) launched WorldPublicOpinion.org (WPO) to provide a source of in-depth information and analysis on public opinion from around the world on international issues.

Organized Collection of Links

• Yahoo! Directory Political Science > Public Policy

Related Sites

• Electronic Map Collection (U. of Texas at Austin) Links to electronic maps on the Web, includes historical, political, geographical, and city maps.
• Flags of the World includes digital flags with explanations and history of the flags and a keyword index to objects on the flags.
• News and Newspapers Online Newspapers, News Sites and News Services

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