American Civil Rights Institute
http://www.acri.org/
The American Civil Rights Institute, founded by Ward Connerly in 1997, is a national civil rights organization created to educate the public about racial and gender preferences. Based in Sacramento, California, ACRI's initial focus is on three areas: assisting organizations in other states with their efforts to educate the public about racial and gender preferences, assisting federal representatives with public education on the issue, and monitoring implementation and legal action on California's Proposition 209.
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American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
http://www.AEI.org
AEI, founded in 1943, sponsors original research on government policy, the American economy, and American politics. AEI research aims to preserve and to strengthen the foundations of a free society, limited government, competitive private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and vigilant defense through rigorous inquiry, debate, and writing. The Institute is home to some of America's most renowned economists, legal scholars, political scientists, and foreign policy specialists. AEI is an independent, nonpartisan organization financed by tax-deductible contributions from corporations, foundations, and individuals.
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Annenberg Public Policy Center
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/
U. of Pennsylvania center that researches political communication, information and society, media and the developing child, health communication, and adolescent risk.
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The Aspen Institute
http://www.aspeninst.org/
An international nonprofit educational institution dedicated to enhancing the quality of leadership through informed dialogue. It convenes people who represent diverse viewpoints and backgrounds from business, labor, government, the professions, the arts, and the nonprofit sector to relate timeless ideas and values to the foremost challenges facing societies, organizations, and individuals. Be sure to check out the Policy programs section which examines such current issues as the information and communications revolution, international issues, the future of the world economy, population and consumption, rural economic policy, domestic issues, philanthropy, and energy and resources.
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Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~briewww/
A small, interdisciplinary research project at the University of California at Berkeley. For nearly fifteen years, BRIE has worked with academics, business leaders, and scholars from around the world from such wide-ranging disciplines as urban planning, political science, economics, and engineering to consider the real-world interactions of technology, markets, and economies and to formulate path-breaking positions that challenge conventional economic policy-making. BRIE stands today as one of the leading intellectual voices debating government policy and business strategy. Web site provides full text of many of its working papers.
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Brookings Institution
http://www.brook.edu/
The Brookings Institution is the nation's oldest think tank. A private, independent, nonprofit research organization, Brookings seeks to improve the performance of American institutions, the effectiveness of government programs, and the quality of U.S. public policies. It addresses current and emerging policy challenges and offers practical recommendations for dealing with them, expressed in language that is accessible to policy makers and the general public alike.
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Carter Center, ==> Jimmy Carter Center.

Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org/
A nonpartisan public policy research foundation. The Institute undertakes an extensive publications program dealing with the complete spectrum of policy issues, including the federal budget, Social Security, monetary policy, natural resource policy, military spending, regulation, NATO, international trade.
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Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/
A non-profit which tracks legislation and policy issues involving the government and the Internet. Issues covered include:
(1) Free Expression - Protecting free expression from censorship, and championing the right of individuals to communicate, publish and obtain information.
(2) Consumer Privacy - Developing policy solutions and technology tools so Internet users can take control of their personal information and data online.
(3) Security & Freedom - Advocating for stronger legal protections from government intrusion and challenging law enforcement demands for network surveillance.
(4) Digital Copyright - Working to protect the balance between the interests of copyright holders and the public.
(5) Standards & Governance - Promoting greater openness and representation for voices of the worldwide Internet community in the global domain names policy debate.
(6) International - Working to promote democratic values and human rights in the global online medium.
(7) Open Government - The public has the right to know about information collected, disseminated and maintained by the government in order to increase accountability and public awareness.
(8) Other Issues, such as U.S. Patriot Act, data mining, etc.
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Center for Defense Information (CDI)
http://www.cdi.org/
Founded in 1972 as an independent monitor of the military, the CDI is a private, nongovernmental, research organization. Its directors and staff believe that strong social, economic, political, and military components and a healthy environment contribute equally to the nation's security. CDI seeks realistic and cost effective military spending without excess expenditures for weapons and policies that increase the danger of war. CDI supports adequate defense by evaluating our defense needs and how best to meet them without wasteful spending or compromising our national security. Be sure to check out the issues section, broken out into the following categories: defense and foreign policy, european security, international peacekeeping, military spending, and nuclear weapons. Also check out issues of the Defense and Monitor and the Military Spending Clock!
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Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/
A non-profit public interest organization based in Washington, DC. CDT's mission is to develop and advocate public policies that advance constitutional civil liberties and democratic values in new computer and communications technologies. Issues tracked include net censorship, the communications decency act, cryptography, privacy, congress and the net, digital telephony, digital infrastructure, and counterterrorism.
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Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
http://www.chcs.org/
Established in 1995 as a non-profit, non-partisan policy and resource center affiliated with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Focuses on medicare and managed care public policy issues. Provides online publications as well as links to other organizations tracking such issues.
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Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org/
Instantaneous and open in its accessibility, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Web site is the product of a nonprofit, nonpartisan (although politically conservative) think tank founded in 1985 to study the economic, social, demographic, and fiscal impacts of population movements on the US. It is forthright in propounding its mission to foster a national policy seeking low immigration, point out the hidden costs of illegal immigration, and engender "a warmer welcome for those admitted." Its green, eye-friendly, home page lists one column of full text, daily updates of newspaper articles with headlines such as "Immigrants Exploited" and "Marriage for Citizenship Scam." Another column offers more reflective Common Topics in Immigration postings, such as current numbers, assimilation and citizenship, population and environment, and guest workers. This is the locus for many of the center's publications by sometimes-judgmental authors Mark Krikorian, Steven Camarota, David Simcox, and Leon Bouvier. In addition to links to a few outside Web sites, such as those of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, US State Department, and UN, there are features such as Ask CIS Your Immigration Questions; a search mechanism through CIS archives by word, phrase, or title; and a What's New at the Center roster of recent events. CIS also offers two free discussion groups for those who wish to keep apprised of this controversial public policy topic. This site is lively, timely, and bold, offering the viewpoint of (some) native-born and settled naturalized Americans, but not of those seeking refuge and opportunity in the Western world's largest democracy. It is best used by more sophisticated researchers than undergraduates. F. J. Augustyn Jr., Library of Congress, Choice Review, April 2003.
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Center for Individual Rights
http://www.cir-usa.org
Conservative organization. Public policy focus topics include: civil rights/affirmative action, free speech/political correctness, sexual harassment, etc.
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Center for Public Integrity
http://www.publicintegrity.org/
Created in 1989, the Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington that concentrates on ethics and public service issues. Online publications include:

Center for Responsive Politics
http://www.crp.org/
Opensecrets.org is the web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group which tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center’s work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
http://www.csis.org/
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)--a public policy research institution that covers every major geographic region in the world--generates strategic analysis, brings together important policymakers, and develops policy action commissions. This extensive CSIS Website provides institutional information, a directory of CSIS experts, analysis of international current events, summaries of numerous research projects, a list of publications, and Washington Quarterly, the full-text journal of the CSIS.
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Center for the Study of American Business
http://csab.wustl.edu/
A public policy think tank located at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Public policy topics tracked include Environment, Global Marketplace, Management Issues, Regulation, and Taxing and Spending.
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Center for the Study of the Presidency
http://www.cspresidency.org/
Provides Presidential Studies Quarterly online plus web links to related sites of interest.
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Center for Studying Health System Change
http://www.hschange.com
Includes Issue Briefs and Data Briefs releasing early results from various surveys and an order form for additional publications. Also provides web links to other health sites.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org/
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people.
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Century Fund
http://www.tcf.org/
On July 1, the Twentieth Century Fund officially changed its name to The Century Foundation, a new name for a new millennium. The Century Foundation is a research foundation that undertakes timely and critical analyses of major economic, political, and social institutions and issues. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the Foundation was founded in 1919 and endowed by Edward A. Filene.
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Citizens for a Sound Economy
http://www.cse.org/
Since 1984, Citizens for a Sound Economy has advocated market-based solutions to public policy problems. Policy issues tracked at the federal and state levels include budget reform, flat tax, health care reform, regulatory reform, telecommunications reform, tort reform, trade reform, and utility reform.
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Civil Rights.Org
http://www.civilrights.org/
The definitive source for civil rights on the internet. The home page of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, an association of more than 180 civil and human rights organizations in Washington DC. This site provides public policy information on a variety of subjects (affirmative action, employment and housing discrimination, hate crimes, religious freedom). The site also provides Congressional voting records on civil rights legislation from 1991-1996 and links to sites operated by member organizations.
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Claremont Institute
http://www.claremont.org/
The mission of the Claremont Institute is to recover the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. Public policy issues addressed include: civil rights and racial preferences, the courts and the culture, defending the Boy Scouts of America, education, environmental education, foreign policy, immigration and citizenship, labor unions, and welfare reform.
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CNA Corporation
http://www.cna.org
CNA is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the Department of the Navy. For more than 50 years, CNA has conducted research and analysis that have helped the Navy and Marine Corps become more effective and efficient. CNA conducts analyses for other Department of Defense and non-Defense clients whose needs fall within CNA's mission as an FFRDC.
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Common Cause
http://www.commoncause.org/
Follow Common Cause's efforts to hold the Presidency and Congress accountable, to encourage campaign finance reform, and to focus attention on other issues of interest. Includes links to campaign finance studies and other government reform sites.
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Commonwealth Fund
http://www.cmwf.org/
Supports health policy initiatives and publications and provides online health policy information.
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Commonwealth Institute
http://www.comw.org/
An independent, non-profit, non-governmental public policy research center doing critical studies in the fields of international security, inequality and poverty. The Institute is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Competitive Enterprise Institute
http://www.cei.org/
A pro-market, public policy group committed to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. A few of the focus issues include Air Pollution; Automobility; Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation; Commercial Free Speech, Drug Approval, and the FDA; Corporate Responsibility; Energy; Environmentalism; Federal Lands; Global Warming; Hazardous Waste; Insurance; International Relations and Trade; Monopoly and Competition; Pesticides, Chemicals, and Carcinogens; Politics and the Governmentl; Private Property Rights; Resources, Food, and Sustainable Development; Technology; Waste & Recycling; and Water and Wetlands. Also check out the numerous online articles from CEI Update, the organization's newsletter, as well as the numerous other publications.
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Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.cfr.org/
Focuses on foreign policy issues.
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Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
http://www.cjpf.org/
Founded in 1988, the foundation is a private, non-profit educational organization that promotes solutions to the problems facing the criminal justice system.

The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and
The Progressive Party Institute
http://www.dlcppi.org/
The Democratic Leadership Council, founded in 1985, is an idea center, catalyst, and national voice for a reform movement that is reshaping American politics by moving it beyond the old left-right debate. Under the leadership of co-founder and President Al From, the DLC seeks to define and galvanize popular support for a new public philosophy built on progressive ideals, mainstream values, and innovative, nonbureaucratic solutions. Publishes The New Democrat and Blueprint: Ideas for a New Century.
The mission of the Progressive Policy Institute , the think tank affiliated with the Democractic Leadership Council, is to define and promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century. Through its research, policies, and perspectives, the Institute is fashioning a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation geared to the Information Age. Be sure to check out the PPI Archive covering the following issues as of February 1999:

The Development Group for Alternative Policies
http://www.igc.apc.org/dgap/
Since 1977, The Development Group for Alternative Policies (The Development GAP) has worked to ensure that the knowledge, priorities and efforts of the women and men of the South inform decisions made in the North about their economies and the environments in which they live. Through its collaboration with citizens' organizations overseas, The Development GAP is able to demonstrate practical alternatives to prevailing policies and programs.
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Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet)
http://www.drcnet.org/index.html
The home page of the Drug Reform Coordination Network: Drug Policy Central on the Internet. Learn about what's wrong with Prohibition and the War on Drugs, and what you can do to fight for change.
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Economic Policy Institute
http://epinet.org/
EPI was established in 1986 to broaden the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers. Today, with global competition expanding, wage inequality rising, and the methods and nature of work changing in fundamental ways, it is as crucial as ever that people who work for a living have a voice in the economic debate. Check out the library for Briefing Papers and Issues Briefs, and also check out the Datazone under web features.
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Economic Strategy Institute
http://www.econstrat.org/
Whether you are looking for information on the United States' trade relationship with Japan, China, Korea, or Europe, transcripts of addresses by the movers and shakers in global business and trade, the latest on the U.S. economy, or information on various economic sectors, including telecommunications and information technology and passenger aviation, we believe this site will provide you with timely and thought-provoking information. Opinion and commentary is offered via books, policy papers, and congressional testimony on such topics as: automobiles; aviation; research and development; steel; telecommunications; tort reform; the U.S. economy; China; international trade; foreign direct investment; Japan; NAFTA and the Americas; U.S. trade law and policy; the WTO and Gatt.
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Education Sector
http://www.educationsector.org/
Education Sector is an independent education think tank. We are nonprofit and nonpartisan, both a dependable source of sound thinking on policy and an honest broker of evidence in key education debates. We produce original research and policy analysis and promote outstanding work by the nation's most respected education analysts.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/
A non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information online, as well as to promote responsibility in new media. Tracks issues such as censorship, encryption, free speech, intellectual property, and privacy issues. Be sure to check the issues archive
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Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org/
Sponsored by the Families USA Foundation, this web site aims to serve as the voice for health care consumers. Features a Medicaid Clearinghouse, Medicare and Medicaid Issue Papers, and Health Care: Consumer Issue Papers.
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Family Research Council
http://www.frc.org/
Family Research Council strongly encourages citizens to educate themselves on public issues. The Council also encourages citizens to educate their representatives about the pro-family agenda, both nationally and on the local level. To this end, we offer superb tools for staying current on issues which affect the family. The following lists provides a brief summary of our resources and corresponding links to our on-line library.
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Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/
A privately-funded non-profit policy organization, founded in 1945 by members of the Manhattan Project who produced the first atomic bomb, and whose current Board of Sponsors includes over 55 American Nobel Laureates. FAS engages itself with analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy for global security.

Forum on Economic Freedom
http://www.cipe.org/
The Forum on Economic Freedom web site was developed by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) to build and strengthen democracy around the world through promoting private enterprise. The highlight of the site is Economic Reform Today, a journal published by CIPE to help educate policymakers on successful economic strategies. Recent issues have focused on challenges for policymakers in new democracies, globalization, reshaping government and market solutions to social issues. Other resources available include materials from CIPE "Central and Eastern Europe: Economic Policy Roundtables" and "Women in Business" programs. Source: Scout Report for Business and Economics, May 21, 1998.
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Frontiers of Freedom Institute
http://www.ff.org/
For the conservative spin on issues ranging from social security and civil liberties to foreign affairs and arms control, drop by the Frontiers of Freedom Institute. User-friendly and comprehensive.
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Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publication_list.cfm?program=CORE&ln=recent&gma=1
This web page provides a link to numerous publications on international affairs and security issues.
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Heritage Foundation
http://www.heritage.org/
The Heritage Foundation's World Wide Web site was created to spread the ideas of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense, the same ideas which caused a political revolution in the 1994 elections. As Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich declared just after the election: "Heritage is, without question, the most far-reaching conservative organization in the country in the war of ideas, and one which has had a tremendous impact not just in Washington, but literally across the planet." Produces numerous online books and policy papers about budget and taxation, crime and law, economic and political theory, education, environment, family, culture, and community, foreign policy, governing, health care and reform, national security, regulations and infrastructure, and trade and commerce. A separate search engine is available as well.
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Hudson Institute
http://www.hudson.org//
A conservative source for insight and information on public-policy issues . . . for policymakers, business leaders, and the general public. Topics of current interest include: Workforce 2020, welfare, educational reform, etc.
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Institute for Global Communications
http://www.igc.apc.org/igc/index.html
The Institute for Global Communications (IGC), an Internet service provider, maintains a meta website for PeaceNet, EcoNet, LaborNet, ConflictNet, and WomensNet. Members include Amnesty International, Catholic Charities, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Essential Information, Greenpeace, Planned Parenthood, Socialist Labor Party, and many others. In all, the Internet sites of close to 400 member organizations are linked. Each sub-site contains a Recent Headlines, Action Alerts, and Features section in addition to an option to view news group or web site information by issue (e.g. atmosphere & climate, habitats & species, women), allowing users to create and follow their own reading list. Source : Scout Report, November 15, 1996.
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Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
Established in 1966 by the US Office of Economic Opportunity, the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), University of Wisconsin-Madison, investigates the "causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality" in the United States. Often a source of in-depth information on welfare reform, IRP research is available in full text via the quarterly publication Focus (Fall 1994 to present), IRP Discussion Papers (1993 to present), and selected Special Reports (1997 only). A subject index to IRP publications is provided, and other resources on-site include a Consumer Price Index Calculator and an extensive metapage of poverty-related links to resources in a variety of areas, from activism to public policy. Source: Scout Report for Business and Economics, November 5, 1998.
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The Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley
http://www.igs.berkeley.edu
Features include an overview of IGS programs and services and a staff directory; lists of currently available monographs and working papers, with ordering information, and the full-text of the current issue of the IGS newsletter, Public Affairs Report; a description of the collections and services of the IGS Library; access to the IGS Statewide Database, which now consists of data sets of California demographic information and 1992 California election and voter registration data, retrievable by county and Assembly district; and an Internet Resources Gallery with links to key Internet resources on American and California politics and public policy, currently highlighting Web sites on candidates and campaigns of the 1996 election season.
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International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
http://www.ict.org.il/
In today’s global village, regional conflicts extend beyond national borders. The Policy Institute seeks international cooperation in the global struggle against terrorism, paving the way for multilateral action against terrorist networks, benefactors, and states sponsoring terrorism. ICT is a research institute and think tank dedicated to developing innovative public policy solutions to international terrorism. The Policy Institute applies an integrated, solutions-oriented approach built on a foundation of real world and practical experience. The Institute sets its sights on the big picture: to win the war against terrorism and not merely the individual battles. Although ICT provides situational recommendations to the private sector, this is a peripheral activity. The Institute aims to affect policy at the highest levels, in joint cooperation with the world community.
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James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/projects/baker/
The Baker Institute for Public Policy is named in honor of James A. Baker, III, a former Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury. The Institute's goal is to advance effective foreign and domestic policy by bringing together the worlds of ideas and action, through research, education and public outreach. The web site is currently undergoing construction, so sections such as publications and web links, may not be available.
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Jimmy Carter Center Homepage
http://www.cartercenter.org/.
Every day in countries all over the world, people live under difficult, life-threatening circumstances caused by war, disease, famine, and poverty. The non-profit Carter Center strives to relieve this suffering by advancing peace and health in neighborhoods and nations around the globe. The Center, guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights, wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development. It sows the seeds of peace in other ways--by fighting disease, increasing crop production, and promoting preventive health care in the United States and abroad. The goal is to help create a world where every man, woman, and child has the opportunity to enjoy good health and live in peace.
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John Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
http://www.jhsph.edu/gunpolicy/
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, established in 1995 with funding from The Joyce Foundation of Chicago, is dedicated to preventing gun-related deaths and injuries. Located in The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the Center applies a science-based, public health approach to gun violence. The Center serves as an important national resource for policy makers, academic scholars, advocacy organizations, attorneys, the media, and the general public by providing accurate information on firearm injuries, gun policy, and related research.
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National Academy for State Health Policy
http://www.nashp.org/
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is dedicated to excellence in state health policy and practice. Through this website and the organization's many other activities, NASHP works to disseminate information designed to assist states in the development of practical, innovative solutions to complex health policy issues.
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National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/
One of the most extensive web sites for non-partisan position papers on public policy, including campaign finance reform, crime, education, environment, health care reform, minimum wage, social security, and welfare. Features sections focusing on issues before Congress, pro and con commentary on the same topic, and links to opinions of other think tanks. Also contains materials for high school debate topics, including crime, renewable energy, and gender equity.
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National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/
A service organization supporting the work of various state legislatures. Lots of public policy material can be found on this site, often comparing activities in various legislatures around the country. Be sure to check out the legislative policy issues section.
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People For the American Way
http://www.pfaw.org/
A national non-profit organization dedicated to defending civil rights; promoting the democratic values of religious freedom and respect for diversity; and developing a culture of opportunity and tolerance of individual difference. This progressive organization wants to counter the influence of the Religious Right on various issues. Their web site offers a newsletter, news releases, and a a variety of listservs including a Right Wing Watch Online mailing list. They also offer positions on freedom of expression, freedom to learn, parental rights, school vouchers.
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Policy Action Network
http://www.movingideas.org/
formerly the Electronic Policy Network, the Policy Action Network is dedicated to explaining and popularizing complex policy ideas to a broader audience. Our goal is to improve collaboration and dialogue between policy and grassroots organizations, and to promote their work to journalists and legislators. Contains an extensive set of web links on the following topics: Alternative News Sources, Building Democracy, Criminal Justice, The Economy, Education, Energy and the Environment, Families, Children, and Youth, Foreign Policy and Defense, Gay Issues, Gender, Globalization, Immigration, and Trade, Health Care Policy, International Policy Resources, Media Old & New, Poverty, Income, and Wealth, Public Policy Programs & Political Science Departments, Race, Rights and Liberties, Science and Culture, Social Security and Aging, Welfare & Families, Working America, Urban Issues/Livable Cities.
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Progress and Freedom Foundation
http://www.pff.org/
Studying the Digital Revolution and its implications for public policy.
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Progressive Policy Institute
http://www.ppionline.org/
PPI's mission is to define and promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century. Through its research, policies, and commentary, the Institute is fashioning a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation geared to the Information Age.
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The Project on Defense Alternatives--Commonwealth Institute
http://www.comw.org/pda/
The Commonwealth Institute's Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA) "offers critical analysis of US [military] policy," promoting the "consideration of the broadest range of defense options" to devise and adapt national and international security policies in the post-Cold War era. The PDA's research and development activities include policy analysis and alternative policy development, as well as technical, historical, and methodological research. This Website provides access to the full text and abstracts of PDA briefing memos, reports, and monographs. The online publications are organized into four sections: US Defense Posture, Global & Regional Issues, Confidence Building Defense, and Opinion & Commentary. In addition, this searchable site provides organizational information, links to related military and defense Websites, and background and commentaries on the first US Quadrennial Defense Review issued by the US Department of Defense. Source: Scout Report for the Social Sciences, Januaary 12, 1999.
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Public Policy Institute of California
http://www.ppic.org/
A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to independent, objective, nonpartisan, research on economic, social, and political issues that affect the lives of Californians.
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RAND Corporation
http://www.rand.org/
Formed as a national security think tank in the wake of World War II, RAND (Research and Development) has since expanded to address issues on a very broad front. RAND employs over 500 research professionals and analyzes choices and developments in many areas, including "national defense, education and training, health care, criminal and civil justice, labor and population, science and technology, community development, international relations, and regional studies." The RAND site offers extensive information on the institution's structure, goals, technical capabilities, and educational opportunities. The heart of the site is the large collection of publications, many of which are available online. Users will find a wide variety of papers, electronic titles, and research briefs on current and pressing issues. Scout Report for the Social Sciences, June 2, 1998.
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Resources for the Future (RFF)
http://www.rff.org/
Based in Washington DC, Resources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit organization devoted to the economic aspects of environmental issues. RFF scholars examine topics such as government regulation, risk, biodiversity, climate, Superfund policy, technology, and outer space in a variety of freely available discussion papers, articles, project summaries, and reports [.pdf]. An archive of the RFF quarterly publication Resource dating back to 1995 [.pdf] is also available in addition to an on-site glossary and list of up-coming seminars. Source: Scout Report, August 28, 1998.
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Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network
http://www.igc.apc.org/dgap/saprin/index.html
A worldwide network of civil society organizations challenging the imposition of structural adjustment programs (SAPs). The Network is working with citizens' groups in 12-15 countries to organize public processes to determine the real impact of World Bank-and IMF-supported economic-reform programs and to chart a new course for the future. It is collaborating with the Bank and governments in 8-10 countries (SAPRI) and with parliamentarians and various institutions elsewhere. The Network contends that structural adjustment programs have had disastrous consequences for the large majority of citizens in the 80-plus countries in which they have been implimented.
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Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg/
The Third World Network is an independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues. Its objectives are to conduct research on economic, social and environmental issues pertaining to the South; to publish books and magazines; to organize and participate in seminars; and to provide a platform representingly broadly Southern interests and perspectives at international fora such as the UN conferences and processes. Provides information on the following topics: trade/WTO, human rights, biotech/biosafety, health, environment, women's rights and gender issues, earth trends, UN/Peace/Security, and economics. Also contains selected articles from Third World Resurgence and Third World Economics.
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Tobacco BBS
http://www.tobacco.org/
If you're feeling confused by tobacco current events, an expanded TBBS aims to clear the air. With the latest info on the legal/legislative wrangling, including news, documents and events."
(Last checked 07/03/07)

Twenty-First Century Project
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/21cp/
The 21st Century Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan program of research and education designed to explore and promote new directions in government science and technology policy in the post-Cold War era. The 21st Century Project advocates a reorientation of scientific and technological investments toward solutions to significant national and international problems such as environmental deterioration, job scarcity and the quality of work, and community stability. The 21st Century Project also stresses the need for democratizing decision-making about new scientific and technological priorities. The 21st Century Project is affiliated with the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, in Austin, Texas.
(Last checked 07/03/07)

United States War College. Strategic Studies Institute
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/
The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) is the U.S. Army's think tank for the analysis of national security policy and military strategy. Includes many recent full text reports.
(Last checked 07/03/07)

United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict. Be sure to check out the publications and the library/links sections.
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The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy research organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1968. The staff investigates the social and economic problems confronting the nation and government policies and public and private programs designed to alleviate them. The Institute's objectives 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. Sponsors nine focus centers: education, health, human resources, income and benefits, international activities, nonprofits and philanthropy, population studies, public finance and housing, and state policy.
(Last checked 07/03/07)

Violence Policy Center Online Resource Center
http://www.vpc.org/index.htm
A national 501©(3) educational foundation that is at the forefront of organizations working to reduce firearms violence in America. The Center works to increase public understanding of firearms violence as an expanding public health crisis of which crime is merely the most recognized aspect. Contrary to popular perception, most gun death and injury in America results not from criminal attack, but from suicides, non-felony related homicides, and unintentional injuries. The reality is that America's gun toll is the direct result of the widespread marketing and distribution of an inherently dangerous consumer product of which specific categories--such as handguns and assault weapons--are particularly hazardous. Unlike the manufacturers of all other consumer products--from toasters to teddy bears--the firearms industry is exempt from federal health and safety regulation. Through its research, public education, and policy development the Violence Policy Center works to illustrate the need to hold the firearms industry and its products to the same health and safety standards we hold all other consumer products. At the same time, the Center works to engage individuals and organizations in the broad-based coalition necessary to reduce gun death and injury in America.
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World Resources Institute
http://www.wri.org/
The World Resources Institute is an independent center for policy research and technical assistance on global environmental and development issues. WRI is dedicated to helping governments and private organizations of all types cope with environmental, resource, and development challenges of global significance. Be sure to check out the publications and web links.
(Last checked 07/03/07)

Finding Think Tank Publications
http://www.lib.duke.edu/databases/dd_october.htm
Courtesy of the Duke University Libraries.
(Last checked 07/03/07)

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