Public Policy Resources

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Policy Issues Resources

     
  • Moving Ideas: The Electronic Policy Network - A consortium of top public policy organizations and advocacy groups, the Electronic Policy Network provides timely information and leading ideas about the policies and politics that shape our world.Website offers policy news from over 100 organizations as well as a Policy F & Q and resources about policy on specific issues such as Criminal Justice, Education, Gender and more.
  • National Center for Policy Analysis  - The NCPA is is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization whose goal is goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.Webstie offers coverage of policy issues from both view points as well as opinion editorials, news and recent events and a search option.

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  • Public-Policy.com - This Web resource is dedicated to providing a compilation of hand-picked, representative Internet resources that will give visitors a starting point for gaining a broader understanding of the policy issues they are investigating.

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  • www.policy.com - This website offers resources on news, opinions, issues and links related to Policy Issues. As well as a search feature and Activism Centers for specific issues.

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  • www.publicagenda.org - Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization. Their website offers indepth information on numerous policy issues, as well as national issues forums, a press room and tips for research on policy issues. 

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Organizations

     
  • Politics 1 - Founded in 1997, Politics1 and The Politics1 Report newsletter are published as a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate. The sites extensive Political Debates & Issues pages contain links to a balanced mix of leading groups on all sides of the hot political issues facing our nation today. 
     
  • University of Michigan Documents Center Lists -  Extensive listing of Political Science Think Tanks. 

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E-Journals

     
  • Atlantic Online - Online version of The Atlantic, with full-text articles, online store, discussion forums and more. 

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  • Cato Journal - An Interdisciplinary journal of public policy analysis. 

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  • Journal of Technology Law and Policy - The Journal of Technology Law & Policy is a scholarly legal journal devoted to the discussion of relevant technology issues, including Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Antitrust, and Computer Law. 

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  • Policy Review Online - Website offers full-text articles from Policy Review ranging from articles published in 1995 to the journals current issue.
     
  • Public Administration and Management - The First Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet Devoted to the Fields of Public Administration & Management. Website offers full-text articles focusing on Public Policy.

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  • Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State - IIP publishes five electronic journals (Economic Perspectives, U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, U.S. Society & Values, Global Issues, and Issues of  Democracy) with a new journal in one of the series appearing each month.

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Experts Directories

     
  • Research Institution Scholar Listings - The Global Beat's Journalist's List of Expert Lists is a guide to expert directories maintained by various research and policy organizations. The List of Expert Lists intended to enable users to quickly locate qualified and knowledgeable sources for information and news analysis beyond those experts offered in the GRN Experts directory.
     
  • Policy Experts.org - A searchable database of the conservative movement, indexing over 2200 public policy experts by area of expertise. The site enables users to search for experts by name or organization or search issues by topic. 

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Government Policy & Evaluation

     
  • Congressional Budget Office - Website provides cost estimates, studies and reports that provide the Congress with nonpartisan analysis. 

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Teaching Public Policy

     
  • http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu - The Kennedy School of Government's Case Program includes more than 1,800 cases, guides and instructional notes designed to teach how public policy is made. This website allows search of case citations and online ordering.

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  • http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polproc.html - Public Policy Matrix. This problem-solving guide outlines sources, questions and solutions for the study of policy issues.

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  • http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/ - National Budget Simulation. Through an online simulation game, users can learn about budget spending categories and tax expenditures used by policy makers.

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Opportunities

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Search Engines

     
  • http://www.politicalinformation.com/about.html - Geared toward political science, policy and news, this search engine indexes of 5,000 websites and also has a list of links to policy topics.

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  • http://www.usa.gov/ - This website allows the user to search more than 51 million webpages from federal, state and local governments. 

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Mason Links

     
  • GMU School of Public Policy - Home page for the School of Public Policy with links to Research Centers, Community Services, Publications and Web Resources.

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Please address your comments and questions to:
Melissa Johnson (Fairfax Campus)
Public and International Affairs Reference/Liaison Librarian
Fenwick Library, Room A244
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
mjohnsh@gmu.edu
Office: (703) 993-2212
Fax: (703) 993-2494

Or:
Arlington Campus Library Staff
aclref@gmu.edu