These resource links lead to academic/educational (.edu) websites.
1. Cornell University - Website that lists all major public opinion companies, with links to the Gallup organization, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Washington Post, Pew Research Center, and American National Election Studies at Stanford University and University of Michigan.
2. Brooking Institution - A major policy research organization that is usually described as somewhat left of center or liberal.
These resource links lead to privately or organizationally run (.org/.net/.com) websites.
1. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management - Contains useful links to the study of public policy and management, graduate education in the field and public service careers
2. American Political Science Association - Information on academic study of public policy and related fields in the discipline.
3. Policy Studies Organizations
4. Public Agenda - Guide to diverse policy issues and public opinion surveys
5. Comparative Agendas Project - Has an extensive database; permits users to “investigate trends in policy-making across time and between counties.
6. National Academy of Public Administration - Links to events and academy publications on government and public policy.
7. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research - A major policy research institute that tends to favor conservative positions.
8. American Legislative Exchange Council - National conservative research institute that assists state legislators in advancing the principles of limited government and free markets
9. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - A liberal policy research organization that focuses on fiscal policy and its effects on low- and moderate – income families and individuals.
10. Center for American Progress - A progressive, nonpartisan policy research institute in Washington, D.C.
11. Tax Policy Center - Run by the Brookings Institution and Urban Institute, this website focuses on analyzing the impacts of tax policies using microsimulation models and research.
Think Tanks
1. Economic Policy Institute - A nonpartisan think tank that examines strategies to promote a fair and prosperous economy. The site contains reports relating to economic and budget issues as well as other substantive policies and how they affect economic issues.
2. Center for Strategic and International Studies - A think tank that focuses on global challenges and foreign and defense policy issues.
3. Heartland Institute - A conservative think tank.
4. Heritage Foundation - A conservative think tank.
5. RAND Corporation - The first organization to be called a think tank.
6. Resources for the Future - A think tank specializing in economic analysis of environmental and natural resource issues.
10. CATO Institute - A libertarian think tank.
These websites compare news coverage between news-sites from a range of political leanings. You can use these to compare and contrast public thoughts on specific policies and problems.
1. "Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms." (-Ground News, About Us)
2. "AllSides Technologies strengthens our democratic society with balanced news, media bias ratings, diverse perspectives, and real conversation." (-AllSides, About Us)
3. NewsCompare shows snapshots of the front pages of MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News side by side. It is updated every hour so you can compare what topics are covered between the three varying news-sites at any given point. You can search by date.
These resource links lead to government-run (.gov) websites.
1. usa.gov - The federal government’s portal to government sites.
2. congress.gov - Official source for federal legislative information.
3. uscourts.gov - Federal government portal with links to online services for citizens, businesses, and governments, and various agencies.
4. govinfo.gov - United States Government Publishing Office, providing free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
5. whitehouse.gov - White House homepage with links to the president’s stand on various policy issues, news, appointments, speeches and more.
6. US Government Accountability Office - A treasure trove of reports on government agencies and programs, especially evaluation studies.
7. US Government Publishing Office - Site for location of government documents.
8. US Office of Personnel Management - Offering a description of policy analysis positions in government.
9. Congressional Budget Office - Provides analysis of economic and budget issues. This site has a variety of data, projections, reports, and analyses on economic issues. This is also the place to get specific budget analysis publications on a range of government issues.
10. Federal Reserve Board - Provides a variety of information on monetary policy, how the Fed works, and how it uses its tools to affect the economy.
11. US Department of Treasury - Provides general information on economic issues such as taxes, financial markets, and current events.
12. Bureau of the Fiscal Service - Has information on the public debt.
New York State Government-Run Websites
1. NYS Unified Court System eCourts - "view information on both active and disposed cases in Civil Supreme and Local Civil Courts" (eCourts).
a. WebCivil Local - "This system provides past, present and future case information for New York State Local Civil Courts Only."
b. WebCivil Supreme - "This system provides past, present and future case information for New York State Civil Supreme Courts Only."
2. NY State Department of State Local Laws Search - A searchable online database of laws adopted by local governments (county, city, town, or village) within New York State.
3. Law Reporting Bureau - "Under the direction of the State Reporter, the New York State Law Reporting Bureau is the editor and publisher of the Official Reports of New York State Court Decisions—the New York Reports, the Appellate Division Reports, and the Miscellaneous Reports." (LRB)
4. New York State Agencies - A list of official NY State government agencies, along with links to their websites and social media pages.
5. Citation Tools - Provider of approved citations for NY Official Reports and US Supreme Court decisions.
6. NY Legal Research Portal - Provides further resources for those researching laws/policies within NY.
1. "GovTrack.us tracks the activities of the United States Congress and the White House to create a more open and accountable government." (GovTrack.us, About Us)
*See the current status and history of the bill.
*See who is sponsoring it, what committees they are on, and what political party they are a part of.
*View similar bills.
*Read the original, full text of the bill.
*See an estimated prognosis of the bill being enacted, along with the reasons for that estimate (% of similar bills passed, party makeup of sponsors, etc).
1. Oyez - "a free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law—is a multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone. It is the most complete and authoritative source for all of the Court’s audio since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. Oyez offers transcript-synchronized and searchable audio, plain-English case summaries, illustrated decision information, and full-text Supreme Court opinions (through Justia)." (Oyez, About Us)