Gov101 for Interns

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Gov101 for Interns

• Spring 2007
• Online version at http//web.mit.edu/17.307/www

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Politics vs. policy
Think tanks
Professional associations
Federal agencies
Congress
(Politics)
(Policy)
Private organizations
White House
(International organizations)
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Politics vs. policy
Think tanks
(Politics)
(Policy)
http//www.worldpress.org/library/ngo.cfmac http
//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psthink.html
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Some DC Think Tanks
Institute for International Economics Institute
for Policy Studies Institute for the Analysis of
Global Security Institute of Medicine Institute
of Policy Studies Inter-American
Dialogue InterAction American Council for
Voluntary International Action International Food
Policy Research Institute Joint Center for
Political and Economic Studies Middle East
Institute Middle East Policy Council Migration
Policy Institute The National Endowment for
Democracy National Institute for Public
Policy National Institutes of Health National
Security Archive, The George Washington
University The Nixon Center Northeast-Midwest
Institute Overseas Development Council Population
Reference Bureau Progressive Policy
Institute RAND Corp. Resources for the
Future United States Institute of Peace Urban
Institute The Washington Institute for Near East
Policy Western Policy Center Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars World Resources
Institute Worldwatch Institute
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Research American Foreign Policy Council American
Institute for Contemporary German Studies The
Aspen Institute Association on Third World
Affairs Inc. The Atlantic Council of the United
States The Brookings Institution Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace Cato
Institute Center for Defense Information Center
for International Policy Center for National
Policy Center for National Security
Studies Center for Strategic and International
Studies CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen
Participation The Development Group for
Alternative Policies Economic Policy
Institute Economic Strategy Institute The
Eisenhower Institute Employee Benefit Research
Institute Ethics and Public Policy Center The
Eurasia Foundation Federation of American
Scientists The Freedom Forum The Fund for
Peace The Green Institute The Henry L. Stimson
Center The Heritage Foundation
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Politics vs. policy
Professional associations (Interest groups) (NGOs)
(Politics)
(Policy)
The Alliance for Health Care Reform American
Association for the Advancement of
Science American Association for World
Health American Association for World
Health American Electronics Association The
American Public Health Association Center for
Democracy and Technology Children's Defense
Fund The Climate Institute The March of Dimes,
National Government Affairs Office National
Alliance on Mental Illness National Association
of State Universities and Land Grant
Colleges National Institute of Health Oxfam
http//docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/db/a-e.asp
http//www.csuchico.edu/kcfount/
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Politics vs. policy
The World Bank InterAmerican Development
Bank World Health Organization
(Politics)
(Policy)
(International organizations)
61,000 profiles, available _at_ MIT, Roche Haydn
http//www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/resour
ce/internat/igo.html
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Politics vs. policy
Federal agencies
(Politics)
(Policy)
Dept. of Energy, US Africa Initiative Dept. of
Justice, Immigraiton Naturalization
Service Dept. of the Treasury Environmental
Protection Agency Federal Communications
Commission Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission General Accounting Office NASA
National Capitol Planning Commission National
Institute of Health Office and Management and
Budget
Dept. of Commerce - Office of Technical
Competitiveness Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of
Economic Analysis Dept. of Defense Dept. of
Education, Office of Post-Secondary
Education Dept. of Energy - Office of
Environmental Management Dept. of Energy - Office
of Environmental Management Dept. of Energy -
Office of Fossil Energy Dept. of Energy - Office
of Fuels Development Dept. of Energy - Office of
Industrial Technologies Dept. of Energy - Office
of Lab Policy and Infrastructure Management Dept.
of Energy, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
http//www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/browse-gm-06.html
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Politics vs. policy
(Politics)
(Policy)
Private organizations
Aerospace Corporation AFL-CIO Institute for
Defense Analyses (IDA) MIT Washington DC
Office National Security Research, Inc. NERA
Economic Consulting Plexus Consulting Group
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA)
Texas Instruments, Government Relations Office
http//www.publicintegrity.org/lobby/ http//www.s
enate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RS20725.pdf http
//www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp
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Politics vs. policy
(Politics)
(Policy)
White House
Council of Economic Advisors Office of Science
and Technology Policy Presidents Council on
Bioethics
http//www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html
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Politics vs. policy
Congress
(Politics)
(Policy)
Individual House and Senate members Committees
(and subcommittees) Party organizations Congressio
nal Research Service Government Accountability
Office (formerly General Accounting Office)
www.house.gov www.senate.gov thomas.loc.gov
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Library resources

• Publications
• CQ Weekly Report (oncongress.cq.com)
• National Journal (nationaljournal.com)
• US Government Manual
• Congressional Staff Directory