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Professional Associations
ASPA—The American Society for Public Administration
APPAM—Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management
GovLoop (a social network developed by and for the
government community)
ICMA—International City/County Management
Association
Research Institutes and Government Research Agencies
Most of these organizations produce policy analyses and reports that are publicly available, on a wide variety of topics. A few are focused on particular areas (PPIC studies California policy issues and RFF focuses on the environment, for example). Note that some of these groups have an avowed ideological position. We are offering a list that includes liberal, conservative, and non-partisan organizations.
Abt Associates
AEI—American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Brookings Institution
California Legislative Analyst's Office (non-partisan state
office that produces analysis for the state legislature)
Government Accountability Office (non-partisan federal
agency that produces analysis on multiple federal
issues and programs).
Institute for Local Government (ILG)
Institute for Research on Poverty
(University of Wisconsin)
The RAND Corporation
Public Policy Institute of California
The Heritage Foundation
Reason Foundation: UrbanFutures.org
Resources for the Future
The Urban Institute
The World Bank (data and research site of the Bank)
Data Sources
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (crime and law enforcement
statistics)
California Department of Finance (state budget and
other fiscal data)
California Department of Health Services Statistical
Resources
Counting California (California statistics)
Division of Labor Statistics and Research (California)
FedStats (links to statistical information from over 100
U.S. federal agencies)
The Human Mortality Database (demographic data from 28
countries)
National Center for Education Statistics (data on
education in the U.S.)
Office of the (California) Attorney General (California
crime statistics)
Program on International Policy Attitudes (public opinion
studies on international policy)
U.S. Census Bureau (site allows searching of Census
data; also contains links to summary sites)
U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract
Women's Data Center/FemStats (statistics from the
Institute for Women's Policy Research)
State of California—Governmental Resources
Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley (Links
to multiple resources on California government and
policy)
U.S. Government—Laws and Regulations
Regulations.gov
Federal Register (GPO Access)
Code of Federal Regulations (hosted by Cornell Law School)
Code of Federal Regulations (GPO Access)
Supreme Court Cases (hosted by Cornell Law School)
THOMAS (Library of Congress) (text of federal legislation
and proposed legislation)
U.S. Government—Agencies
USA.gov (central portal to U.S. government agencies)
Other Policy Research Resources
American Association for the Advancement of Science (CRS Reports)
American Political Science Association Policy Links and
Resources
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (links to multiple
resources in the field)
Center for American Women and Politics (Rutgers
University)
C-SPAN (public affairs media)
Policy Archive (comprehensive digital library of public
policy research)
Congressional Research Service Report. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides confidential, nonpartisan research and analysis to Congress. CRS does not make its publications directly available online, but these reports are not copyright-protected and some other organizations do provide CRS reports to the public. Below are some examples of sites that carry some CRS reports:
The Gallup Poll
National Science Foundation (NSF's currently funded
science and technology centers)
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Science and Development Network (British nonprofit
providing information and opinion on science and
technology and the developing world)
Science.gov (U.S. government portal with links to
sources of information on a variety of scientific
subjects)
UC DATA (data archive and publications from UC's Survey
Research Center)
Women and Public Policy Program (John F. Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard)
University Channel (offers free public access to a wide
range of public policy lectures and panel sessions on
current events)
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