World-Wide Web Resources
Public Administration

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  • Alliance for Redesigning Government, the Alliance web site contains online learning resources including case studies, concept papers, resource listings, and discussion forums about the critical issues of performance-based, results-driven governance. From the National Academy of Public Administration.

  • American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

  • American Society for Public Administration

  • Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University.

  • Brookings Institution

  • The Carter Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. Nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982. Dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression through collaborative initiatives in the areas of democratization and development, global health, and urban revitalization.

  • Center for Transportation Research

  • Congress.Org, allows users to access a complete and reliable directory of information about the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

  • Countries Outside the United States

  • Current/News

  • Economics Journals on the Web

  • Economics Resources

  • Electronic Policy Network

  • The Gallup Organization

  • Health Policy, from Electronic Policy Network. Includes the full text of articles and reports on such issues as health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, managed care, the future of hospitals and medical practice, public health, bioethics, and new technology.

  • A Health Services Research Journal, provides those engaged in research, public policy formulation, and health care administration, with advance information on new trends and the latest techniques of research and evaluation.

  • House Republican Policy Committee, includes papers and official statements from the policy making committee of the House of Representatives' Republican leadership. Congressman Christopher Cox, Chairman.

  • Institute for Policy Innovation, conservative public policy think tank that takes providing content via HTML and Adobe Acrobat versions of its publications.

  • International Organizations

  • The Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center, whose mission is to change the way decisions are made in the Commonwealth of Kentucky by bringing a new perspective to policymaking. The Center's Board of Directors includes representatives from the business community, advocacy groups, local government and the executive and legislative branches of state government.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

  • The Milbank Quarterly, peer reviewed scholarly journal dealing with issues of health service research and health care policy. Collaborative project of the Editorial Board (Dr. Paul Cleary) and the Harvard Medical Web, maintained by the Countway Library of Medicine at Harvard.

  • National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit public policy research institute. This website offers "analysis, debate, and in-depth research from around the world".

  • National Civic League

  • Policy.com, public policy reference site. Features include daily policy related news and events; Issues Analysis, which provides research on and an online guide to Internet content from think tanks, advocacy groups, associations and governmental bodies on over 20 issues; Virtual Congress, which provides concise briefing books on significant federal legislation; Policy Newstand, with abstracts of articles from leading policy journals; a job bank; and an experts' database.

  • Policy Review, an online journal with text available online.

  • Policy Resources, from the Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy.

  • Political Science and Public Policy Resources, from Michigan State University.

  • Political Science Resources

  • Public Affairs Schools on the Web

  • Public Affairs Web Sites, from Galaxy.

  • Public Involvement Network, Official Network of the International Association of Public Participation Practitioners. Covers a wide range of community decisions making projects such as land use planning, environmental issues, and many more concerns of cities, states, regions and nations.

  • Public Policy Connection, A collection of links to public policy related sites, institutions, and a broad range of electronic articles on public policy issues like privatization, economics, prison, transportation and public utilities.

  • Public Policy and Management Resources on the Internet, from the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University.

  • RAND, nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis.

  • Social Sciences Resources

  • Stateline.org, operated by the Pew Center on the States. Provides "a set of tools" that apprise state policy makers, the public, and the media of important developments occurring in all 50 states.

  • Think Tanks, from Superzone.

  • U.S. Cities & Counties

  • U.S. Government

  • Urban Studies Institute at the University of Louisville. Umbrella organization that houses the Survey Research Unit, Center for Policy Research and Evaluation, and the Center for Environmental Management.

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    This page was last updated 4 May 2005. To suggest additions or corrections to this list, send mail to Judy Fugate at Judy.Fugate@uky.edu.

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