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Politics vs. policy Think tanks Professional associations Congress White House Federal agencies Private organizations (International organizations) (Politics)(Policy)

Politics vs. policy Think tanks (Politics)(Policy)

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 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 Some DC Think Tanks

Politics vs. policy Professional associations (Interest groups) (NGOs) The Alliance for Health Care Reform American Association for the Advancement of Science 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 (Politics)(Policy)

Politics vs. policy (International organizations) The World Bank InterAmerican Development Bank World Health Organization (Politics)(Policy) 61,000 profiles, MIT, Roche & Haydn

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 Politics vs. policy Federal agencies 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 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 (Politics)(Policy)

Politics vs. 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 (Politics)(Policy)

Politics vs. policy White House Council of Economic Advisors Office of Science and Technology Policy President’s Council on Bioethics (Politics)(Policy)

Politics vs. policy Congress Individual House and Senate members Committees (and subcommittees) Party organizations Congressional Research Service Government Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office) (Politics)(Policy) thomas.loc.gov

Library resources Publications –CQ Weekly Report (oncongress.cq.com)oncongress.cq.com –National Journal (nationaljournal.com) US Government Manual Congressional Staff Directory Congressional Yellow Book