Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov  
This site covers nearly all U.S. government agricultural, rural development and nutritional activities and links to various other Federal and state agencies and private organizations

Other Sites

The World Food Program
www.wfp.org
Food aid, descriptions of each food-needy county and its problems, controversies, etc.

Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
www.fapri.org    
(also http://www.fapri.missouri.edu) 
Analyses of policy  proposals and prediction of their impact.

The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization
www.fao.org 
FAO views, statistics and information on obscure crops grown in out-of-way places

The Cairns Group  
www.cairnsgroup.org
A source of both rhetoric and alliance for opponents of U.S. farm subsidies

The European Commission Agriculture
www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture
Direct link to the EU agriculture ministry, statistics, policy statements, and information on coping with mad-cow and foot-and-mouth disease.

Agweb.com
www.agweb.com
Agricultural news, weather, market information and analysis

Environmental Working Group
www.ewg.org
Farm subsidies database, chemical industry archives, California environmental issues, food news, etc.

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Alcohol

Government Sites

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) 
www.niaaa.nih.gov
Publications (including pamphlets, brochures, reports and training materials), clinical trials, databases (including ETOH, quick fact and Medline), extramural research, intramural research, other resources.

ETOH (by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) 
etoh.niaaa.nih.gov
All aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports, and studies...

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (U.S. Department of Treasury) 
www.atf.treas.gov/alcohol/
Information on Certificates of Label Approvals (COLAs), publications, industry circulars, permits, regulations, rules, statistics. 

California  Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
www.adp.cahwnet.gov/
Calendar and events, California Alcohol & Drug Data System (CADDS) and other resources such as help programs...

Other Sites

Project Cork
www.state.vt.us/adap/Cork/cork1.htm
Citations and abstracts to materials owned by the Porject Cork Resource Center (US) on alcoholism and substance abuse.  

Prevention Online
www.health.org/
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.

Alcohol Concern
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/
Library databases, alcohol services, alcohol strategies, useful links, publication, key topics and more.

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Arms Control

Government Sites

Bureau of Arms Control
www.state.gov/t/ac
Arms control treaties and agreements, archives, etc.

Bureau of Nonproliferation
www.state.gov/t/np
A well-organized compendium of reports, interviews, and statements on the issues.

Defense Threat Reduction Agency 
www.dtra.mil
More for the expert than the casual browser.  

Lawrence Livermore's Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and International security Directorate
www.llnl.gov/nai
Handy summary of the latest technology in the realm of nonproliferation. 

Other Sites

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
www.ceip.org/npp
The product of the Non-Proliferation Project of the Carnegie Endowment, it includes country resources, online resources, news and analysis. A very comprehensive web site about the topic.

Monterey Institute of International Studies
www.cns.miis.edu
A comprehensive clearinghouse of arms control information.

The Nuclear Threat Initiative
www.nti.org
Daily digest of arms control stories, information about threat nations, historical background.

The Center for Policy Studies in Russia
www.pircenter.org
In important Russian perspective on nonproliferation issues, free of official government spin or the interpretative filter of Western experts trying to decipher Russian politics.

The Council for a Livable World
www.clw.orgl
Update on the latest arms control events

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Banking and Finance

Government Sites

The Federal Reserve
www.federalreserve.gov
A must in the financial world. Also links to the web sites of the Fed's 12 regional banks.

Office for the Comptroller of the Currency
www.occ.treas.gov
News, directory, strategic plan, etc.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
www.fdic.gov
Bank data, regulations and examinations,etc.

U.S. Treasury
www.ustreas.gov
Treasury's vast policy portfolio, its police powers, and its management of Uncle Sam's finances. 

The Securities and Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov
Text of U.S. laws and the latest news on commission regulations, primers on various consumer finance issues. Home to EDGAR.

Other Sites

The Bank for International Settlements
www.bis.org
The association's important pronouncements and activities.

The Financila Markets Center
www.fmcenter.org
A primer on the Fed, archives of the  transcripts of the Fed's interest-rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee meetings, and summaries of some Fed reports and research.

Cato Institute
www.cato.org
A libertarian antidote in the research and conference transcripts of the "Monetary and Banking Policy" section.

The American Enterprise Institute
www.aei.org
A scholarly and centrist critique of government financial regulation. 

4 Anything Network
www.4anything.com/home
Links to helpful dictionaries and glossaries of business, economic, and financial terms. Click on "money", then "investing," then "4drips."

DowJones Indexes
www.djindexes.com
Historical charts on the average from 1895 on.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
www.newyorkfed.org
Domestic banking policy and economic statistics.

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Biotechnology

Government Sites

The National Institute of Health
www.nih.gov
Biotech data, policy statements, grant reports, and medical papers.

The Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
Information on drugs, bioterrorism, medical devices, food safety, and agriculture-related biotechnology.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov
Patents constitute essentially the backbone of the biotech industry. Cross-referenced by company, inventor, and critical terms.

Other Sites

Council for Biotechnology Information
www.whybiotech.com
Concerns raised by environmental groups about genetically modified food.

Council for Responsible Genetics
www.gene-watch.org
Controls on the use of biotechnology in humans and the environment.

The Coalition of American's for Research Ethics
www.stemcellresearch.org
Opposes human cloning and the use of embryos' stem cells. Presents new data from the medical research community. 

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
www.faseb.org
The anti-regulation perspective of the entrepreneur-scientists.

Signal
www.signalsmag.com
Information about capital formation. 

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Budget

Government Sites

Congressional Budget Office
www.cbo.gov
Provides official cost estimates of legislation.

THe Office of Management and Budget  
www.whitehouse.gov/omb
Provides the President's budget online,   and "Statements of Administration Policy", testimony, ...

The House Budget Committee
www.house.gov/budget
Weekly newsletters, congressional budget resolution, budget charts and graphics, ...

The House Appropriations Committee
www.house.gov/appropriations
Summaries of appropriations bills and conference agreements, the status of appropriations bills, letters from appropriators to Administration officials, ...

The Senate Budget Committee
budget.senate.gov
Issues ranging from the budget process to budget law to the public debt. The weekly Budget Bulletin.  

Pork Barreling
www.senate.gov/~mccain
Lists of projects that McCain considers pork, as well as floor statements he makes on every funding bill.

Other Sites

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
www.cbpp.org
Extensive analyses on how Administration policies and congressional actions affect low-and moderate-income people, state policies, ...

The Concord Coalition
www.concordcoalitioin.org
Views of budget hawks, "Facing Facts Alerts,"  "Key questions voters should ask..."

Citizens Against Government Waste
www.cagw.org
Online copies of several budget and appropriations newsletters, as well as a searchable databae of its Pigbook, an annual publication on pork barrel spending.

The National Priorities Project
www.natprior.org
Comparisons of various Administrations' budgets, as well as an extensive section analyzing state budgets.

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Campaign Finance

Government Site

The Federal Election Commission
www.fec.gov
Basic source for raw data on campaign contributions and expenditures.

Other Sites

Center for Responsive Politcs
www.opensecrets.org
Profiles of Capitol Hill lawmakers that thow the source of campaign contributions, profiles of the political giving of industries...

Political Money Line
www.politicalmoneyline.com
Tracks contributions going back 20 years, links to data on leadership political action committees and legal defense funds of members of Congress...

The Brookings Institution
www.brookings.edu
Campaign finance laws, congressional debates on reform issues...

Common Cause
www.commoncause.org
Tracks the flow of unregulated soft-money donations to party committees,...

The National Institute on Money in State Politics
www.followthemoney.org
Tracks contributions to state legislators, governors, and other state officials...

Buyingtime.org
www.buyingtime.org
Information about the negative campaign advertising, the financial backers of the many mysteriously named groups ...

Campaign Finance Institute
www.cfinst.org
Monthly discussions on campaign finance issues, studies on fundraising trends and updates on pending legislation...

Public Campaign
www.publiccampaign.org
Dedicated to changing state laws and regulations in order to reduce the role of special-interest money in elections...

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China

Government Sites

U.S. State Department
www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/ea/uschina
Links to key U.S. reports and other documents, basic facts about the country, congressional testimony by Administration officials and policy statements, and other information by topic.

Law Library of Congress
www.log.gov/law/guide
Especially useful for those seeking to navigate China's legal system.

Other Sites

China Daily -- www.chinadaily.com.cn
People's Daily -- english.people.com.cn
The English-language Web sites for the two official newspapers of the country.

South China Morning Post
www.scmp.com
This Hong Kong-based daily is the best source of independent news on China.

China Online
www.chinaonline.com
A lot of original information and commentary. Anything more than a couple of days old costs a fee per article. 

The Economist
www.economist.com/countries/china
Economic and political news, and background information on China.

The U.S.-China Business Council
www.uschina.org
The Council is funded by companies with an interest in China. Its Web site is a jump-off point for information on China's joining the WTO and on the climate for making money in China. 

ChinaSite.com
www.chinasite.com
A comprehensive reference to China/Chinese-related Web sites. 

Book Marks for Kate Hartford
www.pollycyber.com/china/chinasites.htm
A list of China sites bookmarked by Kate Hartford, a political science professor.. 

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Civil Rights

Government Sites 

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
www.usccr.gov
Information on discrimination or denial of equal protection.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
www.eeoc.gov
Information for employers on anti-discrimination laws, statistics about charges brought by the agency.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division
www.usdoj.gov/crt
Enforcement projects, legal decisions, and briefs filed by the division.

Other Sites

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
www.civilrights.org
Historical information on the civil rights movement, a clearinghouse on current policy debates, library...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
www.naacp.org
Information about the group's African-American voting-rights initiative, such issues as education, economic development, and home ownership.

Rainbow/Push Coalition
www.rainbowpush.org
The group's initiatives, including the Wall Street Project, and the coalition's public policy institute.

The National Council of La Raza
www.nclr.org
Policy positions on a number of issues, statistical reports on the lives of Hispanics in America, and links...

The Institute for Justice
www.ij.org
Chronicles the institute's philosophy and activities in fighting affirmative action and backing school vouchers, among other issues.

The Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org
HRC positions on legislation and federal policy, gay issues, statistics on adoption, housing, health issues...

The National Urban League Inc.
www.nul.org
Includes the "State of Black America 2001" report, a look at the United Nations' World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Tolerance...

The American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
A special section on racial profiling,  the "Racial Equality" section, looks at affirmative action, the death penalty, and education.

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Congress

Government Sites

The House of Representatives
www.house.gov
Links to sites of individual members, the committees, the leadership, and other official entities...

The Senate
www.senate.gov
Links to sites of individual members, the committees, the leadership, and other official entities...

The House Majority Whip Tom DeLay
www.majoritywhip.house.gov
Timely information on the House floor schedule and the policy viewpoints...

The House Rules Committee
www.house.gov/rules
Information on the House floor schedule and the policy viewpoints...

The House Republican Conference
www.gop.gov
Information on the House floor schedule and the policy viewpoints...

The Senate Democratic
www.democrats.senate.gov
The Senate majority's overview of scheduled floor activity, policy positions and analysis...

The Library of Congress
thomas.loc.gov
Authoritative resource for legislative information. The text and status of bills, committee reports, text of public laws since 1973...

The Biographical Directory of United States Congress (1774-current)
bioguide.congress.gov
Biographies covering all members of Congress since 1774.

The National Archives and Records Administration
www.nara.gov
The Center for Legislative Archives is the repository for the historically valuable records of Congress. This site provides guides to these records and other research tools.

Other Sites

CSPAN.org
cspan.org
Online data about Congress: members, committees, schedules, legislative details, campaigns...

The Center on Congress
www.congress.indiana.edu
Explanations of how Congress affects everyday life, public opinion data...

Washington-based news organizations
nationaljournal.com (National Journal Group Inc.)
cq.com (Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
rollcall.com (Roll Call)

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Crime and Law Enforcement

Government Sites

The U.S. Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov
Information about the department and its components. Its publications and document include FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, United States Attorneys' Manual, and publications of National Institute of Corrections Publications, ...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics 
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
Statistics and analytical reports related to law enforcement and crime prevention.

Other Sites

FindLaw
www.findlaw.com
Internet legal resource and search engine. Access to federal and state legal codes and case law, legal forms, legal publishers, legal associations, law schools, reviews...

Transactional Records Access Clearinghous ;
www.trac.syr.edu
Information about federal law enforcement records, staffing and spending. Raw data, graphs, maps, and tables...

The CrimeLynx. 
www.crimelynx.com
For criminal law practitioners, policy makers, forensic scientists, and expert witnesses.

Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
www.law.cornell.edu
Search-and-seizure guidelines, punishment, recent criminal law decisions, state criminal codes, and court decisions...

Officer.com 
www.officer.com
Links to law enforcement agencies,, police news, hazardous-material and bomb squad information...

Criminal Justice Journalists 
www.reporters.net/cjj
Links to sites on crime and law enforcement, prisons, punishment, guns and gun control, and high-tech crime.

Death Penalty News & Updates  
www.smu.edu/~deathpen
Data on executions in the United states, information on pending executions, the names of the victims of death row inmates dating back to 1977, and links to death row prisoner pages and death-penalty organizations.

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service
www.ncjrs.org
Online collection of publications and abstracts.

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Defense

Government Sites

The Defense Department
www.defenselink.mil
Information about the department, major defense issues, reports, publications....

The Air Force Links
www.af.mil
A comprehensive library of fact sheets, archive of general officers' biographies...

The United States Navy
www.navy.mil
"Fact file" and "Status of the Navy" contain information about ships, aircraft, weapons, number of ships and sailors in the fleet...

The United States Army
www.army.mil
Headline news, speeches, direct links to the full contents of recent major Army publications...

The United States Marine Corps
www.usmc.mil
Information on current operations, history, news...

The Center for Army Lessons Learned
call.army.mil
Modern military history, army knowledge, a link to the Foreign Military Studies Office...

Other Sites

Federation of American Scientists
www.fas.org
Current defense issues, such as terrorism, news archives and country profiles, military analysis, space policy, missile defense, weapons of mass destruction...

GlobalSecurity.org
www.globalsecurity.org
Current news, military resources, special weapons, intelligence, public eye, Cyberstrategy... 

The CompanyCommand.com
www.companycommand.com
A user-driven forum for sharing company-command related ideas and experiences in order to improve the practice of leadership at the company level

Defense and the National Interest 
www.d-n-i.net
One of the best of reflections of maverick defense thinkers inside and outside the Pentagon.

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
www.csbaonline.org
It combines detailed budget analysis with sweeping strategies for military reforms.

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Demographics

Government Sites

FedStats
www.fedstats.gov
A gateway to statistics from over 100 agencies, demographic information by state, county, congressional district, and judicial district...

The U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov
Statistical profiles of states, counties, and localities...

Bureau of Labor Statistics
stats.bls.gov
Employment and unemployment,   wages in various occupational categories in all states and in many cities, benefits, consumer spending...

Child and Family Statistics
www.childstats.gov
Economic, health, behavioral, and education-related information on American children.

Other Sites

Population Reference Bureau
www.prb.org
Data about the United States and the world.

InfoNation
www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp
Country at a glance, international comparisons for all UN member states...

United Nations Population Information Network
www.un.org/popin
International data, links to databases of the U.N.'s organizations and  publications...

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
www.oecd.org
International statistics in many categories (alphabetically arranged themes), from  aging society, agriculture, food to transportation.

Population Research Institute
www.pop.psu.edu
Links to demographic sources.

Homestore.com Inc.
www.homefair.com
Cost of living in different places around the country. 

Adherents.com
www.adherents.com
Religious statistics, much of which is culled from censuses, surveys, and other published sources.

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Economics

Government Sites

Bureau of Economic Analysis
www.bea.doc.gov
Gross domestic product and its related data.

Census Bureau
www.census.gov
Retail sales, capital expendituresn business activity

Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov
Data and research on inflation, wages, and unemployment. 

Economic Statistics Briefing Room
www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr
Summaries and links to the government economic statistics.

Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System
www.federalreserve.gov
News, testimony and speeches, monetory policy, banking system, payment system, consumer information...

Other Sites

National Bureau of Economic Research
www.nber.org
Latest economic research, abstracts and digests of the studies by many of the bureau's academic economists from around the country.

Professor Weiser's Links 
www.uwsp.edu/business/economicswisconsin/weiser_links.htm
Links to various categories of economic information, including links for K-12 teachers.  

Economy.com
www.economy.com/freelunch
Economic data in chart or graph form, where you can play with variables and download a spreadsheet.

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Education

Government Sites

The National Center for Education Statistics
www.nces.ed.gov
The Education Department's major statistical publications, such as the annual Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics...

The House Education and the Workforce Committee
edworkforce.house.gov
Policy updates on education legislation, schedules, live Webcasts of hearings, hearing transcripts... There is a section in Spanish.

The United States Education Department
www.ed.gov
The department's programs, news, federal grants, departmetn reports, policy, the Secretary's activities...

Other Sites

Research Reports
research.cse.ucla.edu
Links to all the federal research centers, which offer reports on a range of education issues...

Education Watch
www.edtrust.org
Education-testing statistics, state-by-state analysis of student performance, comparison of states' performance in a range of categories...

Public Agenda
www.publicagenda.org
Public opinion polls on policy issues, as well as basic education statistics...

Education Week
www.edweek.org
Coverage of federal, state, and local issues. "Quality Counts" contains state report cards. 

Progressive Policy Institute
www.ppionline.org
Ideas on current education policy issues and policy analysis. 

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
www.edexcellence.net
Ideas on current education policy issues and policy analysis..

Education Commission of the States
www.ecs.org
State policies on a range of issues, explanations, state laws in a variety of issue areas...

The Smithsonian Institution
www.si.edu
Museum resources for teachers.

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Energy

Government Sites

The Energy Information Administration
www.eia.doe.gov
Comprehensive source of energy data, on every part of the U.S. and international energy markets.

The Energy Department
www.energy.gov
Links to basic energy information for the public and to technical reports on energy research. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
www.ferc.gov
News and reports, legal matters, information resources...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
www.nrc.gov
Information about the commission, reports, nuclear reactors, nuclear materials, radioactive waste...

Other Sites

Energy News Live
www.energynewslive.com
Live news report, updates on national weather trends, latest energy-related news...

World Energy News
www.worldenergynews.com
Rundown of national and international energy news. 

Energy Central 
www.energycentral.com
Covers the electric power industry and offers news stories, directories, a job listing, events calendar...

EnergySources
www.energysource.com
Energy news, community, expert commentary, energyhub...

Platts Global Energy
www.platts.com
Covers the overall energy field, news, headlines by industry, archives of articles (subscription required)... 

Energy Online
www.energyonline.com
Electricity industry news, archives (in categories of international, USA, states), databases...

One Nuclear Place
www.1nuclearplace.com
Nuclear-related information, current news, links to other sources of nuclear data...

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Environment

Government Sites

The Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
Minutiae of environmental regulations, pollution issues and enforcement actions.

The Department of Interior
www.doi.gov
Access to government documents and news on topics ranging from Indian affairs to mining regulations to volcanic activity worldwide.

Recreation.gov
www.recreation.gov
Information on recreation opportunities on federal land. 

Other Sites

The National Academy of Sciences
www.nationalacademies.org
Access to both summaries and the full text of studeis conducted under its auspices.

The League of Conservation Voters
www.lcv.org
The environmental voting records of members of Congress.

Greenwire
www.eenews.net
Environmental news  and stories from newspapers and magazines around the nation.

Environment News Service
ens.lycos.com
National and international environmental news. 

GristMagazine
www.gristmagazine.com
Project of Earth Day Network. Daily news on national and international environmental issues. Venue for liberal writers.

Environmental Defense
www.scorecard.org
Access to EPA data on chemical pollutants, information on the sources of air, water and land pollution and toxic waste in individual community by zip code. 

Headwaters News
www.headwatersnews.org
News about the Mountain States.

Tidepool
www.tidepool.org
News about the Pacific Coast, from Alaska to Northern California. 

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Foreign Affairs

Governement Sites

Portals to the World
www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Links to electronic resources from around the world, starting with an alphabetical list of  country names.  

World Fact Book-- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
www.cia.gov
Country profiles. 

The State Department
www.state.gov
Links to press briefings and biographies of key diplomats, "Country Background Notes", travel warnings and visa information...

Other Sites

Foreign Affairs Online
www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html
A broad range of international relations topics, under categories of reference material, governments, international law and organization, international affairs.

The Global Site
www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/ir/
Gateway to world politics, society and culture.

International Affairs.com
internationalaffairs.com/
A selection of resources arranged topically and geographically.

Yahoo!News
dailynews.yahoo.com
Complete wire coverage of the latest international events 

The Canadian Institute of International Affairs
www.ciia.org
List of links to other foreign-affairs-related sites.

The United Nations
www.un.org
Latest news from the world body, a calendar of U.N. events, various U.N. documents... 

Embassy.org
www.embassy.org
A clearinghouse for the various embassies in Washington. 

The Council on Foreign Relations
www.cfr.org
Latest news in foreign relations, policy studies, links to its publication, Foreign Affairs...

The BBC News Web
www.bbc.co.uk
News by regions of the world, liver forums... 

The European Union
www.eurounion.org
Information on Europe and European Union.... 

Foreign Policy
www.foreignpolicy.com
Access to articles from its current issue (subscription required), a list of international links broken down by topic... 

Virtual Resources: International Relations Research Resources on the Web
mitpress.mit.edu/journals/INOR/deibert-guide/TOC.html
Annotated links to resources in a wide variety of categories.

Irish Times
www.ireland.com
Weather reports of any paper in the world and their international news coverage. 

Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org
International human rights concerns broken down by region and issue, its publications including World Report..... 

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Health Policy

Government Sites

The Health and Human Services Department
www.hhs.gov
Information by topics A-Z, from adoption to women's health,  data about Medicare, Medicaid, and other health programs... 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.gov
Information on Medicaid. Medicare, and other related programs...

The Census Bureau
www.census.gov
Useful site for calculating and tracking the numbers ... 

Other Sites

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kaisernetwork.org
Congressional hearings, press briefings, daily health policy reports, ... 

 The Alliance for Health Reform
www.allhealth.org
Information issues, news room, publications, health policy links...

Health Affairs
www.healthaffairs.org
Selected articles and papers on health care policy,  

Mathematica Policy Research
www.mathematica-mpr.com
Data and analysis on Medicaid demonstration programs, managed care, mental health parity, rural health care, long-term care, substance abuse...

The Commonwealth Fund
www.cmwf.org
Summaries and full reports on various health  care and policy topics, including child health and development, managed care...international health policy...

The Families USA
www.familiesusa.org
Information about state programs and laws, links to local consumer groups, review of Administration and congressional health care policies... 

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Homeland Security

Government Sites

The Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.fema.gov
Information on everything from national strategy  personal survival, updates on current disasters, threats, and the weather.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
www.cdc.gov
Authoritative information on the latest disease outbreak

Soldier and Biological Chemical Command 
www.sbccom.army.mil
The military's locus of expertise on biological and chemical weapons, and a major provider of training and  information to civilian emergency responders. 

The Coast Guard 
www.uscg.mil 
Fact sheets on its ships, boats, and aircraft; data on its installations, full text of major reports and strategic plans.

The National Guard Bureau 
www.ngb.dtic.mil 
News and references, points of contact for the national umbrella organization itself, comprehensive connections to the Guard in every state and territory.

Homeland Security Director 
www.whitehouse.gov/homeland 
Policy summaries, press releases, and war-on-terror factoids. 

Other Sites

The Analytic Services (AnSer) 
www.homelandsecurity.org    
Current news, state resources, articles in Journal of Homeland Security, virtual library...

The Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies 
www.hopkins-biodefense.org 
Fact sheets on selected biological agents and extensive links to medical articles.

School of Public Health (St. Louis University) 
www.slu.edu/colleges/sph/bioterrorism 
Devoted to bioterrorism. Information on biological agents, news and quick references.

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Housing

Government Sites

Housing and Urban Development 
www.hud.gov 
Community news, HUD highlights, information for citizens, policy specialist, homeowners, tenants... 

HUD User.org
www.huduser.org
For policy and research audiences. American Housing Survey, maps that can be used for Geographic Information Systems analysis, and rental rates from across the country. 

The U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov
Maintains a web site devoted entirely to housing information, carries the American Housing Survey data...

Other Sites

KnowledgePlex
www.knowledgeplex.org
Focus on low-cost housing and community development. Information from news sources and housing organizations.

Center on Housing Studies
www.jchs.harvard.edu
A comprehensive analysis of demographic, economic and social data,  the "State of the Nation's Housing" report...

The Affordable Housing Design Advisor
www.designadvisor.org
Guidelines for groups that are developing low-and moderate-income housing.

The Housing Assistance Council
www.ruralhome.org
Information on affordable housing in rural areas, annual targeted studies, policy newsletter, fact sheets on housing policy and on federal programs...

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Immigration

Government Sites

The Immigration and Naturalization Service
www.ins.gov
Information about the agency's enforcement activites,  the application process for naturalization, INS job openings, links to agency field offices, the INS budget, an statistics on immigrants.

The House Judiciary Immigration and Claims Subcommittee
www.house.gov/judiciary
The Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
www.senate.gov/~judiciary
These two subcommittees do not have their own Web pages, but the information and testimony given at their hearings are available on their Judiciary Committee sites.

Other Sites

The Center for Immigration Studies
www.cis.org
Argues for the policies that favor "fewer immigrants but a warmer welcome for those admitted." Current news and topics on immigration.

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
www.migrationpolicy.org/
An independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank in Washington, D.C. dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels.

Americans for Better Immigration
www.betterimmigration.com
It is a activist group that supports sreducing the number of legal immigrants allowed to enter the United States. Noted for the grades that it gives to members of Congress based on their stances on immigration.

The National Immigration Forum
www.immigrationforum.org
Backs policies "that welcome immigrants and refugees and that are fair and supportive to newcomers in our country." Free reports, fast-facts about immigration, current policy dabates...

The American Immigration Lawyers Association
www.aila.org
Latest news on policy-making in Washington, topics about immigration, publications...

The American Immigration Law Foundation
www.ailf.org
Seeks to promote more-lenient immigration policies. Includes public education on  the value of immigration, exhibit hall on exploring history, and legal action center...

The Federation for American Immigration Reform
www.fairus.org
Data about American demographics and immigration, broken down by state and county, news on upcoming legislation, discussion on issues...

Numbers USA
www.numbersusa.com
An anti-immigration site that says the United States is in the midst of an overpopulaiton crisis...

The National Immigration Law Center
www.nilc.org
An advocacy group for low-income immigrants. NILC memos and analyses, newsletter articles, educational materials, immigration law and policies, and links to key government and organization sites.

The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
www.nnirr.org
An advocacy group for immigrants. INS actions, recent issues of the INS Raids Bulletin, NNIRR's bimonthly newsletter, immigration resources...

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Information Technology

Government Sites

US Department of Commerce
home.doc.gov
Material from many of the key agencies in the technology sector, financial forcasts, regulatory proceedings... 

Federal Communications Commission
www.fcc.gov
Documents, data, studies, and reports...

Other Sites

The Electronic Privacy Information Center 
epic.org
Papers and studies on privacy, police powers, and content regulation...

Center for Democracy and Technology
cdt.org
Tends to develop compromise positions with the politically powerful high-tech industry. Data privacy, government surveillance, legislation...

TechNet
www.technet.org
The Internet industry's policy positions. Other industry sites include itic.org, operated by the Washing-based Informatin Technology Industry Council, itaa.org, run by the Washing-based Information Technology Association of America, aeanet.org, operated by AeA, which used to be called the American Electronics Association.

The Computer and Communications Industry Association
www.ccianet.org
Takes a hard line against Microsoft Corp. Documents nad studies supporting its positions...

Business Software Alliance
bsa.org
Concerns preventing software piracy. Other content-owner sites are riaa.org and mpaa.org. 

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International Economics

Government Sites

Bureau of Economic Analysis
www.bea.doc.gov
Balance-of-payments and related data, articles, and survey forms.

Other Sites

Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site
www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro
Most used by specialists in international economics policy. Current policy topics, news,  academic research, hot topics, data, speeches by various pashas of global economics...

World Bank Group
www.worldbank.org
Data and statistics, facts and figures on employment, world economic development indicators, reports and documents...

The International Monetary Fund
www.imf.org
Details about Fund programs, working papers, country information, press releases, speeches by Fund officials, publications...

Organizaiton for Economic Cooperation and Development
www.oecd.org
A clearinghouse for a group of the biggest industrial nations, a portal to a wide range of official data from those countries' governments, OECD studies of issues...

Institute for International Economics
www.iie.com
Washington's premier think tank on the global economy. Short policy briefs, working papers, recent books by institute fellows, links to other useful sites ...

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Judiciary

Government Sites

U.S. Department of Justice --Office of Legal Policy
www.usdoj.gov/olp
Information on vacancies on the federal bench and pending judicial nominations, and biographies of the judicial nominees. 

The Federal Judicial Center
www.fjc.gov
Information about the history of the courts and the judiciary, biographical and service records of all judges who have served on the U.S. Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court since 1789.

U.S. Courts
www.uscourts.gov
Links to the Supreme Court, all federal courts, including the bankruptcy court. Also designed to assist educators in teaching about the federal courts. 

Other Sites

The Bennan Center for Justice
www.brennancenter.org
Focuses on the topic of judicial independence. Links to news, op-eds, issues...

Independent Judiciary
www.independentjudiciary.com
Information on the appointments process, vacancies, and the gender and racial composition of the federal judiciary, courts, nominees, senate, and news. Also an interactive game "You be the Judge."

JudicialSelectioin.org
www.judicialselection.org
Factss, history, and quotes from players, information on vacancies, nominees, senators...

Trips for Judges
www.tripsforjudges.org
Databases for finding out what special interests are wining and dining  local judges...

The American Judicature Society
www.ajs.org
Links to educational materials,  publications about the judiciary, and information about judicial ethics.

The National Center for State Courts
www.ncsconline.org
Issues affecting the administration of justice at the state level,  statistics about state courts, center reports and publications, Annual Report on Trends in the State Courts. 

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Medicare

Government Sites

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
www.cms.gov
Information on programs, statements on Medicare issues, laws and regulations, and other resources.

The General Accounting Office
www.gao..gov
Links to the General Accounting Office reports that lawmakers have requested on this topic. 

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
www.medpac.gov
Analysis of Medicare issues, reports to Congress and congressional testimony, such as Medicare Payment Policy...

Other Sites

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kaisernetwork.org
Comprehensive nongovernmental source of Medicare information. Congressional hearings, press briefings, health policy in daily report...Its parent site www.kff.org offers its own analysis of health care issues. a state data bank....

Medicare Watch
www.medicarewatch.org
A guide to Medicare policy experts. Recent research and links to other sites. 

The Heritage Foundation
www.heritage.org
Reports by conservative authors on Medicare topic, analysis of key legislation...

The Commonwealth Fund
www.cmwf.org
Reports on various Medicare topics from multiple sources. 

The Urban Institute
www.urban.org
Analysis of Medicare proposals and issues, access to reports on Medicare-related issues...

Health Affairs
www.healthaffairs.org
Health policy journal. Articles nad papers that have been submitted from various Medicare policy experts.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
www.phrma.org
Informatioin about drugs under development, the costs of research and development, and existing pharmaceutical assistance programs. Also includes policy views on Medicare and Medicaid.

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Middle East

Government Sites

Mitchell Report
usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/mitchell.htm
Sharm El-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee Final Report

U.S. Department of State--International Information Programs
usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/ 
Washington file, policy, region in focus, resources and archives.

Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
www.state.gov/p/nea
U.S. foreign policy and U.S. diplomatic relations with the countries and geographic entities in the region. Country information, regional topics, biographies of chiefs of mission...

Other Sites

Al Bawaba--the Middle East Gateway
www.albawaba.com
News and various topics, and portal to other sites based in the Arab world. 

IslamOnline
www.islam-online.net
Qatari site the most popular with an Islamist slant. News, views, analysis...

Arabia.com
www.arabia.com
One of the trendier Middle East Web sites. Chat room, news...

Ha'aretz
www.haaretzdaily.com
English version of Ha'aretz, the Israeli daily newspaper known for its liberal stance.

The Middle East Institute
www.mideasti.org
The web site of the Washington-based Middle East Institute. Current and back issues of The Middle East Journal, policy briefs, links to other sites.

Middle East Studies Association
fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc
Academic research in the area, publications, conferences and links.

ITP
www.itp.net
Operated from the United Arab Emirates, it provides information on technology and business in the region.

The Gulf2000 Project
gulf2000.columbia.edu
Information on each country through links to local newspapers, governments, and private groups. 

Middle East Policy Council
www.mepc.org
Policy forum, Journal:Middle East Policy, teacher workshop, guide to to specialists, and links.

Jerusalem Post
www.jpost.com
Twice nominated as the best non-U.S. online news site by Editor & Publisher magazine, it includes news and analysis.

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Politics

Rough & Tumble (Daily snapshot of California public policy and politics)
www.rtumble.com
Summaries of stories from California's major newspapers and has links to full versions of those stories. Links to California Journal, California Channel, Cal Legislative analyst, etc.  

National Review
www.nationalreview.com
Current news and issues, analysis, article archive...

Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com
Timely information on breaking stories.  "OnPolitics" section provides additiona lanalysis...

Drudge Report
www.drudgereport.com
"Whatever he seems to be reporting is often a precursor to what the headlines are the next day." --Republican media consultant Russ Schriefer.

Political Grave Yard 
www.politicalgraveyard.com
Information about where dead politicians are buried and their brief political biography.

Redistricting Scorecard 
ilsc.uis.edu/mcdonald/redistricting_scorecard.htm
Timely updates and links on redistricting developments in all 50 states and analysis of how the two parties are faring nationally. 

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Presidency

Government Sites

White House   
www.whitehouse.gov
The first stop on any Internet search for information about the White House.

Presidential Inaugurations (1789-2001)  (Library of Congress)
memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html
Includes information on Presidential Oaths of Office, precedents and notable events, bibles and scripture passages and references.

Presidents and First Ladies ~ Portraits
memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html

First Ladies -- Portraits
lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/058_flal.html
Alphabetical listing of first ladies with their portraits. .

Other Sites

The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ 

Over 26,000 documents including the Public Papers of the Presidents (Hoover 1929 to Carter 1977),  State of the Union Messages, Inaugural Addresses, Inaugural Addresses, Florida Papers from the 2000 Election,  over 300 audio clips, 26 data sets.

The Annual Messages to Congress on the State of the Union (1790-2002)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/site/docs/sou.php

Federal Government Resources--Presidents of the United States
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedprs
A comprehensive list of resources about every topic related  to the presidency. 

The American Presidents: Life Portraits
www.americanpresidents.org/
Created for the television series, it contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus additional resources.

The White House 2001 Project
www.whitehouse2001.org
Guide to transitions, White House operations, institutional memory, appointments reference, organization chart, evaluation forms...

The C-SPAN
www.c-span.org/executive/links.asp
Internet links to the offices within the White HOuse and to executive branch Cabinet departments, speeches by Administration officials... 

Presidents of the United States
www.netcolony.com/news/presidents
Alphabetical list of topics related to the White House and the Presidents...

Vice Presidents
www.vicepresidents.com
Biographies, their wives, trivia, debates, unsuccessful V.P. candidates...

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Religion

Government Sites

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
www.uscirf.gov/index.php3
Commission reports, hearings, press conferences and speeches, international religious freedom reports, human rights reports, country information...

Religion and Public Schools
www.ed.gov/inits/religionandschools/l
Guidelines, statements, publications...

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic  
www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/
Exhibition of the Library of Congress website.

Other Sites

The Institute on Religion and Public Policy
www.religionandpolicy.org/
Links to websites of government, political organizations, international religious organizations, news organizations, non-profit organizations, and education institutions. 

Policy Statements from Other Organizations 
www.aclu.org/congress/gfrother.html
Links from American Civil Liberties Union.

Religious Liberty--American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org/issues/religion/hmrf.html
Highlights, religious liberty in congress, and resources including links to other religious freedom sites and ACLU in Congress archives on religious freedom. 

Religion Online
www.religion-online.org/
More than 3,600 articles and chapters. Topics include Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and Cultural Studies, Social Issues...

Adherents.com
www.adherents.com
Religious statistics, much of which is culled from censuses, surveys, and other published sources.

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Russia

Russia Sites

Russia Media Digest
www.therussianissues.com/
Top story,  headlines fo the day,  issues in depth...

Information Telegraph Agency of Russia
www.itar-tass.com
A rich source of news and information.

Program on New Approaches to Russian Security (PONARS)
www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/
Acholars' analysis of Russian and Eurasian security issues. An archive of PONARS publications, working papers, and policy memos... 

Carnegie Moscow Center
www.carnegie.ru
Full texts of the center's publications, information on programs, events...

CDI Russia Weekly
www.cdi.org/russia
A weekly collection of articles from many sources. Free subscription.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
www.rferl.org
Summaries of current news. 

The Moscow Times
www.moscowtimes.ru
News, current issues, business, travel guide, archive search...

Russia Today
www.europeaninternet.com/russia
News concerning Russia and the European Union, business news...

Russia Journal
www.russiajournal.com
International and domestic news, analysis, defense, stock market graphs, and currency valuation charts...

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Social Security

Government Sites

Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov
Comprehensive information about Social Security, including benefits information, benefit payment, facts and figures about the giant program, special gateway pages, online direct services, services for business, research and data, reporting fraud...

President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
www.csss.gov
News, statements, and findings Commission, report, transcripts of hearings and meetings...

Social Security Advisory Board
www.ssab.gov
An independent, bipartisan Board created by Congress and appointed by the President and the Congress to advise the President, the Congress, and the Commissioner of Social Security on matters related to the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. Includes its reports, forum and links to related sites.

Congressional Budget Office
www.cbo.gov
Click on "Publications" and there is a link to Social Security and Pensions. Information about cost, financing, economic analysis...

Other Sites

Heritage Foundation
www.heritage.org
In-depth Heritage analysis of the issue, with a subject index of rate of return, social security reform, and trust fund...

Social Security (Cato Institute)
www.socialsecurity.org
Advocate of broad privatizatioin of Social Security. The sites contains studies, proposals, speeches...

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
www.cbpp.org
Liberal-leaning, the center is skeptical of privatizing Social Security. Contains budget issues, including how changes in Social Security, taxes, and other programs might interact...

Brookings Institution
www.brookings.edu
Academic-style research on Social Security.

The Urban Institute
www.urban.org
Academic-style research on policy issues including Social Security.

Campaign for America's Future
www.ourfuture.org
Views of a populistic, labor-oriented opponent of Social Security privatization.

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Space

Government Sites

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.nasa.gov
Information on a multitude of topics--from NASA projects and facilities, to astronomy and earth science, to the history of U.S. space exploration. 

Other Sites

Space.com
www.space.com
Timely news, articles and interviews on everything from space agencies and missions, to new astronomical discoveries, to theories on extraterrestrial intelligence.

NASA Watch
www.nasawatch.com
News and views on NASA operations, recent hot topics, archives, mission updates...

Rocketry.com
www.rocketry.com
Contains upcoming launches, Encyclopedia Astronautica, which breaks down space-related programs, people, and equipment by topic

SpaceRef.com
www.spaceref.com
News items, top stories, an event calendar, press releases, project status reports, and live video. 

Biospace.com
www.biospace.com
Web-based products and information services to life-science companies and research groups. News and investment information for the biotechnology sector.

SETI Institute
www.seti-inst.edu
A place to find out what is happening at the SETI Institute, the research and education nonprofit that supports the search for extraterrestrial life. Project summaries, emerging technologies...

Heavens Above
www.heavens-above.com
If you're interested in satellites or astronomy,  you will find information you need to observe satellites such as the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle, spectacular events as well as a wealth of other spaceflight and astronomical information.

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States

State Government Sites

National Governors Association
www.nga.org
Governors' Web addresses, bios, pictures, and speeches. Issues, news,  legislative update, and hot topics...

National Conference of State Legislatures
www.ncsl.org
A clearinghouse for the nation's 7,500 state legislators. NCSL reports, policy issues, meeting schedules, voting results, and links to individual states' legislative sites. Part of the site requires log-in.

States News (Council of State Governments)
www.statesnews.org
State news from newspapers around the country, policy analysis, and also links to the five regions of Council of State Government (CSG).

Other Sites

Stateline
www.stateline.org
A repository for useful information from the state capitals, ranging from governors' State of the State addresses to per capita tax collection figures, issues alphabetically listed. 

State Net
www.statenet.com
A comprehensive bill-tracking and analysis service that follows all the legislation offered in all state legislatures and Congress. Subscription required.

Governing.com
www.governing.com
The site of Governing, a magazine for state and local officials.

Statescape
www.statescape.com
Information on party splits in the state legislatures, links to the governors' home pages, update of topical issues, budget timetables broken down by state. 

American Legislative Exchange Council
www.alec.org
Major issues, calendars, meetings, model legislation, task force...

State Action
www.stateaction.org
State issues, forum, state of the states with key data and links, policy leaders forum... 

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Taxes

Government Sites

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
www.irs.gov
Tax stats, forms and publications, tax regulations, information for individuals, businesses...

Joint Committee on Taxation
www.house.gov/jct
"General Explanation of Joint Committee an Taxation" and the "Blue Booklet". 

Other Sites

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
www.taxsites.com
Comprehensive list of topics on taxes. E.g. "Policy and Reform" provides links to tax policy research, state tax policy, public and economic policy, etc.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
www.cbpp.org
Left-leaning site with upcoming releases, state policy focus,  issues in-depth...

TaxPolicy.com
www.taxpolicy.com
A questionnaire that allows you to "build your own tax policy" and other links. 

Americans for Tax Reforms
atr.org
Right-wing tax reform site with press releases, congressional testimony, state news, issues, access to position papers on major areas of the tax reform debate...

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
www.oecd.org
Tracks things in other countries.

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Telecommunications

Government Sites

Federal Communications Commission
www.fcc.gov
Headlines, auctions, commission meeting schedules, "Freedom of Information Act",  FCC forms, and information about Local & State Government Advisory Committee

Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov
Reviews certain mergers in the high-tech industry to ensure compliance with antitrust laws. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics
stats.bls.gov
A site for following pricing or employment trends in telecommunications sectors. 

Other Sites

Broadcasting & Cable
broadcastingcable.com
Articles on industry development covering such areas as law, regulation, finance, programming, advertising and technology, and breaking news stories.

Multichannel News
multichannel.com
Covers programming, advertising, marketing, finance, broadband, and government activities, as they relate to cable-TV operators and their suppliers. 

Tech Law Journal
www.techlawjournal.com
Summarizes legislation, litigation, and regulations affecting the computer and Internet industry. 

New Media Sparks
itvindustry.com
Telecome news, digital television news, top media stories,  and other  sources and databases. 

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Terrorism

Government Sites

The U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Office
www.state.gov/s/ct/
Record of U.S. policy toward terrorism, "Patterns of Global Terrorism" annual report to Congress, historical and contemporary accounts...

America Responds to Terrorism
www.whitehouse.gov/response/
Press releases  from the Cabinet agencies and the White House, current data on the war.

U.S. Commission on National Security
www.nssg.gov
Online reports, USCNS news, and other articles.

Other  Sites

Cargegie Endowment for International Peace
ceip.org/files/nonprolif
Country resources, news and analysis,  weapons, nuclear numbers, and other online resources.

National Security Archive at George Washington University
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv
Maintains the world's largest library of declassified material. "The September 11 Sourcebooks", U.S. foreign policy, intelligence policy and other projects. 

The Federation of American Scientists--America's War on Terrorism
www.fas.org/terrorism/l
Index for a guide to chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons; strategies and weapons, reports on foreign governments...

Rand
www.rand.org
A wide range of research areas including national security, full-text publications such as Countering the New Terrorism, and many more.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies
csis.org
A lot of useful background spread throughout its Web pages. "Programs", "Issues", and "Publications" are worth browsing.

The Center on Defense Information
cdi.org
The Terrorism Project includes "action update",   articles on U.S. weapon systems, terrorist network, foreign policy/security strategy, homeland defense...

Global Beat
nyu.edu/globalbeat
Intended as a resource for journalists covering international issues, it publishes essays, editorials, analyses, and transcripts from news sources, think tanks, and governments across the world. 

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Trade

Government Sites

Office of the United States Trade Representative
www.ustr.gov
Information on recent governmental trade actions, trade and the environment, U.S. actions at the World Trade Organization, speeches and testimony, reports, and information on other regions of the world. 

International Trade Administration -- Commerce Department
www.ita.doc.gov
All sorts of U.S. trade statistics by country and by product, and key links. 

Other Sites

World Trade Organization
www.wto.org
Global trade statistics, WTO news, WTO topics, community forum and more.

The United States Mission to the European Union
www.useu.be
In the "Issues" section, the topic trade includes U.S.-EU trade relations, intellectual property rights, fisheries, and dossiers of foreign sales corp.,  steel, WTO/Doha round, and bananas. 

Business Full Coverage (Yahoo.com)
dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/business/trade
Daily digest of recent daily trade-related news and magazine stories, links to trade-related Web sites, plus audio feeds.

Global Trade Negotiations (Center for International Development of Harvard University)
www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade
Links to news articles on trade, access to academic, World Bank, and other research papers,  trade policy gook of the month, information research institutions, individual researchers and their curriculum, publications, etc.

 Economist.com
www.economist.co.uk
Articles on global news and science and technology and book reviews.

Financial Times
www.ft.com
Corporate news reports, country, industry surveys, special reports...

World Trade Law
worldtradelaw.net
Background on recent decisions and current cases before the World Trade Organization, links to international agreements...

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Transportation

Government Sites

U.S. Department of Transportation
www.dot.gov
Links to all bureaus and agencies, press releases, speeches and testimony..

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
www.bts.gov
Data on topics ranging from highway to U.S. airlines. Also the National Household Travel Survey.

Office of Inspector General
www.oig.dot.gov
IG reports broken down into categories, semiannual reports, press releases, and testimony/statements.

National Transportation Library
www.ntl.bts.gov
A huge repository of transportation materials and reports from organizations across the country. 

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
www.house.gov/transportation
Hot issues, current news, transcripts of hearings, and live broadcast...

National Transportation Safety Board
www.ntsb.gov
Information on aviation, highway, railroad, and marine accidents. Sections also include Recommendations & Accomplishments, Family Affairs, Legal Matters, News & Events and Publications.

Other Sites

Surface Transportation Policy Project
www.transact.org
Administered by a pro-transit and pro-"smart growth" group, this site contains reports on urban sprawl and its consequences, and other related information on effective programs and tool box.

Public Purpose 
www.publicpurpose.com
The conservative response to such sites as Surface Transportation Policy Project mentioned above. It provides articles and reports, transportation and demographic statistics. 

American Road & Transportation Builders Association 
www.artba.org
Data and economic analyses on highway building, ARTBA policy issues, regulatory issues, and many more

Air Transport Association
www.air-transport.org
Contact information for all member airlines, statistics on airline traffic, accidents, and fatalities, U.S. airline industry facts, figures, and economic analyses, government affairs...

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Welfare

Government Sites

Administration for Children and Families
www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare
Essential documents, guidance and status docs,  statistics, TANF reports to Congress, charts summarising welfare caseloads, policy clarifications, and related links.

Welfare and Work
aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/hspwelfare.htm
Information organized by topic, welfare reform outcomes, welfare-to-work, caseloads trends and administrative data, state programs and policies...

Other Sites

Welfare Information Network
www.welfareinfo.org
This site covers everyone and everything. The contents are arranged in  logical categories. 

Welfare Reform and Beyond
www.brookings.edu/wrb
Recent activities, policy briefs, editorials research, publications, facts/statistics.

 The Urban Institute- Assessing the New Federalism Databases
www.urban.org
National Survey of America's families, welfare rules database, state database, state TANF income calculator, federal justice statistics, national center for charitable statistics, Form 990, and neighborhood indicators.   

The Urban Institute--Welfare reform: reports
www.urban.org
Topics: Welfare time limits, Families who left welfare, How well urban labor markets can absorb welfare recipients, Declines in Food Stamp and welfare participation...

National Governors Association
www.nga.org
Users need to put in "welfare reform" in search and get information on the topic in the "Center for Best Practices". State policies, studies and links. 

Rural Policy Research Institute 
www.rupri.org
Users can go to "Programs" and select "welfare". Information on background, people in the Rural Welfare Reform Panel, publications (including policy papers, data, maps) and  policy resources. 

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