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Guide to the Policy Process

Congress President

Bureaucracy

Guide to the Policy Process

Congress President

Bureaucracy

Guide to the Policy Process

Congress President

Bureaucracy

Politics vs. policyThink tanks

Professional associations

Congress

White House

Federal agencies

Private organizations

(International organizations)

(Politics) (Policy)

Politics vs. policyThink tanks

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Think_tankshttp://www.worldpress.org/library/ngo.cfm#ac

(Politics) (Policy)

What Is a Think Tank?

• A: A university without students

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchThe Brookings Institution

Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceCenter for Global Development

Center for Strategic and International StudiesClimate Institute

Economic Policy InstituteFederation of American Scientists

The Henry L. Stimson CenterThe Heritage Foundation

Institute for International EconomicsInstitute of Medicine

National Institutes of HealthNew America Foundation

RAND Corp.Resources for the Future

Urban Institute

Some DC Think Tanks

Politics vs. policy

Professional associations(Interest groups)(NGOs)

The Alliance for Health Care ReformAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association for World HealthAmerican Electronics AssociationAmerican Meteorological Society

The American Public Health AssociationCenter for Democracy and Technology

Children's Defense FundThe Climate Institute

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe March of Dimes, National Government Affairs Office

National Alliance on Mental IllnessNational Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges

National Institute of HealthOxfam America

(Politics) (Policy)

Politics vs. policy

(International organizations)

Pan American Health OrganizationThe World Bank

Inter-American Development BankWorld Health Organization

(Politics) (Policy)

61,000 profiles,available @ MIT, Haydn (Hardcopy & CD-ROM)

Politics vs. policy

Federal agencies

Consumer Finance Protection BureauDept. of Commerce - Office of Technical Competitiveness

Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic AnalysisDept. of Defense – Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation

Dept. of Defense – Office of Naval ResearchDept. of Education, Office of Post-Secondary Education

Dept. of Energy – Office of Chief Financial OfficerDept. of Energy - Office of Environmental Management

Dept. of Energy - Office of Fossil EnergyDept. of Energy - Office of Fuels Development

Dept. of Energy - Office of Industrial TechnologiesDept. of Energy - Office of Lab Policy and Infrastructure Management

Dept. of Energy, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety BoardDept. of Energy, US Africa Initiative

Dept. of Energy, US Climate Change Technology Program

(Politics) (Policy)

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml

Dept. of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceDept. of Interior – Office of Environmental PolicyDept. of the Treasury – Office of the Comptroller

Environmental Protection AgencyFederal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications CommissionFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

General Accounting OfficeNASA

National Capitol Planning CommissionNational Institute of Health

Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOffice and Management and Budget

Small Business AdministrationTeach for America

Dept. of the Treasury – Office of the Comptroller

Politics vs. policy

Private organizationsAerospace Corporation

AFL-CIOChemonics International

Gryphon ScientificInstitute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

MIT Washington DC OfficeNational Security Research, Inc.

NERA Economic ConsultingPlexus Consulting Group

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA)Texas Instruments, Government Relations Office

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RS20725.pdfhttp://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp

(Politics) (Policy)

Politics vs. policy

White House

Council of Economic AdvisorsOffice of Science and Technology Policy

President’s Council on Bioethics

(Politics) (Policy)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html

Politics vs. policy

Congress

Individual House and Senate membersCommittees (and subcommittees)Party organizationsCongressional Research ServiceGovernment Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office)

(Politics) (Policy)

www.house.govwww.senate.govthomas.loc.govwww.votesmart.org/official_congress.php

Guide to the Policy Process

Congress President

Bureaucracy

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchThe Brookings Institution

Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceCenter for Global Development

Center for Strategic and International StudiesClimate Institute

Economic Policy InstituteFederation of American Scientists

The Henry L. Stimson CenterThe Heritage Foundation

Institute for International EconomicsInstitute of Medicine

National Institutes of HealthNew America Foundation

RAND Corp.Resources for the Future

Urban Institute

Guide to the Policy Process

Individual House and Senate membersCommittees (and subcommittees)Party organizationsCongressional Research ServiceGovernment Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office)

Council of Economic AdvisorsOffice of Science and Technology Policy

President’s Council on Bioethics

AFL-CIOMIT Washington DC Office

National Security Research, Inc.Texas Instruments, Government Relations Office

Consumer Finance Protection BureauDept. of Commerce - Office of Technical Competitiveness

Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic AnalysisDept. of Defense – Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation

Dept. of Defense – Office of Naval ResearchDept. of Education, Office of Post-Secondary Education

Dept. of Energy – Office of Chief Financial OfficerDept. of Energy - Office of Environmental Management

Dept. of Energy - Office of Fossil EnergyDept. of Energy - Office of Fuels Development

Dept. of Energy - Office of Industrial TechnologiesDept. of Energy - Office of Lab Policy and Infrastructure Management

Dept. of Energy, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety BoardDept. of Energy, US Africa Initiative

Dept. of Energy, US Climate Change Technology ProgramDept. of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service

Dept. of Interior – Office of Environmental PolicyDept. of the Treasury – Office of the Comptroller

Environmental Protection AgencyFederal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications CommissionFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

General Accounting OfficeNASA

National Capitol Planning CommissionNational Institute of Health

Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOffice and Management and Budget

Small Business AdministrationTeach for America

Dept. of the Treasury – Office of the Comptroller

Aerospace CorporationChemonics International

Gryphon ScientificInstitute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

NERA Economic ConsultingPlexus Consulting Group

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA)

Guide to the Policy Process

Senate Committee on Environment & Public WorksHouse Committee on Energy and CommerceSen. Harry Reid

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Nuclear Energy Institute

Nuclear Regulatory CommissionDepartment of Energy

Bipartisan Policy CenterNonproliferation Policy Information CenterU.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council

Library resources

• Publications– CQ Weekly Report

National Journal(nationaljournal.com)

• US Government Manual

• Congressional Staff Directory

• Congressional Yellow Book