RESEARCH LINKS

The following is a collection of links that you may find useful in orienting yourself to Washington and/or for research on your WISE paper topic:

CONGRESS

Thomas Legislative Information
http://thomas.loc.gov

U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov

House Science Committee
http://www.house.gov/science/welcome.htm

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
http://www.gao.gov/
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml

U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.access.gpo.gov/

Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/

Congressional Record
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html

Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Congressional Directory
http://www.congress.org

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

The White House (with links to all Federal departments/agencies)
http://www.whitehouse.gov

President's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
http://www.ostp.gov

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov

Commerce Department - Technology Administration
http://www.ta.doc.gov

Department of Defense
http://www.dod.mil

Department of Energy
http://www.doe.gov

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov

Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov

National Institute for Standards and Technology
http://www.nist.gov

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov

THINK TANKS/RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

The Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.org

Center for Strategic & International Studies
http://www.csis.org/

Heritage Foundation
http://www.heritage.org/

MITRE
http://www.mitre.org

National Research Council
http://www.nrc.edu

The Rand Institute
http://www.rand.org/

CLEARINGHOUSES

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov

Government Information Xchange
http://www.info.gov/

NTIS FedWorld Information Network
http://www.fedworld.gov/

Policy.Com
http://www.policy.com

ASSOCIATIONS

AAES
http://www.aaes.org/index2.html

AIChE Government Relations
http://www.aiche.org/docs/government/index.htm

AIP:  FYI Bulletin of Science Policy News
http://www.aip.org/enews/fyi/

ANS Public Information
http://www.ans.org/PI/

ASCE Communications and Government Relations
http://www.asce.org/govnpub/gov_pub.html

ASME Government Relations Information Center
http://www.asme.org/gric/

IEEE-USA's Policy Forum
http://www.ieee.org/usab/DOCUMENTS/FORUM/forum.menu.html

NSPE Government Relations
http://www.nspe.org/govrel/gr-home.htm

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org

Piper Resources
http://www.piperinfo.com

State Science and Technology Institute
http://www.ssti.org

SEARCHING

Altavista
http://www.altavista.digital.com

AskJeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com/

Google
http://www.google.com

MSNSearch
http://search.msn.com/

YAHOO!
http://www.yahoo.com

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