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Project Vote-Smart - A non-partisan, non-profit voter information center that provides addresses, campaign finance and voting records on candidates and elected officials, including President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislators. Find your representatives when you enter your address. http://www.vote-smart.org

CATEGORIES: Campaign Finance - Civil Liberties - Diversity - Elections - Federal Government Agencies - Housing - Issues - Legal Information - News - Polls - Political Information - Schools - Women's Issues

CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Brooking Institute - The special focus of their site is campaign finance law and administration. It provides background information on current law and regulations, tracks legal developments in court cases and administrative decisions, and reports on proposed new legislation and other reform proposals. http://www.brookings.org/GS/CF/CF_HP.HTM
Common Cause - A nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization. http://www.commoncause.org
Federal Election Commission - The Commission maintains databases on political contributions to candidates, 527s, political action committees, and up to date information on federal election law and violations of the law. http://www.fec.gov
Institute on Money in State Politics - IMSP provides searchable databases of campaign finance on the state level. It analyzes the information to determine the role campaign money plays in public policy debates in the states. http://www.followthemoney.org
National Voting Rights Institute - A leading legal center in the campaign finance reform field. Using litigation and public education, the Institute aims to redefine the issue of private money in public elections as the nation's newest voting rights barrier. http://www.nvri.org
opensecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics website that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. http://www.opensecrets.org
Political Moneyline - Find out who's giving money to whom. Detailed federal campaign finance data by candidate, political action committee, contributor name or occupation, and other variables. http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/
Public Campaign - A non-profit, non-partisan organization that helps citizen groups around the country who are working for campaign finance reform in their states. http://www.publicampaign.org

CIVIL LIBERTIES
Bill of Rights Defense Committee - A national organization that encourages communities to take an active role in an ongoing national debate about anti-terrorism measures that threaten civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Their website provides information about proposed anti-terrorism legislation and anti-terror cases with civil liberties implications in the courts. Contains links to many articles covering: threats to civil liberties; grassroots movements; college issues; articles and information on legislation aimed at protecting civil liberties and articles and information on introduced legislation that may threaten civil liberties. http://www.bordc.org
Center for Democracy and Technology - Works to promote constitutional liberties in the digital age. Concerns include free speech, government surveillance and data privacy. http://www.cdt.org
Civilrights.org - Provides relevant and up-to-the minute civil rights news and information and contains searchable archives of news features and background information. http://www.civilrights.org
First Amendment Center - Offers general information on First Amendment issues; news and information on how the courts understand and apply the First Amendment in various types of situations. Research materials are organized by topic under the five freedoms of the First Amendment: speech, press, religious liberty, assembly and petition. http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org

DIVERSITY
DiversityLinks - An annotated directory to websites which provide social and cultural connection and communication, educational resources, business and career opportunities for people and groups that are underrepresented on the Web. http://www.lib.cmich.edu/departments/reference/diversity/links.htm
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) - A non-profit, grassroots organization dedicated to the advocacy of a positive image of Islam and equal treatment and rights for Muslims in America through media, protests, conferences, action alerts, and numerous publications. http://www.cair-net.org

ELECTIONS
Fair Vote - FairVote conducts research, analysis, education and organizing to ensure voters can exercise their right to vote and elect representatives who reflect the nation.s racial and political diversity. Their Voting and Democracy Research Center presents informative and objective research on the results and consequences of our elections. It provides its Monopoly Politics report and its data collections on plurality elections in the United States, redistricting in all 50 states and state election results. http://www.fairvote.org

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov
Thomas - Federal legislation: bills summary and status, bills text, public laws by law number. Congressional record: most recent issue, text search for past issues, roll call votes. House and Senate Committees: home pages, schedules, hearings and reports. http://thomas.loc.gov
First Gov - Official U.S. government portal to 30 million pages of government information and services. Easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. federal government resources. http://www.firstgov.gov
Fed Stats - Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies. http://www.fedstats.gov
Fed World - U.S. Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service. Central source for scientific, technical and business related government information. http://www.fedworld.gov
Government Accountability Office - Provides extensive reports and testimony on a wide-range of issues including disaster preparedness, terrorism, homeland security, welfare federal budget, etc. http://www.gao.gov
OMB Watch - A nonprofit research and advocacy organization that focuses on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the substantive areas that OMB oversees: federal budget, taxation and government performance; information and access; nonprofit action, advocacy, policy and technology; and regulatory policy. http://www.ombwatch.org
U.S. Census Bureau  http://www.census.gov

HOUSING
Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) - The Center presents a broad range of issues in the housing sector including emerging factors affecting housing and our communities. It publishes reports, working papers, conference proceedings, and research notes that can be downloaded. http://www.jchs.harvard.edu

ISSUES
Applied Information Resources - A public policy research and community information organization that provides citizen education on public issues. Content primarily focuses on the Greater Cincinnati area. http://www.airinc.org
Center for Public Integrity - Conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world. http://www.publicintegrity.org
Kids Count - A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. Ten key measures comprise an index of child well-being used to rank states. Supplemental data on education, health, and economic conditions for each state is also included A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. http://www.kidscount.org
Policy Matters Ohio - A nonprofit research organization based in Cleveland, funded primarily by the George Gund Foundation. It offers analysis of issues that matter to low- and middle-income workers in Ohio, providing information citizens need in order to have a voice in the economic debate. http://www.policymattersohio.org
Sustainable Cincinnati Indicators - A diversified coalition of organizations in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area has developed key indicators measuring the economic, environmental, and social health of the Tri-state metropolitan area in order to guide community action.  http://www.sustainablecincinnati.org
Sustainable Cincinnati 2002 Indicators Report http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/local_initiatives/sustainable_cinti_2002.pdf

LEGAL INFORMATION
American Bar Association (ABA) Division for Public Education - Provides publications, programs and resources designed to educate and inform youth, undergraduate college and university students and adults about the law and the justice system. http://www.abanet.org/publiced/home.html
Legal Information Institute - A comprehensive and easy-to-use resource listing general legal information and online resources. It contains many links to: US federal law sources; federal caselaw; state constitutions and codes; and US and state government information sites. www.law.cornell.edu
U.S. Courts - Offers information about and links to the federal court system. http://www.uscourts.gov

NEWS
Center for Media and Democracy - Investigates and exposes how the public relations industry and other professional propagandists manipulate public information, perceptions and opinion on behalf of governments and special interests. http://www.prwatch.org
Stateline.org - Compiles a news report each weekday linking to the day's top news in the 50 state capitols, along with news stories and analysis by its staff of Washington-based reporters. It is a project of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.http://www.stateline.org

POLLS
PollingReport.com - Updated daily nonpartisan site that reports the results of the latest national polls from research organizations, such as Zogby, Gallup, Time, CNN/USA Today/Gallup, ABC/Washington Post, FOX/Opinion Dynamics and more. http://www.pollingreport.com

POLITICAL INFORMATION
Kids Voting Ohio - A nonpartisan organization that educates young people about the significance of an informed electorate and the importance of voting to sustain democracy. It encourages young people to become good citizens and informed, lifelong voters. Curriculum for grades K-12 is available. http://www.kidsvotingohio.org/
Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet - Run by the Graduate School of Political Management of the George Washington University, Washington D.C. to promote online politics. Provides links and research findings. http://www.ipdi.org/
Political Information.com - A targeted search engine for politics, policy and political news. http://www.politicalinformation.com
Politics1.com - "A non-partisan portal for political resources, news, and information on party politics, federal/state candidates and government. http://www.politics1.com

SCHOOLS
School Matters - Contains school, district and state information including academic, financial and socioeconomic trends, comparisons and benchmarks. Provides available data required to be publicly reported under the No Child Left Behind Act. Compare a particular state's public schools to each other. http://www.schoolmatters.com

WOMEN'S ISSUES
Center for American Women and Politics - Part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the Center compiles information about women in government and politics. It offers state-by-state information about women who have served, or are currently serving, in the U.S. Congress, statewide elective executive offices and state legislatures. http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp
Institute for Women's Policy Research - A non-profit, public policy research organization, IWPR informs and stimulates debate on public policy issues of importance to women and their families. http://www.iwpr.org
National Women's History Project - A non-profit organization providing information and publications about women's history. http://www.nwhp.org
National Women's History Museum - Founded in 1996, the NWHM is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution dedicated to presenting, and celebrating the rich history of women's contributions that have shaped American culture and society. http://www.nwhm.org