LibGuides: POL 42990: Washington Program in National Issues: Non-Governmental Groups

Non-Governmental Policy Analysis

OpenCongress
"OpenCongress seeks to inform the general public on the US congressional legislative process by merging official government data with news and blog coverage, social networking, and public participation tools."
GovTrack.us
GovTrack.us aims to make Congressional activities more transparent by tracking and provideing context to legsitstion on a variety of issues. They also provide statistical analysis related to legislation.

Think Tanks

Think tanks are a good source for finding additional information on your issue. Think tanks produce documents and research that are intended to influence public policy at the state and federal levels. Most think tanks will identify as non-partisan but they are typically heavily biased toward one political persuasion or another. They are technically, "non-partisan" because they are are not affiliation with any political party. Here is a list of some of the many Think Tanks that exist in the United States.

Conservative Think Tanks:

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Libertarian Think Tanks

There are also a great number of Think Tanks that focus on one issue. For example the Kaiser Family Foundation is highly focused on American healthcare policy.

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