Public Policy and Leadership

A government-sponsored gateway to the statistics of 100 agencies. Not as detailed as one might wish, but good for browsing and getting ideas about what is available.

"Advances the art, science, teaching, and practice of public and non-profit administration."

Mission of this ASPA section is “to advance the science, processes, art, and image of public administration by providing leadership in the elimination of discriminatory practices against all minorities regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexual preferences in the public sector.”-from the site

"Chartered by Congress to respond to specific requests from public agencies and non-governmental organizations." (from description in Encyclopedia of Associations)

"Chartered by Congress to respond to specific requests from public agencies and non-governmental organizations." (from description in Encyclopedia of Associations)

"The Urban Affairs Association is dedicated to creating interdisciplinary spaces for engaging in intellectual and practical discussions about urban life."

..."Seek to strengthen teaching, research and service in environmental studies and sciences, and to improve communication across boundaries that too often divide the traditional academic disciplines..."

"The SPAEF's purpose is to develop and to disseminate information in the fields of public administration and management. This dissemination is accomplished primarily through the publication of several, blind-refereed, journals."

"APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education."

"A public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world."

"APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education."

"A nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. whose mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level..."

A public policy research organization with scholars and analysts conducting independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.

EPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions.

The world's leading source of information on philanthropy, fundraising, and grant programs.

From Harvard's Kennedy School of Government library; custom Google search + list of hundreds of US and international think tanks

Nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization researching health care, taxes, retirement, education, energy and the environment.

National, independent organization that researches and publishes on public policy issues, with a particular focus on the 50 states and the local governments within them.

Think tank that focuses on a wide variety of urban issues.

From Pew, weekly news about the states published by the Pew Research Center. Site also contains archive of "State of the State" speeches.

Maintains database of demographic information about counties. Site also contains examples of model county programs and examples of county codes and ordinances.

Data on the number of size and types of state and local governmental units, size of workforce and gross payroll by governmental function and "financial activity of governments including revenues, expenditures, debt and assets. Data are available online from 1992."--from the site

A project of the Kaiser Family Foundation. "Designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states."

Links to searchable municipal and county codes

Nonpartisan group of state officials intended to share ideas and foster innovation in state governments.

"Mission is to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership, and governance."