Government

Sub-headings:

International Government & Intergovernmental Groups

Cooperative organizations of individual governments that promote the collective interests of their member states.

Military

Other National Governments

Items relating to the governments of countries and other political entities outside of the United States.

Statistics

Resources for numeric data and other statistical information gathered and compiled by the United States Government.

US Federal Government

Matters concerning the governing of the United States.

US Local Government

The governing of and political life in metropolitan areas, cities, towns, villages and neighborhoods in the United States.

US State & Regional

Matters concerning the operation of the fifty United States.

Resources in this category:

Accord: An International Review of Peace Initiatives
http://www.c-r.org/resources/index.php

"A resource for diplomats, mediators and negotiators; relief, development and human rights workers; journalists and academics. Its four main functions are to provide: a practical learning resource to enrich people's understanding of the potentialities and pitfalls of 'peacebuilding'; a primer for international readers unfamiliar with specific wars and peace processes; a reference tool containing conveniently packaged, comprehensive texts of peace agreements; a forum for interesting or contentious insights from those directly involved or affected by peace processes, particularly local civic organisations. "

ALAWON: The ALA Washington Office Newsline
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/washnews/news.cfm

A "free, irregular e-mail publication of the ALA Washington Office"

American Diplomacy
http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/

"An Electronic Journal of Commentary, Analysis, and Research on American Foreign Policy and Its Practice". It also features an interactive discussion and debate forum and news and special announcements of interest to students of American Foreign Policy.

Canadian Foreign Policy
http://www.carleton.ca/npsia/cfpj/

"The objective of the Journal is to deepen and broaden the discussion of Canada's international relations by creating a regular, high-level forum for discussion for political leaders, academics, government officials, business leaders and other interested Canadians. "

Commerce Business Daily
http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/

"The Commerce Business Daily (CBD) lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information. A new edition of the CBD is issued every business day. Each edition contains approximately 500-1,000 notices. Each notice appears in the CBD only once. The CBD databases online via GPO Access contain notices from December 2, 1996 forward."

Government Executive Magazine
http://www.govexec.com/

A magazine for people who make the government work.

Harvard Political Review
http://hprsite.squarespace.com/

"America's undergraduate non-partisan journal of politics and public policy. "

The Hill
http://www.hillnews.com/

"The Hill is a weekly newspaper covering the people and politics of the U.S. Congress. With the largest circulation of any publication on Capitol Hill, it digs into matters of ethics and campaign finance, and explores the legislative branch's relationship with the White House, the lobbying community and the media."

International Digest of Health Legislation
http://www3.who.int/idhl-rils/frame.cfm?language=english

"The International Digest of Health Legislation contains a selection of national and international health legislation. Texts of legislation are summarized in English or mentioned by their title. Where possible, links are provided to other websites that contain full texts of the legislation in question. Official publications and other documents forwarded by Member States in fulfilment of Article 63 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization constitute the principal source of material for the Digest."

Issues in Science and Technology
http://www.issues.org/

"Issues in Science & Technology is a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, engineering, and medicine. This includes policy for science (how we nurture the health of the research enterprise) and science for policy (how we use knowledge more effectively to achieve social goals), with emphasis on the latter."

Latino Journal
http://www.latinojournal.net/

"Public policy and government from a latino perspective." The most recent issue is freely available (in .pdf).

OAT
http://www.tao.ca/

An anarchist publication from the UK. Requires login which is free.

OECD Observer
http://www.oecdobserver.org/

"OECD Observer brings you concise, up-to-date and authoritative analysis of crucial world economic and social issues. Throughout the year, clearly and succinctly, without colour from personalities or politics, the Observer gets to the heart of the questions facing governments, business, NGOs and civil society, and provides an opportunity for academics and journalists to gain knowledge and understanding of these issues."

Regulation
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regultn-arch.html

"The Cato review of business and government."

The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/

The Week Online with DRCNet
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/

Latest issue of an electronic newsletter by the Drug Reform Coordination Network, generally advocating legalization of drugs. It covers the entire spectrum of Drug War-affected issues, including Sentencing Reform, Decriminalization, Asset forfeiture Reform, Drug Education, Medical Marijuana, Needle Exchange, Chronic Pain, Drug War Militarization, and more.