McKenna's POLS Links

This is certainly not intended to be a definitive source of internet links on government and politics; rather this is a list of resources that I have found to be useful, interesting, and even humorous in the past.  I revised this list over the Summer of '99 and found all the links working; however, if you find changes or even have suggestions, please contact me and I will be glad to update this page.  After all the purpose of this page is to provide the student with a starting point for their research endeavors so any input you provide will be appreciated by others. This page was partially updated during the Spring of 2000 by POLS 110 students: Steve Norris and Curt Simon.

     

        Federal Agencies, Branches & Organizations

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Central Intelligence Agency
Community Oriented Policing Services
Electoral College
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Election Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Health Care Financing Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
National Center for Education Statistics
National Credit Union Administration
National Security Council
Office of Family Assistance
Office of Intergovernmental Solutions
Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Office of the Solicitor General
Presidents of the United States
Social Security Administration
The Federal Judiciary
The Job Corps
The President's Cabinet
U.S. Attorneys
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Customs Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
U. S. House of Representatives - 106th Congress
U.S. House of Representatives - Committee Office Web Services
U.S. House of Representatives - Committee on Rules
U.S. Office of Special Counsel
U.S. Senate
U.S. State Department
Washington DC
White House Offices and Agencies
 

        Historic Documents

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
1994 California Voter Information: Proposition 187 Illegal Aliens
A Slave's Story
Articles and Amendments--US Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Chronicle of the Revolution
Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act
Constitution
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
Declaring Independence- Drafting the Documents
Democracy in America
Famous & Historic Court Decisions
Federalist Papers
George Washington's Copy of the Virginia Plan
Hamilton Project
History of Jamestown
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Web Pages
National Voter Registration Act of 1995
Presidential Debate History
Progressivism
Shays' Rebellion
Supreme Court Collection
Virginia Anti-Federalists
West Virginia in the Civil War
 

        Historical Figures

Dick Armey
Pat Buchanan
George Bush
Robert C. Byrd
Jimmy Carter
Henry Clay
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Richard J. Daley
Horace Greeley
Alexander Hamilton
Denny Hastert
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rutherford B. Hayes
Patrick Henry
Anita Hill
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Abraham Lincoln 
John Stuart Mill
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
Thomas Paine
Ronald Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Thaddeus Stevens
Clarence Thomas
Strom Thurmond
Martin Van Buren
George Wallace
George Washington
Daniel Webster
Malcolm X
          

        Indexes & Links

American Civil War
Bjorn's Guide To Philosophy
Court TV Legal Documents
Directory of U.S. Political Parties
Elections Resource
Federal Judiciary Links
FedLaw - Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, & Equal Opportunity 
FedWorld Information Network
FindLaw Supreme Court Opinions
Government Resources on the Web
Local Government Institute
Medicaid Information
National Association of State Information Resource Executives
National Performance Review Web Links
National Political Index - Contacting Political Activist Groups
National Technical Information Service - Supreme Court Decisions 
Newspapers and Current Periodicals Room ( Library of Congress)
Official Federal Government Web Sites
Policy.com- Community Media
Public Opinion Research Centers
State and Local Government on the Net
State and Local Governments (Library of Congress)
Thomas - U.S. Congress on the Internet
U.S. Historical Documents
U.S. Legislative Branch
U.S. State & Local Gateway
World Liberalism
 

        Interest Groups

American Association of Retired Persons
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Medical Association
American Patriot Network
Advocates for Self-Government
Center for Study of Responsive Law
Children's Defense Fund
Common Cause
Family Research Council
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Gun Owners of America
Home School Legal Defense Association
League of Women Voters of the United States
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Organization for Women
National Rifle Association
National Right to Life
Turn Left
 
        

        Media

CNN Interactive
C-SPAN
Cincinnati.Com
Cleveland Live
Columbus Dispatch
Detroit Free Press
National Public Radio Online
New York Times on the Web
Ohio News Directory
PBS Online
The Atlantic Monthly
The Economist
Toledo Blade
Washington Post
 

        Party Organizations

Democratic National Committee
Green Parties of North America
House Democratic Leadership
House GOP Leadership
Libertarian Party
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Reform Party of the USA

        Policy Issues

Bible and Public Prayer
Campaign Finance - Project Vote Smart
Congressional District Ranking Book
Council On Foreign Relations
Cultural Democracy
Environmental Protection and the Unfunded Mandates Debate
Families First
Federal Budget Information: Charts and Graphs
Gun-Free School Zones
North American Free Trade Agreement
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Policy.com
Wagner Act
 

        Professional Associations

American Planning Association
American Society for Public Administration
Council of State Governments
International City-County Management Association
International Personnel Management Association
Latin American Network Information Center
Libel Defense Resource Center
National Association of Counties
National Association of Towns and Townships
National Center for State Courts
National Conference of State Legislatures
National League of Cities
National Governors' Association
 

        Publishers

Aspen Publishers
Brookings Institution
Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Greenwood Publishing Group
Kent State University Press

        Reforming Government

Communitarian Network
Computers for Learning
Council for Excellence in Government
Heritage Foundation
Innovations in American Government
Institute for Better Education Through Resource Technology
National Partnership For Reinventing Government
National Rural Development Partnership
Public Technology, Inc.
States Inventory Project
State Technologies Inc.
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Transforming Governments in the 21st Century
 

        Research Data & Information

American Institute for Managing Diversity
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
Center for Voting and Democracy
Congressional Black Caucus
Cornell Institute For Social and Economic Research
Electoral College Calculator
Electoral College - WebZine
Federal Register
Fedstats - One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
FindLaw
Gallup Organization
Grolier Online
Institute of Government - The University of North Carolina
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Jane's Information Group
Library of Congress
Members of the House of Representatives
National Center for State Courts
National Election Studies Guide
National Opinion Research Center
National Priorities Project
New Deal Network
New York Times-CBS News Poll
Oyez Oyez Oyez
Pew Research Center
Practicing Attorney's Legal Research
Princeton University Survey Research Center
Project Vote Smart
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Survey Documentation & Analysis
Union Resource Network
United Nations
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Federal Courts Finder
U.S. Historical Documents Archive
White House Electronic Publications
Welfare Information Network
 

        States & Local Governments

Illinois State and Local Government
Indiana State and Local Government
Kentucky State and Local Government
Maryland State and Local Government
Michigan State and Local Government
New York State and Local Government
Ohio State and Local Government
Pennsylvania State and Local Government
Virginia State and Local Government
West Virginia State and Local Government
Wisconsin Government