Online Tools for Influencing Policy Development
These web sites provide information, research, how-to guides, and examples that might help in your work.
- Kansas Action for Children provides an Advocacy Toolkit to support people attempting to change or create policy that supports children. Contents include how a bill becomes law, where to get legislative information, questions to ask candidates, etc.
These sites provide information related to policies and governing bodies in the United States:
- Congress.org. U.S. Congressional staff directory, searchable alphabetically and by zip code.
- The New York Times Guide to Congress has contact and committee information for all members of U.S. Congress, updates on current news about Congress, as well as sections on what happens to a bill on its way to becoming law.
- The Library of Congress legislative branch resource page has everything you'll ever need to know and more: e-mail addresses, committees, ins and outs of Congressional operations, and links to a myriad of other important sites.
- State and Local Government on the Net. A resource for all 50 state legislatures, with info for each legislator, legislative committee, texts of bills and budgets, etc.
- OMB Watch reports on the activities of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, which oversees regulation, the budget, information collection and dissemination, proposed legislation, testimony by agencies, and more.
The following electronic discussion lists related to health policy may help you talk with people who are doing similar work. They are available through CataList, a catalog of e-mail lists.
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