Many groups and organizations seek to influence public policy. Others make information available to the public for use in forming opinions and influencing policy. This is an eclectic list of both kinds.
- AAAS Policy Brief: Stem Cell Research
- AbilityHub: assistive technology solutions
- Afghanistan and the US: selected Internet resources
- African Women's Media Center/Le Centre Africain des Femmes dans les Medias
- AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics
- AgingStats.Gov
- The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA)
- Almanac of Policy Issues
- American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
- American Foundation for the Blind
- American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
- American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
- American Farm Bureau: The Voice of Agriculture
- American Jewish Historical Society
- American Memory from the Library of Congress
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Sign Language: A Basic Guide
- Arab American Institute
- Asbestos Institute/Institut de l'Amiante
- Asia News Network (ANN)
- Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)
- Bitterlemons.org: Palestian-Israeli Crossfire
- Buckminster Fuller Institute
- Cal-Access: California Secretary of State
- California Coastal Records Project
- California Nursing Home Search
- Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women/Institut Canadien de Recherches sur les Femmes
- CensusScope
- Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE)
- Center for Economic & Social Rights
- Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)
- Center for Women Veterans
- The Center for World Thanksgiving at Thanks-Giving Square
- The Center on Religion and Democracy
- Centre for Democracy & Society: Devoted to the study of Central/Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
- CESifo Forum
- CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- China Internet Update
- Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l'Homme
- Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist)/CPN-UML
- CONELRAD: All Things Atomic
- Congressional Hunger Center: a private bi-partisan organization
- The Connection
- Cour Europèenne des Droits de l'Homme (CEDH)/European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
- Death Penalty: Amnesty International
- Democracy Now!
- East West Institute
- ECRI: Environmental Criminology Research Inc.
- Environment News Service
- EPIC: The Education for Peace in Iraq Center
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Federal Election Commission
- The Federal Paper
- Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF)/ Groupe d'Action Financière sur le Blanchiment de Capitaux (GAFI)
- First Things
- FluNet: Global Influenza Surveillance Network
- FOR [Fellowship of Reconciliation]: For a world of peace, justice, and nonviolence
- Frontline: Battle for the Holy Land
- Frontline: Little Criminals
- Gang Research.Net
- The Green Guide
- Green Parties World Wide
- Hartford Institute for Religious Research
- Hazara.net
- Health Canada: Centre for Surveillance Coordination (CSC)/Centre de Coordination de la Surveillance
- Health Facts and Fears
- Helen Keller Services For the Blind
- The Hormone Foundation
- IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)
- Inequality.org
- Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia
- Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies
- Inter Press Service: The Global News link
- International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP)
- International Network of Street Papers (INSP)
- International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)
- Introduction to Social Policy
- Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
- ISO: International Socialist Organization
- The Journalist's Toolbox
- Kaisernetwork.org
- Land Tenure Center (LTC)
- LLRX.com/Library Records Post-Patriot Act (Federal Law)
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
- National Farmers' Union
- The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA)
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
- North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA)
- Nuclear Issues in India and Pakistan: Selected Internet Resources
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Resource Center
- Official WEB Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
- PBS: frontline: L.A.P.D. Blues
- Peace Women: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- Planet Ark -- world environmental news from Reuters
- PREVLINE: Prevention Online, National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
- Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)
- Public Policy Institute of California
- Regulations.gov - US government site for public comment on regulations
- Reporter.org
- Resources for Labor Union Organizing
- Rewards for Justice
- Saferworld
- Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
- SIECUS: Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
- Société Française d'Energie Nucléaire (SFEN)
- Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
- StatePulse
- Street News Service
- Teens, Crime and the Community (TCC)
- Transnational Institute
- TranStats: the intermodal transportation database
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
- United Jewish Communities
- Voices in the Wilderness -- seeking end to economic sanctions against the people of Iraq
- War Resisters League
- Water and Conflict
- West Nile Virus Map
- World Hunger Year (WHY): Innovative Solutions to Hunger and Poverty
- World Values Survey
- worldinformation.com (WOI)
- Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
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