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United States -- Politics and government

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A Survivor's Guide for Presidential Nominees

A collaborative effort between the Brookings Institution Presidential Appointee Initiative and The Council for Excellence in Government, this full-text handbook may be interesting and useful to readers even if they didn't just get the nod to head up the Treasury. Available in both HTML and .pdf format, the guide offers practical advice "on everything from filling out forms to handling the media."...

https://napawash.org/uploads/News/SurvivorsGuide2013.pdf
American Experience: Jimmy Carter

Chronicling the life and times of former President Jimmy Carter is a formidable task, but the American Experience Web site established to complement the new documentary about his life offers a valuable introduction to this former peanut farmer turned global humanitarian and peace maker. Not surprisingly, the site contains a substantial amount of coverage about the Camp David Accords and the...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/carter/
American Radicalism

The Michigan State University Libraries has created this digital collection to highlight a range of books, periodicals, posters, and ephemera that deal with various radical movements in the United States. The materials here are divided into twelve different headings, including "Rosenberg Case", "I.W.W.", "Hollywood Ten", and "Black Panthers". The "Hollywood Ten" area is a good place to start as it...

https://lib.msu.edu/branches/dmc/digital/?coll=1
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation

The Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation has the worthy goal to foster "creative and effective government problem-solving." The Institute uses research, education, international programs, and government innovations awards to affect such problem solving. Users can choose to read some of the publications the Institute puts out, peruse recent news and...

https://ash.harvard.edu/
Attack of the Killer Weeds

This report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a spirited expose of what it describes as hypocrisy on Capitol Hill regarding the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). The EWG claims that, under the influence of pesticide company lobbyists, members of Congress have worked to expand loopholes and delay children's health protections mandated by the FQPA. While certainly written from...

https://www.ewg.org/research/attack-killer-weeds
Bill Moyers Journal

Among the many fine names associated with public television, Bill Moyers is one that frequently comes up in conversation. Moyers recently decided to return to public television after a brief hiatus, and if this website is any indication, he appears to be back to stay for some time. The goal of this new show is to "feature analysis of vital issues, strong interviews with unique voices on politics,...

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Blueprint America

What's the situation with America's ports? How are the freeways in Alabama doing? Is there a long-term solution to the problems with freight train "logjams" in Chicago? All these questions are answered, courtesy of PBS's program, "Blueprint America". The program is sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation, and many PBS shows contribute programming to this series, including NOW, The News Hour with...

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/
Brookings Policy Briefs

The Brookings Institution, America's oldest policy think tank, has recently made a new series of its publications, Policy Briefs, available at its web site. These are short papers that focus on various aspects of US and international politics, economics, and foreign policy. At present, some of the papers available are, including "China and the WTO," "Inside Outsourcing: More Bad News from Business...

https://www.brookings.edu/series/brookings-policy-brief-seri...
Caltech-MIT/ Voting Technology Project

In light of the 2000 presidential election controversy and troubles with voting in Florida, the Caltech/ MIT Voting Technology Project (VTP) was formed to evaluate election systems to prevent these problems from recurring. Several studies and press releases by the VTP are documented on its home page, including one that found a "35% improvement in Florida's voting technology" for the 2002 election,...

https://www.vote.caltech.edu:443/
Capitol Watch Daily News

Capitol Watch On Line offers content on what's going on in the nations capital daily. A dozen or more headline stories plus a special interests section and links to the Federal News Service and other government sites. "Live chat with candidates and the leaders of our nation" is promised to be coming in 2 weeks.

https://www.capitolwatch.com/
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