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e-gov
Resources
| Center
for Digital Government |
| Business division of e.Republic,
Inc., the parent company of
Government
Technology Magazine and Government Technology Conferences.
National research and advisory
institute providing government and industry leaders with decision
support, research and education services to help incorporate
new technologies. Co-sponsor
with Government
Technology Magazine of Digital
State, Digital
Cities and Best
of the Web competitions |
| Government
Technology Magazine |
| Print magazine and Web site tracking
developments in technology applications by federal, state and
local governments. Co-sponsor with Center
for Digital Government of Digital
State, Digital
Cities and Best
of the Web competitions |
| Federal
Computer Week |
| Federal Computer Week and its
affiliated publications, including Government
E-Business, reach 148,000 subscribers in federal, state
and local governments as well as information technology companies
doing business with the public sector. Site includes news of
federal, state, local government e-gov developments |
| Center
for Democracy and Technology |
| Nonprofit supported by leading
technology and information firms including Microsoft,
America Online promotes free
expression, public access and privacy in global communications
technologies |
| Democracy
Online Project |
| Funded
by a grant from The Pew Charitable
Trusts,
established at the
Graduate School of Political Management
of The George Washington University
to promote the development of US online politics in a manner
which upholds democratic values, with principal goals establishment
of a research base for the study of online politics; design,
testing, refinement, and promotion of an appreciation statement
regarding appropriate standards of practice for the conduct
of online campaigning; and the creation and public promotion
of an online public space for good campaign practices and democratic
values. |
| Electronic
Frontier Foundation |
| Nonprofit advocating freedom of
online speech and civil liberties, opposes legislation regulating
electronic publication |
| Center
for Digital Democracy |
| Nonprofit organization supporting
diversity and openness of new broadband communications systems,
Web site includes "Market
Watch," which looks at recent industry developments
in the broadband arena, and "Washington
Watch," which covers the regulatory agencies, Congress,
and the White House |
| IBM
Institute for Electronic Government |
| Founded in 1995 by IBM
as a resource for public sector leaders worldwide in electronic
government, focuses on issues including public policy as it
relates to technology strategy and execution, economic development
and education, online citizen and business services, and e-democracy |
| Center
for Technology in Government |
| Center for Technology in Government
at State University of New York-Albany
conducts studies to apply computing and communications technologies
to the practical problems of information management and service
delivery in the public sector |
|
Harvard Policy
Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government |
| Based at Harvard's John
F. Kennedy School of Government, Published series of nine
papers on information technology and the public sector |
Online
Citizen Activism
|
Speakout.com |
| "The
place where you can make a difference" features online
messaging encouraging users to draft e-mail messages forwarded
by site to relevant decision-makers, also news on national government
and politics and more |
| Vote.com |
| Principals
include Dick Morris, President Clinton's former political adviser;
also promotes online activism by votes on issues with responses
transmitted to relevant officials |
| Dnet-DemocracyNet |
| Provided
by League of Women Voters Education
Fund and Grassroots.com,
presents non-partisan information about elections |
| E
the People |
| Users
share opinions on subjects of their choosing , file their own
petitions on site, then seek to gain enough online signatures
to influence decision-making of voters and officials, recently
affiliated with quorum.org,
sponsored by The Democracy
Project, a group founded with the goal of improving civic
participation through the Internet t |
| Government
Guide |
| America
Online provides a useful package of resources and links
to identify elected representatives and media sources by zip
code; model letters for communicating on issues; and other tools
for citizen activists. |
| Quorum.org |
| Bills
itself as "public forum for a new democracy conversation",
promotes diverse policy discussions, both at own site and among
a network of sites around the Internet, recently affiliated
with E
the People |
| Rock
the Vote |
| Founded
by members of the recording industry advocating citizen input
on issues, includes information on issues, accessibility for
contacting members of Congress, and message boards.
|
| YourCongress.com |
| Independent,
irreverent site with useful information on how to get a job
in Congress, online
e-mail links to Congressional offices |
|
Working for Change |
| Online
progressive activism network, publishes links, suggestions for
those seeking to influence policy, Web site won
2001 Webby Award |
| grassroots.com |
| Empowers
organizations and their constituents to organize and lobby through
Internet-based communications and mobilization products, also
provides software products for campaign finance reporting. Now
headed by former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry.
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Votenet Solutions |
| Another
commercial citizen activism firm, provides news, information,
markets product applications for corporate intranets, Web-based
membership management, email message casting, grassroots lobbying,
and campaign finance research. |
| Common
Cause |
| Common
Cause citizen lobby group, legislative watchdog and campaign-finance
reform advocate |
|
Initiative & Referendum Institute |
| Nonprofit
organization advocating adoption of initiative and referendum
for citizen law-making through petition, publishes news, results
of initiatives, referenda around US, also operates affiliated
site www.ballotwatch.org
tracking ballot questions proposed in each state |
| Mr.
Smith E-Mails Washington |
| Online
e-mail tool maintained by infosearch.com
search engine to send e-mail letters to public officials and
editors of selected national publications |
| Politics
Online |
| Fundraising
and Internet tools for politics, extensive political and e-gov
news, links, also offers free e-mail updates, publishes
lists of e-poiltics innovations and innovators |
| e-Advocates |
| Consulting firm specializing in
e-advocacy campaigns, won 2001 Pollie Award for
Web StopFamilyViolence.org |
| eContributor.com |
| A leading
commercial source of online fundraising softwareffor
campaign donations, PAC fundraising, charitable contributions,
online dues payment, and events payments for political organizations,
charities and nonprofits, provides means for fundraising, payment
processing, data collection and reporting |
|
Democracies Online |
| Democracies
Online promotes civic participation and democracy efforts around
the world through information exchange, experience sharing,
outreach, and education |
|
Politicalnet.com |
|
Political and campaign news and links, as well as free 30-day
trial of Web site builder to create your own campaign site
|
| Project
Vote Smart |
|
A non-partisan national library of factual information on 13,000
candidates for public office from President of US down to state
legislature |
| Freedom
Channel |
|
Nonpartisan, nonprofit site, with sponsors including Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and Markle Foundation, provides video
views of candidates and issue groups |
Media and news
.
|
Washington
Post Politics |
| All-politics
site of Washington Post
in partnership with Congressional Quarterly, MSNBC, Newsweek
and Brittanica.com |
| CNN/Time
AllPolitics |
| Jointly
published by CNN and Time magazine, latest news on politics
|
| National
Journal |
| Online
version of respected print publication following federal, state
local political and governmental news, issues, trends, parent
company publishes print publications Almanac of American Politics,
National Journal weekly, CongressDaily, The Hotline, Greenwire,
American Health Line and Technology Daily |
| Drudge
Report |
| Controversial
site of political rumormonger Matt Drudge featuring political
news and gossip, extensive links to other media sources, online
columnists |
|
Fast Politics |
| Extensive
federal and state political coverage and links to newspapers,
organizations, other resources |
| Governing
Magazine |
| Governing
magazine home page, another Congressional Quarterly publication,
with primary circulation to state and local government officials |
| Roll
Call Newspaper |
| Founded
1955 as print newspaper, a leading media source for Congressional
news and information. |
| Hill
News |
| Competitor
of Roll
Call,
publishes print newspaper and online version, extensive links
to Congressional news, federal and state issues and campaign
resources |
|
www.washingtongossip.com
|
| Focus
on DC-based insider news and gossip |
|
www.lucianne.com
|
| Web site
of Lucianne Goldberg, controversial Linda Tripp confidante and
book agent, publishes extensive links to political news and
opinion |
| HillZoo |
| Produced
by Capitol Hill staffers, focus on networking on jobs, social
interaction of Congressional and executive agency staffers |
| Political
Insider |
| Political
news and comment, produced by Taegan D. Goddard and Christopher
Riback, authors of book, You Won - Now What? How Americans
Can Make Democracy Work from City Hall to the White House.
|
| Political
News Daily |
| Brief summaries
with links to original sources of political news |
| Political
USA |
| Online
political news, chat, columnists |
| Politics.com |
| Diverse
range of political news, campaign finance data, state news |
| Politics1.com |
| Extensive political
coverage, one of largest compilations of political links, profiles
of political parties |
| Stateline |
| Focus
on state issues and news, operated by Pew Center on the States,
a research organization administered by the University of Richmond,
and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, includes state-by-state
news summaries and other info |
|
Roper Center for
Public Opinion Research |
| Roper
Center for Public Opinion Research at University of Connecticut
provides world's largest library of public opinion data.
|
|
National
Network of State Polls |
| National
Network of State Polls, a confederation of organizations conducting
state-level public opinion surveys, promotes the collection
and use of state survey data, maintains archive available only
to members |
|
www.evote.com
|
| Election
and political news |
|
Center for the
American Woman and Politics, Rutgers University |
| Center
for the American Woman and Politics at the Eagleton Institute
of Politics, Rutgers University tracks women's participation
in politics, reports on percentage of women holding federal,
state and local office, election results involving women
|
| Public
Agenda |
| "The
Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis,"
nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1975 by social
scientist Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State,
the late Cyrus Vance, to help leaders better understand public
opinion and citizens improve knowledge of issues |
| PollingReport.com |
| Nonpartisan
summary of trends in political opinion and polling, features
national poll highlights, additional data available to subscribers
-- including state-by-state presidential, congressional, and
gubernatorial polls -- plus analyses by leading pollsters
|
|
Pew Research Center for The People & The Press
|
|
The Pew Research Center for The People & The Press, independent
opinion research group sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts,
that studies public attitudes toward the press, politics and
public policy issues, serves as forum for ideas on the media
and public policy through its research. |
|
Vanishing Voter Project |
|
Vanishing Voter Project at Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,
Politics and Public Policy of John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University,
studies ways to broaden citizens' involvement in presidential
selection process |
|
White House News Briefings |
| Transcripts
of news briefings by President's press office |
|
Web White & Blue |
| Web White
& Blue: coalition of Web sites bringing together Internet
political information resources sponsored by non-partisan consortium
of 17 of largest Internet sites and news organizations to expand
citizen participation and supported by grant from The Markle
Foundation |
| Campaigns
& Elections Magazine |
| Online
version of Campaigns & Elections monthly magazine published
by Congressional Quarterly, news on campaign and media strategies,
directory of political consultants and 'The Political Oddsmaker'
handicapping elections around U.S. |
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Email
comments or questions relating to the Electronic Government Project to
dlinky@rci.rutgers.edu
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