On this page we have selected about 100 websites that we use on a regular basis to do public policy searches, or searches for data to inform us about policy decisions. Some of these sites are specifically Alaskan sites, and most are national. However, often the national sites also have Alaska-specific information.We use these sites because the information on them appears to be fact-based and reliable, and because the organizations or individuals behind the sites appear to have values more or less consistent with those in our mission statement.
Consequently, when you use our custom policy search engine (top right corner, home page), nearly every hit will be of value to you, in contrast to using a general search engine where you may have to wade through hundreds of results to find the answer. From time to time we add new sites to the search engine that we think are of value, and these may not appear in the core list below. Note also that our engine is built on a Google platform, so the search results will look like Google search results, but with much more focused content.
There is more to come! We are currently building an all-Alaska public policy search engine with a greatly expanded search capability exclusively within Alaska resources.
Please give the search engine a test drive with your policy questions. Your comments and recommendations invited!
Alaskan
- Alaska 2020
- Alaska Center for the Environment
- Alaska Conservation Foundation
- Alaska Legal Services Corporation
- Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
- Alaska Public Interest Research Group
- Common Wealth North
- Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
- Institute for Social and Economic Research
- Insurgent49
- Rural Alaska Community Action Program
- State of Alaska
- Trustees for Alaska
- The Northern Forum
Alaska Native/American Indian
- Alaska Federation of Natives
- Alaska Inter-Tribal Council
- Alaska Native Health Board
- First Alaskans Institute
- Native American Rights Fund
- National Congress of American Indians
National Think Tanks
- America’s Second Harvest
- Assessing the New Federalism
- Brookings Institution
- Campaign for America’s Future
- Center for Economic Policy Research
- Center for Social Work Research
- Center for the Study of Human Resources
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for Policy Alternatives
- Citizens for Tax Justice
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action
- Economic Policy Institute
- Employee Benefit Research Institute
- Food Research and Action Center
- Henry Kaiser Family Foundation
- Institute for Research on Poverty
- Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
- Joint Center for Poverty Research
- Making Wages Work
- Moving Ideas
- National Association of State Budget Officers
- The New Rules Project
- Public Agenda
- The Century Foundation
- Urban Institute
- Welfare Information Network
- Welfare Law Center
National Policy Advocacy Organizations
- American Public Human Services Association
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Coalition on Human Needs
- Inequality.org
- Families USA
- Low Income Networking and Communications Project
- National Association of Child Advocates
- National Association of Community Health Centers
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- National Foster Parents Association
- NCPERS Homepage
- Physicians for a National Health Program
- United for a Fair Economy
Federal Government
- Census Bureau
- Congressional Budget Office
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Department of Health and Human Services–Administration of Children and Families
- Department of Labor
- Federal Judicial Center
- GAO (Government Accountability Office)
- GPO (Government Printing Office) Access
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Library of Congress
- Office of Management and Budget
- Thomas: Legislative Info
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- White House
- U.S Health Resources and Services Administration
