NEW JERSEY ISSUES & INFORMATION:
State of New Jersey Homepage
www.state.nj.us
Office of Legislative Services: Public Information, State of New Jersey
www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/ols.asp
The Eagleton Institute of Politics: established by a 1956 bequest
to Rutgers University from Florence Peshine Eagleton, a founder of New
Jersey's League of Women Voters; research and programs about American
politics and the political process
www.rci.rutgers.edu/~eagleton
New Jersey Future: promotes smarter land use in New Jersey to
revitalize New Jersey's older suburbs, towns, and urban areas while
preserving open spaces; fights suburban sprawl to implement New Jersey's
State Development and Redevelopment Plan
www.njfuture.org
New Jersey Sustainable State Institute: dedicated to helping
New Jerseyans "Live With the Future In Mind."; mission is to create a healthy,
just, and efficient New Jersey for us, and for future generations
www.njssi.org
New Jersey Policy Perspective: nonpartisan research on state
policy issues
www.njpp.org
New Jersey State Development & Redevelopment Plan:
Office of State Planning, adopted in 1992
www.state.nj.us/dca/osg/plan/
State & Local Governments:
Library of Congress Internet Resource Page
www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html
New Jersey County & Municipal Links
www.state.nj.us/localgov.htm
Division of Elections, State of New Jersey
www.njelections.org
New Jersey State Library's List of Government Publications on the Web
www.njstatelib.org/Research_Guides/US_Government/Government_Reference_Tools.php
OpenCongress: "brings together official government data with news and
blog coverage to give you the real story behind each bill."
www.opencongress.org/
Center for Responsive Politics: "Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections"
www.opensecrets.org/
Recent
LWVNJ Education Fund Research
State/Local Media
Links
- Asbury Park Press
- Atlantic City Press
- The Bergen Record
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The Burlington County Times
- The Coast Star; published
every Thursday; covers the southern Monmouth County communities of
Avon, Brielle, Belmar, Manasquan, Sea Girt, South Belmar, Spring Lake,
Spring Lake Heights, and Wall
- Courier-Post
(South Jersey)
- New Jersey Herald
(Northwest NJ)
- New Jersey Network
- NEW JERSEY ONLINE
- links to The Trenton Times, Star-Ledger, Jersey Journal, and News 12 NJ)
- Packet Online, a group
of 13 community newspapers serving central New Jersey and
Bucks County, Pa.
- Philadelphia Inquirer
(Philadelphia and South Jersey)
- Princeton Online
- Times Beacon
(southern Ocean County)
- Trentonian
NATIONAL
ISSUES:
U.S. Congress, Legislative Information
http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives
www.house.gov
U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet; a service of
the Library of Congress that provides the text of bills that have been
considered, the Congressional Record, and information on Congressional
committees from 1993 through the present, as well as a schedule of this
week's floor activities in Congress and summaries of bills considered
since 1973. It also offers the text of important historical documents,
a description of the legislative process, and links to other government
resources on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Information on relationships among politics, political communication
and the media. Includes an online study of issue advocacy ads.
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
Public Agenda Online; public opinion and policy analysis on
major national issues; to "help citizens better understand critical
policy issues so they can make their own more informed and thoughtful
decisions;"
www.publicagenda.com
The Campaign Legal Center, "Representing the Public Interest
in enforcement of campaign and media law". The older "Alliance for Better
Campaigns" is now part of this organization.
www.campaignlegalcenter.org
Project VoteSmart, tracks voting records, campaign issue positions,
campaign contributions, backgrounds, previous experience
www.vote-smart.org/
Center for Civic Education, civic/citizenship education, law-related
education, and international educational exchange programs for developing
democracies
www.civiced.org
E-The People; a nonpartisan Web service that makes it easy for
people to reach over 140,000 officials in the local, state, and federal
government
www.ethepeople.com
CIVITAS, an organization devoted to the study of civil society.
http://www.civitas.org.uk
National Conference of State Legislatures, legislative sessions,
partisan composition, women in state legislatures
www.ncsl.org
Political Science Resources on the Web
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html
Common Cause, nonprofit, nonpartisan citizens' lobby, dedicated
to fighting for open, honest and accountable government at the national,
state and local level
www.commoncause.org
Voting Record for Congress, American Association of University Women (AAUW)
www.aauw.org/issue_advocacy/votingrecord.cfm
World Wide Web Links for Elections
http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/burns97/links98.htm
Policy.com; a nonpartisan news and information service that
offering daily policy news and analysis from think tanks, advocacy groups,
trade associations, foundations, and government agencies
www.speakout.com
Environmental
Defense Fund's interactive site that enables
anyone in the US to learn about what pollutants are being
released into any community, and by whom. Enter your ZIP
code, or click on their maps, to see who is doing what to
your air, water and soil.
CIVIC
PARTICIPATION:
The Vanishing Voter, a Harvard University project to study and
invigorate the American electoral project; includes a weekly "voter
involvement index"
www.vanishingvoter.org
1999 LWVUS Report--"Working Together; Community Involvement in America,"a
multi-phase survey/project on civic participation
http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=1739
National Education for Women's Leadership program (NEW Leadership),
educates and empowers young women to participate actively in politics
and public policy making
www.newleadership.rutgers.edu/
"The Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America"; launched
by Professor Robert D. Putnam at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University; multi-year dialogue that focuses on building
bonds of civic trust among Americans and their communities
www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro
Democracy Place; civic journalism and citizen participation
interactive site
democracyplace.soundprint.org
