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Mills Public Policy students and faculty have contributed to this list of organizations active in public policy research.
Data Sources
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Bureau of Justice Statistics (crime and law enforcement statistics) California Department of Finance (state budget and other fiscal data) California Department of Health Services Statistical Resources Counting California (California statistics) Division of Labor Statistics and Research (California) FedStats (links to statistical information from over 100 U.S. federal agencies) The Human Mortality Database (demographic data from 28 countries) National Center for Education Statistics (data on education in the U.S.) Office of the (California) Attorney General (California crime statistics) Program on International Policy Attitudes (public opinion studies on international policy) U.S. Census Bureau (site allows searching of Census data; also contains links to summary sites) U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract Women's Data Center/FemStats (statistics from the Institute for Women's Policy Research)
Other Policy Research Resources
American Association for the Advancement of Science (CRS Reports) American Political Science Association Policy Links and Resources Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (links to multiple resources in the field) Center for American Women and Politics (Rutgers University) C-SPAN (public affairs media) Policy Archive (comprehensive digital library of public policy research)
Congressional Research Service Report. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides confidential, nonpartisan research and analysis to Congress. CRS does not make its publications directly available online, but these reports are not copyright-protected and some other organizations do provide CRS reports to the public. Below are some examples of sites that carry some CRS reports:
The Gallup Poll National Science Foundation (NSF's currently funded science and technology centers) Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Science and Development Network (British nonprofit providing information and opinion on science and technology and the developing world) Science.gov (U.S. government portal with links to sources of information on a variety of scientific subjects) UC DATA (data archive and publications from UC's Survey Research Center) Women and Public Policy Program (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard) University Channel (offers free public access to a wide range of public policy lectures and panel sessions on current events)
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