Institute For Public Accuracy - IPA News releases from consortium of policy researchers, who seek to broaden public discourse for perspectives commonly overshadowed by corporate sponsored influences. http://www.accuracy.org/
Center For Survey Research The Center conducts basic and applied research that contributes to knowledge and understanding of important social issues, and supports public and private agencies in carrying out policyrelated research of high quality. http://www.umb.edu/research/centers/Survey/Survey.html
Yale School Of Public Health The first US academic program in public health. There are six academic divisions Biostatistics; Chronic Disease Epidemiology; Environmental Health Sciences; Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases; Health policy and Administration; and International Health. http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/
Asian American Policy Review Harvard University Journal of AsianPacific-American public affairs founded in 1989, dedicated to examining social issues and public policies affecting the Asian Pacific American community. Includes issue summaries, subscription information, discussion forum, and event information. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/aapr/
Environmental Health Policy Committee Established to coordinate policy development for environmental health activities related to the mission of the U.S. public Health Service (PHS) and its agencies. http://web.health.gov/environment/
Capitolink Technical, policy development, and public affairs services to agricultural, food processing and related industries for water quality and other selected environmental issues. Washington, DC and Alexandria, VA offices. http://www.capitolink.com/
Partnerships Between Attorneys And Public Health Professionals To Support Local Historically, the greatest deterrents to local tobacco control efforts have been 1) lack of policy guidance; and 2) tobacco industry legal intimidation. This paper outlines an approach that deals with both problems. http://www.tobaccocontrol.neu.edu/castpage.htm
UKOLN Public Library Networking Focus Contributes to strategic, policymaking, awareness raising and development activities in the area of public library networking and lifelong learning. Previous projects, resources for public librarians, current initiatives, publications and presentations, hosted resources, links to related materials, and contact information. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/public/
National Health Policy, Education, And Research Group Devoted to increasing public awareness of alternatives to the market system of health insurance in the United States through research, education, and grassroots outreach. http://nhperg.org
Moving Ideas Network Jobs 01.31.03 Research Assistant, Labor Market Initiatives public/Private Ventures(P/PV), Philadelphia, PA. 01.22.03 Senior policy Analyst Position CLASP http://movingideas.org/jobs/
Foundation For Research On Economics And The Environment FREE advances conservation and environmental values by applying modern science and America's founding ideas to policy debates, seminars for federal judges, environment / public environmental policy, park reform. http://www.free-eco.org/
Belize - Ministry Of Finance And Treasury Department Ministry of Finance advises on financial policy, Budget preparation, fiscal management, public debt servicing, and insurance and banking. The Treasury is responsibile for accounting, custody of Government cash and securities, payment of expenditure. http://www.belize.gov.bz/cabinet/s_musa/welcome.shtml
Texans For Public Justice Nonpartisan, non-profit policy and research organization that tracks the influence of money in politics. Includes action alerts, membership form, reports, and other publications. http://www.tpj.org/
International Association Of Health Policy International network of scholars, health workers and activists with the aim of promoting the scientific analysis of public health issues. http://www.healthp.org/
The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Conducts policyrelevant research and facilitates public dialogue to assist policymakers in understanding the rural impacts of public policies and programs. http://www.rupri.org/front.html
Bowling Together Online Public Engagement In Policy Deliberation Online publication by Stephen Coleman and John G¸tze reporting on citizen engagement with government, technologies for electronic participation, and UK and global case studies. http://bowlingtogether.net/
HIPAA Security Policy Development A Collaborative Approach The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), enacted on August 21, 1996 as public Law 104191, authorized the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop security standards to prevent inadvertent or intentional unauthorized use or disclosure of any health information that is electronically maintained or used in an electronic transmission. http://www.sans.org/infosecFAQ/policy/HIPAA_policy.htm
