INTERNET RESOURCES BY TOPIC

Topics

Best Practices

Contracting and Procurement

Debt and Borrowing

Demographics and Economics

Ethics and Budgeting

Federal Government

Financial Condition and Performance Measurement

Financial Management, Auditing, and Accounting

Formats (selected)

Games, Simulations, Videos and Video Clips

Glossaries

Infrastructure and Capital Budgeting

International and Comparative Resources

Lobbying, Advocacy, and Lobbyist Roster

Political Science

Professional Associations (selected)

Public Interest, Professional, and Advocacy Organizations (selected)

Public Opinion

State and Local Government Resources

Taxation

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Best Practices

Government Finance Officers Association,

http://www.gfoa.org/services/rp/budget.shtml

http://www.gfoa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=134

http://www.gfoa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=130b

udget/budget-performance-management.pdf

International Monetary Fund

principles of fiscal transparency, http://www.imf.org/external/np/fad/trans/code.htm

resources on international standards, http://www.imf.org/external/np/fad/trans/site.htm

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2001, Best Practices for Budget

Transparency, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/33/13/1905258.pdf

National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting and Government Finance Officers

Association, 2001, Recommended Budget Practices, http://www.gfoa.org/services/nacslb

National Association of Budget Officers (NASBO) (undated). NASBO Training Curriculum,

http://www.nasbo.org/Membership/AnalystTrainingProgram/tabid/78/Default.aspx

Contracting and Procurement

Best practices, federal, http://www.arnet.gov/Library/OFPP/BestPractices,

Glossary of federal procurement and contracting, http://www.usaspending.gov/glossary.php

National Association of State Purchasing Officials, http://www.naspo.org

National Contract Management Association, http://www.ncmahq.org

National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, http://www.nigp.org/default.htm

Office of Management & Budget, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/index.html

Office of Federal Procurement Policy, http://acquisition.gov

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OMB Watch, http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/index.php?reptype=a

Searchable Web site, http://www.usaspending.gov

Procurement Data System, https://www.fpds.gov

State procurement links,

http://www.nigp.org/eweb/StartPage.aspx?Site=NIGP&webcode=gs_stateproclinks

State and local procurement links, http://structnet.com/projects/state-procurement.html

Understanding Government, on contracting and contractors,

http://www.understandinggovernment.org

Debt and Borrowing

Bond Buyer, http://www.bondbuyer.com

Credit rating services:

1. Moody’s Investors Service, http://www.moodys.com

2. Standard & Poor’s, http://www.standardandpoors.com

3. Fitch Ratings Service, http://www.fitchratings

Moody’s, http://www.moodys.com/cust/default.asp

Standard & Poor’s, http://www2.standardandpoors.com

Fitch Ratings, http://www.fitchratings.com

IRS Information for Tax-Exempt Bond Community,

http://www.irs.gov/taxexemptbond/index.html

Securities and Exchange Commission, http://www.sec.gov/ and municipal bond market, and

http://www.sec.gov/info/municipal.shtml

Treasury Department, http://www.ustreas.gov and

http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management

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Demographics and Economics

Bureau of the Census, http://www.census.gov

Bureau of Economic Analysis, http://www.bea.doc.gov

Bureau of Justice Statistics, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, http://www.bts.gov

Coalition on Human Needs, poverty data, http://chn.org/issues/statistics/povertyday2007.html.

Consumer Confidence Index—The Conference Board’s monthly, representative sample of U.S.

households, http://www.conference-board.org/economics/ConsumerConfidence.cfm

Consumer Price Index, http://www.bls.gov/cpi

Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Report of the President,

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html and Economic indicators,

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators

EconData, http://www.econdata.net

Economic Briefing Room, U.S. Census Bureau’s regular updates of US economic data,

www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm

Economic and Social Indicators and data on national wealth, OMB’s annual, Analytical

Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb

Economic Report of the President,

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/economic-report-of-the-President

Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce—links to 15 major

economic indicators on the Census and BEA Web sites,

http://www.economicindicators.gov/

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Economics resources on the web, Federal Reserve, 2008, The Ledger,

http://www.bos.frb.org/education/ledger/ledger08/spring/spring08.pdf

FedStats, http://www.fedstats.gov

Glossary of Financial and Business Terms,

http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosa.htm

Leading U.S. economic indicators—The Conference Board’s index using ten indicators to

forecast turning points in the business cycle,

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/indicators.cfm

Moody’s, http://www.economy.com/default.asp

National Economic Indicators—Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with charts showing

consumer surveys, inflation, leading indicators, and more,

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/national_economy/nationalindicators.html

Nonprofit statistics, http://www.urban.org/nonprofits/statistics.cfm

Online Education Database, for Internet research,

http://oedb.org/library/features/best-online-research-sites

Statistical Abstract (U.S.), http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab

Statistics, http://www.usa.gov/Government/State_Local/Statistics.shtml

Tax statistics, Internal Revenue Service, http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/taxstats/index.html

Ethics and Budgeting

American League of Lobbyists, Code of Lobbying Ethics, http://www.alldc.org/ethicscode.cfm

American Society for Public Administration,

http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index_codeofethics.cfm

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/

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Center for Ethics in Government, National Conference of State Legislatures,

http://www.ncsl.org/Ethics

Center for Ethics in Public Policy and the Professions, http://www.emory.edu/ETHICS/

Center for Professional Ethics, http://www.manhattan.edu/special/prethics/corporat.html

Center for Public Integrity, http://www.publicintegrity.org/main.html

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws, http://www.cogel.org

Ethics Resource Center, http://www.ethics.org

EthicsWeb.ca http://www.ethicsweb.ca/resources

Government Finance Officers Association, Code of Professional Ethics,

http://www.gfoa.org/main/about.code.ethics.shtml

Independent Sector’s Compendium of Standards, Codes, and Principles of Nonprofit and

Philanthropic Organizations,

http://www.independentsector.org/issues/accountability/standards.html

Independent Sector's Model Ethics Code for Non-profit Organizations,

http://www.independentsector.org/members/code_main.html

National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting and Government Finance Officers

Association (2000), Recommended Budget Practices, Principle 1 and Element 1,

http://www.gfoa.org/services/nacslb

National Association of State Budget Officers,

http://www.nasbo.org/Membership/AnalystTrainingProgram/tabid/78/Default.aspx

and go to module 12 of the training program for Standards of Professional Conduct

National Civic League, http://www.ncl.org

Pew Center for Civic Journalism, http://www.pewtrusts.com

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Political Advertising Resource Center, http://www.umdparc.org

Smucker, Bob, 1999. The Nonprofit Lobbying Guide, 2nd

ed. Independent Sector, downloadable

http://www.independentsector.org/programs/gr/lobbyguide.html

U.S. Office of Government Ethics, www.usoge.gov and training modules,

http://www.usoge.gov/training/training_modules.aspx

Federal Government

General

Agency Internet sites, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/agencies.html

Commerce Department, FedWorld, inventory of information from the federal government,

http://www.fedworld.gov

Congressional Quarterly, http://public.cq.com

Official web portal, http://www.usa.gov and

http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Money_Taxes.shtml

C-SPAN, http://www.c-span.org/ and link to Washington Journal

Federal budget documents, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/budget.html

Federal government documents, http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecgovt.html#fed and

resources, http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedbud.html

General search, http://www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml

General Services Administration, Office of Citizen Services and Communications,

http://usasearch.gov

Government Printing Office, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html and budget Web site,

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/index.html

The Hill, http://www.hillnews.com

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Library of Congress, THOMAS, http://thomas.loc.gov and links to appropriations bills and

government resources

National Archives and Records Administration, for statutes, regulations, Federal Register, and

documents, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html

National Journal, for non-subscribers at http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories

New York Times’ Federal Budget Navigator,

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/federal_budget_us/index.ht

ml

Organization chart, 2008, http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-

bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2008_government_manual&docid=214669tx_xxx-3.pdf

Policy Agendas Project, http://www.policyagendas.org/index.html; federal budget datasets,

http://www.policyagendas.org/datasets/index.html

Roll Call, http://www.rollcall.com

U.S. Government Manual, 2008, official handbook of the federal government published as a

special edition of the Federal Register, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html,

and links to federal agency sites

Congress

Appropriations Committee, House, http://appropriations.house.gov

Appropriations Committee, Senate, http://appropriations.senate.gov

Budget Committee, House, http://budget.house.gov

Budget Committee, Senate, http://www.senate.gov/~budget

Committee on Rules, budget process, http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/glossary_fbp.htm and

http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/budget_time.htm

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http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/bud_procres.htm

http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/approps_proc.htm

http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/bud_rec_proc.htm

http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/budget_stages.htm

http://www.house.gov/rules/budget_pro.htm

Congressional Budget Office, http://www.cbo.gov

Congressional Glossary, http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/congress/congress-glossary.html

Congressional Research Service reports: (CRS usually does not provide its reports online to

the public.)

http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/leg-crs.html

http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/crs_reports.htm

http://www.opencrs.com

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/index.html

http://fpc.state.gov/c18185.htm

http://www.law.umaryland.edu/Marshall/crsreports

Finance Committee, Senate, http://www.senate.gov/~finance

Government Accountability Office, http://www.gao.gov and, on federal debt enter ―04-485SP‖

in Keyword or Report Number box

Joint Economic Committee, http://www.house.gov/jec

Joint Committee on Taxation, http://www.house.gov/jct

Library of Congress, THOMAS, http://thomas.loc.gov and links to appropriations bills and

government resources

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Ways and Means Committee, http://waysandmeans.house.gov

Executive

Administration Policy on appropriations and non-appropriations bills

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative/sap/index.html

Bureau of the Public Debt, daily and historical data,

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np

Internal Revenue Service, http://www.irs.gov

Office of Management and Budget, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ and budget and supporting

documents, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/index.html and earmarks,

http://www.earmarks.omb.gov

Performance, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,

http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx

http://www.recovery.gov/FAQ/tutorial/Videos/Tutorial.aspx

https://www.federalreporting.gov/federalreporting/home.do

Treasury, Department of, http://www.treasury.gov

Treasury Office of Tax Policy: www.treas.gov/offices/tax-policy

White House, http://www.whitehouse.gov

Other

Federal Reserve, http://www.federalreserve.gov

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, http://www.sec.gov, and on municipal bond market,

http://www.sec.gov/info/municipal.shtml

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Financial Condition and Performance Measurement

Charter Oak Group, 2000. Customer Satisfaction Handbook,

http://www.charteroakgroup.com/pdf/csHandbook2.pdf and

http://www.charteroakgroup.com/pdf/selfassessment_Rev2.1.pdf

Fiscal Policy Studies Institute, http://www.resultsaccountability.com

Florida, State of, Auditor General, procedures for assessing local governments’ financial

condition, http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/audgen/pages/pdf_files/fca%20procedures.pdf

Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Government Finance Officers Association, long-

term planning, http://www.gfoa.org/rcc/services-fas.shtml, and

http://www.gfoa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=130b

udget/budget-performance-management.pdf

Governmental Accounting Standards Board, clearinghouse for performance management and

measurement, www.seagov.org,

Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting (Concepts Statement No. 2) and systems

of performance monitoring and reporting, http://www.seagov.org/sea_gasb_project

Government Finance Officers Association, http://www.gfoa.org/index.

Hartford, Connecticut, 2001, Financial Trends,

http://ci.hartford.ct.us/budget/adoptedfy2000-01/Trends/main-trends.htm.

ICMA, sample indicators in its Comparative Performance Measurement Program,

http://www.icma.org

National Center for Public Productivity, http://www.ncpp.us

National Conference of State Legislature, links on performance measures, http://www.ncsl.org

National Performance Management Advisory Commission, http://www.pmcommission.org and

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articles and issue papers,

http://pmcommission.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=2

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New York City’s archive of the Citywide Accountability Program,

http://home2.nyc.gov/html/records/rwg/html/cap1.html

Osterkamp, Ken, Alaska Progress Report 2005-2006,

http://www.alaska2020.org/pdfs/2006/APR_2005-06.pdf.

Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network, http://ppmrn.rutgers.edu/

Raleigh, North Carolina (undated), Performance Indicators, Fiscal Year 2005–2006,

http://www.raleighnc.gov/publications/Administrative_Services/Budget/2008-

2009_Performance_Indicators.pdf

Toronto, a long-term fiscal plan emphasizing fiscal sustainability,

http://www.toronto.ca/finance/long_term_fiscal_plan.htm

United Nations, http://www.unpan.org/globalforums.asp,

U.S. federal government, assessing performance and integration of budget and performance,

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part/index.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/m02-06_addendum.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/results

http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/agenda/scorecard.html

Financial Management, Auditing, and Accounting

American Finance Association, http://www.afajof.org

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants http://www.aicpa.org

Association of Government Accountants, http://www.agacgfm.org/homepage.aspx;

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Academy for Government Accountability, http://www.agacgfm.org/academy/index.aspx

Basic Guide to Non-Profit Financial Management,

http://www.managementhelp.org/finance/np_fnce/np_fnce.htm

Budgetary Accounting Guide, federal, http://www.fms.treas.gov/ussgl/bag.html

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, http://www.fasab.gov

Federal Chief Financial Officers Council, http://www.cfoc.gov

Federal financial statements, including the annual Financial Report of the United States

Government and the Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances of the United

States Government, http://fms.treas.gov/fr/index.html

Federal government auditing standards (the Yellow Book),

http://www.gao.gov/govaud/ybk01.htm

Financial Management Association International, http://www.fma.org

Financial Management Service, U.S. Treasury, http://www.fms.treas.gov and

http://fms.treas.gov/publications.html

Financial Report of the federal government, http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/index.html

Government Accounting Association of Government Accountants,

http://www.agacgfm.org/homepage.aspx

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), http://www.gasb.org and links at

http://www.gasb.org/rlinks/index.html

Healthcare Financial Management Association, http://www.hfma.org

National Association of State Budget Officers, http://www.nasbo.org

National Association of Local Government Auditors, http://www.nalga.org

National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers & Treasurers, http://www.nasact.org

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National Association of State Treasurers, http://www.nast.net

Formats (selected)

California State University Long Beach, Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration

http://www.csulb.edu/~msaintg/ppa590/budget.htm.

Morgan, Douglas, with the assistance of Kent Robinson and support of Drew Barden and Dennis

Strachota, 2002. Handbook on Public Budgeting. Portland State University, Hatfield School of

Government, State of Oregon edition, Table 7-6, pp. 162–163,

http://eli.pdx.edu/erc/morgan/handbook6.doc

Texas, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Budget Manual, Appendix C, 2003,

http://www.window.state.tx.us/lga/budget/apdxc.html.

World Bank,

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PSGLP/Resources/BudgetingandBudgetaryInstitutions

.pdf,

http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/128834/Schaeffer%202000.pdf,

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/

06/12/000020953_20070612160910/Rendered/PDF/399970PAPER0Lo100821369458

01PUBLIC1.pdf, chapters 5-6

Games, Simulations, Videos, and Video Clips

American Public Media, 2008, federal budget game,

http://marketplace.publicradio.org:80/features/budget_hero/

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management links,

http://www.abfm.org/simulation_materials.htm

Budgetball, Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Petlab,

California Budget Challenge, http://www.next-ten.org/

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Concord Coalition’s federal budget simulation,

http://www.concordcoalition.org/education/principles-and-priorities/index.html and on-

line budget exercise,

http://www.federalbudgetchallenge.org/budget_challenge/sim/budget_master.html

Facing Up to the Nation's Finances, interactive games,

http://www.facingup.org/students#budgetgames

New York City Budget Game on balancing the budget (2003),

http://www.gothamgazette.com/budgetgame/budgetgame.html

New York City Budget Game on budget advocacy in NYC budget process,

http://gothamgazette.com/games/budget_maze

National Budget Simulation, http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM306

Public Agenda’s federal budget game, Budget Hero, http://www.facingup.org/our-budget-our-

future

Video resources

http://www.archive.org/index.php

http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix

http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia.aspx

Glossaries

Federal Budgeting

http://www.cbo.gov/budget/glossary.shtml

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/congress/congress-glossary.html

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05734sp.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/glossary.html

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/pdf/concepts.pdf

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05734sp.pdf

OMB, 2002, A Citizen’s Guide to the Federal Budget, FY 2003,

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/omb/budget/fy2003/cguide.pdf

US Geological Survey, http://www.usgs.gov/budget/glossary.asp

US House of Representatives, Committee on Rules,

http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/glossary_fbp.htm

http://www.budgetanalyst.com/glossary.htm

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=

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http://www.chn.org/pdf/budgetglossary.PDF

Guide to resources at Columbia University Libraries and on the Internet, for conducting research

on the U.S. Federal budget process,

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/budget.html

Medicare glossary, http://www.medicare.gov/Glossary/Search.asp

State and Local Budgeting (selected)

Alabama, http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/legislativeprocess/legislativeglossary.html

Berkeley, California, http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/

California, http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/BUD_DOCS/glossary.pdf

Maine Municipal Association,

http://www.memun.org/SchoolsProject/Resources/Budget/budget_gloss.htm

Michigan, http://www.michigan.gov/budget/0,1607,7-157-11460_11541---,00.html

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, http://msrb.org/msrb1/glossary/default.asp

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Nashville, Tennessee,

http://www.nashville.gov/finance/Management_and_Budget/Citizens_Budget/glossary.as

p

New Mexico, http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/lfc/lfcdocs/publications/fiscal_terms05.pdf, with

emphasis on capital budgeting.

Redmond, Washington,

http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/insidecityhall/finance/budget/0506AdoptedPdfs/74Glossar

y.pdf

Scottsbluff, Nebraska,

http://www.scottsbluff.org/budget/bfy2004/supplemental/sp-glossary.pdf

International

http://www.internationalbudget.org/themes/ESC/BUDGETGLOSSARY.pdf

http://business.iafrica.com/budget2004/204389.htm

Other

The Financial Crisis: Glossary, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis,

http://timeline.stlouisfed.org/pdf/CrisisGlossary.pdf.

Infrastructure and Capital Budgeting

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, http://www.aashto.org

American Institute of Architects, http://www.aia.org

American Public Works Association, http://www.apwa.net

American Society of Civil Engineers, http://www.asce.org/asce.cfm and Infrastructure Report

Card, http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/index.cfm

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Army Corps of Engineers, http://www.usace.army.mil

Department of Housing and Urban Development, http://www.hud.gov

Department of Transportation (US), http://www.dot.gov

Understanding New York City’s Budget, A Guide to the Capital Budget, 2002,

http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us

World Bank, Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure,

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/WBIPROGRAMS/PPPILP/0,men

uPK:461142~pagePK:64156143~piPK:64154155~theSitePK:461102,00.html

and World Bank Infrastructure Program,

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL//EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/E

XTSDNETWORK/0,,menuPK:3167644~pagePK:64158571~piPK:64158630~theSitePK:

3167628,00.html.

International and Comparative Resources

British performance assessment approach, http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk,

performance indicators, http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/performance,

http://www.local-pi-library.gov.uk/thelibrary.html,

benchmarking, http://www.ipfbenchmarking.net

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, International Budget Project,

http://www.internationalbudget.org

European Union, http://europa.eu and budget, http://europa.eu/pol/financ/index_en.htm

Finances, http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecgovt.html

Great Britain, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm

Hieros Gamos, international law and government site, http://www.hg.org

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Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Africa Budget Project, online newsletter, Africa Budget

Watch, http://www.idasa.org.za

International Monetary Fund,

http://www.imf.org and data and statistics

http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm

International Political Science Association, http://www.ipsa.org/site

International Tax Dialogue, http://www.itdweb.org/Pages/Home.aspx

Johannesburg, performance management,

http://www.joburg-archive.co.za/2006/pdfs/2006_idp_draft.pdf, Chapter 7

Kenya, http://www.localgovernment.go.ke

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD]

databases, books, and periodicals,

http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=1360535/cl=14/nw=1/rpsv/home.htm

economics and growth,

http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37443_1_1_1_1_37443,00.html

policy brief on governing for performance,

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/52/44/33873341.pdf

public management and governance,

http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37405_1_1_1_1_37405,00.html

statistics portal,

http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/0,3352,en_2825_293564_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

taxes, http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37427_1_1_1_1_37427,00.html

OECD/World Bank, database on budget practices,

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http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,2340,en_2649_33735_2494461_1_1_1_1,00.html

Social Watch, http://www.socialwatch.org/en/portada.htm

Tax and finance, http://www.worldwide-tax.com/index.asp#partthree

Transparency, International Monetary Fund, http://www.imf.org/external/np/fad/trans/index.htm

Transparency and Participation in the Budget Process, International Monetary Fund,

http://www.imf.org/external/np/fad/trans/index.htm

Transparency links, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,

http://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/sites/bud_trans.htm

Transparency, Open Budget Index http://www.openbudgetindex.org

United Nations, Human Development Indicators,

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/indicators

United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance, http://www.unpan.org

World Bank, http://www.worldbank.org

Governance Indicators, http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp

World Development Indicators

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:2

1725423~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html

Public sector and governance

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTOR

ANDGOVERNANCE/0,,menuPK:286310~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:28

6305,00.html

Financial accountability,

http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/92650/assessing/pdf/pefa_pres.pdf

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Governance Indicators, http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp

World Public Opinion, http://www.worldpublicopinion.org

Lobbying, Advocacy, and Lobbyist Roster

Alliance for Justice, non-profit advocacy, http://www.allianceforjustice.org/for-nonprofits-

foundations/about-advocacy

American League of Lobbyists, http://www.alldc.org and state lobbying organizations,

http://www.alldc.org/publicresources/organizations.cfm

Center for Responsive Politics, http://www.opensecrets.org/index.asp and lobbying database,

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, lobbying basics,

http://www.cadca.org/policyadvocacy/capitol-hill-basics

Independent Sector, http://www.independentsector.org/ and on nonprofit sector and lobbying,

http://www.independentsector.org/programs/gr/lobbyreform.html

National Council of Nonprofit Associations, http://www.ncna.org

National Institute on Money in State Politics, http://www.followthemoney.org

Public Citizen, consumer advocacy organization, www.citizen.org

USPIRG, public interest advocacy, www.uspirg.org

U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, lobbying registration

http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov/register.html

lobbying disclosure, http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov

Political Science

American Political Science Association, http://www.apsanet.org

organizations in political science, http://www.apsanet.org/section_192.cfm

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International Political Science Association, http://www.ipsa.ca/en/home/home.asp

Political Dictionaries and Glossaries,

http://www.specialist-online-dictionary.com/political-dictionary.html

Professional Associations (selected)

American Association for Budget and Program Analysis, http://www.aabpa.org

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, American Society for Public

Administration, http://www.abfm.org, and

budget and financial links,

http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/pa/academics/ABFM_database/links_index.html,

links, http://www.abfm.org/budgeting_and_financial_links.htm,

teaching database, http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/pa/academics/ABFM_database/index.html

Association of Government Accountants,

http://www.agacgfm.org/homepage.aspx

http://www.agacgfm.org/links.aspx

Economic associations on the Web, http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/associations.htm.

Government Finance Officers Association, http://www.gfoa.org

International City/County Management Association, http://www.icma.org/main/sc.asp

International Public Management Association for Human Resources, http://www.ipma-

hr.org and government affairs and advocacy, http://www.ipma-

hr.org/content.cfm?pageid=73.

National Association of State Budget Officers, http://www.nasbo.org

National Conference of State Legislatures, http://www.ncsl.org

National Tax Association, http://www.ntanet.org

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Public Interest, Professional, and Advocacy Organizations (selected)

AARP (formerly, American Association of Retired Persons),

http://www.aarp.org/issues/advocacy

Blogs, links to budget blogs, http://www.facingup.org/blogroll

Brookings Institution, www.brookings.edu

Cato Institute, http://www.cato.org/fiscal/index.html and links at

http://www.cato.org/links/links.html

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org

Center for Popular Economics, http://www.populareconomics.org

Center for Public Integrity, http://www.publicintegrity.org

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, http://www.csbaonline.org

Citizens Budget Commission, for New York City and New York State, http://www.cbcny.org

Citizens for Tax Justice, http://www.ctj.org/ and links to national organizations,

http://www.ctj.org/html/linknatg.htm

Coalition on Human Needs, http://www.chn.org

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America,

http://cadca.org/CoalitionResources/PublicPolicy/capitolhillbasics/caphillbasics.asp

Concord Coalition, http://www.concordcoalition.org

Conference of Mayors, U. S., http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/home.asp

Council of State Governments, http://www.csg.org

FederalBudgetObserver, http://www.bbasystems.com

GalleryWatch, http://www.gallerywatch.com

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), http://www.gasb.org

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Heritage: http://www.heritage.org/Issues/Budget-and-Spending

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, http://www.itepnet.org

OMB Watch, http://www.ombwatch.org, and searchable database of federal spending,

http://www.fedspending.org

National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting, recommended practices at

http://www.gfoa.org/services/nacslb

National Association of Counties, http://www.naco.org

National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices [state],

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/nalfo/index.htm

National Association of State Budget Officers at http://www.nasbo.org

National Civic League, http://www.ncl.org

National Conference of State Legislatures, http://www.ncsl.org

National Education Association’s Legislative Action Center, http://www.nea.org/index.html

National Governors Association, http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga

National League of Cities, http://www.nlc.org/home

National Political Index, political activist groups, http://www.politicalindex.com/sect10.htm

National Priorities Project, http://www.nationalpriorities.org and links to advocacy,

community organizing and membership groups,

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/category/related-links/advocacy%2C-community-

organizing-and-membership-grou

National Taxpayers Union, http://www.ntu.org/

Peter G. Peterson Foundation, http://www.pgpf.org

Political Advertising Resource Center, http://www.umdparc.org

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Political Advocacy Groups, http://www.csuchico.edu/~kfountain

Public Agenda, http://www.publicagenda.org/

links to other organizations, http://www.publicagenda.org/citizen/issueguides/federal-

budget/sources-and-resources and

site on the federal budget, http://www.facingup.org

Roster, http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html#activ

Show me the Spending Coalition, http://www.ntu.org/governmentbytes/show-me-the-

spending.html

Sierra Club’s Action Center, http://www.sierraclub.org

State advocacy organizations, links at http://www.ctj.org/html/linkstg.htm

Tax Foundation, http://www.taxfoundation.org

Taxpayers for Common Sense, http://www.taxpayer.net

TruthAndPolitics.org, http://www.truthandpolitics.org

Understanding Government, http://www.understandinggovernment.org

Urban Institute, http://www.urban.org

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, http://www.taxpolicycenter.org

Public Opinion

American Association for Public Opinion Research, http://www.aapor.org

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, http://www.people-press.org

Public Agenda, links to leading polling resources on the federal budget,

http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/polling.cfm?issue_type=federal_budget

Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia,

http://millercenter.org/public/conferences/polling

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National Council on Public Polls http://www.ncpp.org/

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu

Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/polls/?nid=roll_polls

World Public Opinion, http://www.worldpublicopinion.org

State and Local Government Resources

ABFM state and local government databases,

http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/pa/academics/ABFM_database/databases_by_state.html

Agencies and offices,

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories/Agencies_by_Topic.shtml

Conference of Mayors, U. S., http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/home.asp

Council of State Governments, http://www.csg.org

Debt Management Network, http://www.sdmn.org

Employees, http://www.usa.gov/Government/State_Local.shtml

Home pages, http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories.shtml

Government Finance Officers Association, http://www.gfoa.org

International City and County Management Association, http://www2.icma.org/main/sc.asp?t=0

Links at http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecgovt.html#state

National Association of Counties, http://www.naco.org

National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices [state],

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/nalfo/index.htm

National Association of State Budget Officers, http://www.nasbo.org

National Civic League, http://www.ncl.org

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National Conference of State Legislatures at http://www.ncsl.org and legislative budget

procedures, http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=12669

National Governors Association, http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga

National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers, biannual,

The Fiscal Survey of the States, http://www.nasbo.org

National League of Cities, http://www.nlc.org/home

New York City’s Budget, A Guide, 2006, http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us

New York City’s budget process, http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/IBORoadmap.pdf

Revenue sites, http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=100236,00.html

State and local governments, http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecgovt.html#state

State government links, http://www.ctj.org/html/linkstmn.htm

State Public Interest Research Groups, http://www.pirg.org

Stateline, http://www.stateline.org/live/?contentId=278156

State-specific information about president’s budget,

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/budget/2008/states

Statistics, http://www.usa.gov/Government/State_Local/Statistics.shtml

Taxation

Advocacy on business tax costs at state level, http://www.masstaxpayers.org.

Citizens for Tax Justice, http://www.ctj.org

Deloitte and Touche Multi-state Tax Update,

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/home/0%2C2334%2Csid%25253D2000%2C00.html

Federation of Tax Administrators (including State Tax Rates/Structures),

http://www.taxadmin.org

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International Association of Assessing Officers, http://www.iaao.org

IRS Tax Statistics, http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/index.html

IRS data, Transactional Records Clearing House, http://www.trac.syr.edu

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, http://www.lincolninst.edu/index.asp and

Property Valuation and Taxation Library,

http://www.lincolninst.edu/subcenters/valuation_taxation/intro.asp

Multi-state Tax Commission, http://www.mtc.gov

National Tax Association, http://www.ntanet.org

OECD Tax Database,

http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,3343,en_2649_34533_1942460_1_1_1_37427,00.ht

ml

Property Taxation and Assessment materials, http://www.agjd.com/links.htm

Ryan Tax Gateway, http://www.ryanco.com/topic.aspx

State and Local Tax Lawyer, http://www.abanet.org/tax/pubs/saltl/home.html and

State Tax Central, http://www.statetaxcentral.com

State Tax Studies, National Conference of State Legislatures,

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/taxcomms.htm

Streamlined Sales Tax Project, http://www.streamlinedsalestax.org.

Tax Analysts, http://www.taxanalysts.com

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory, http://www.taxsites.com/state.html.

Tax Council, http://www.thetaxcouncil.org

Tax Council Policy Institute, http://www.tcpi.org

Tax Foundation, http://www.taxfoundation.org

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Tax Lawyer, Georgetown University Law Center,

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/journals/tax/index.html

Tax Reform Information, Economics Resource Center,

http://www.swlearning.com/economics/policy_debates/tax_reform.html

Tax Sites, http://www.taxsites.com

Tax trivia from University of Illinois at Chicago,

http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/documents/resources/tax99/taxtrivia.shtml

Tax Cybrary, http://www.vertexinc.com/ResourceCenter and state and local government links,

http://www.vertexinc.com/ResourceCenter/TaxLinks/default.asp

Tax History Museum, http://www.tax.org/museum

U.S. Tax Code, http://www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html