18th Century British parliamentary papers (to go online free)                                            27 November 2003

19th Century British House of Commons parliamentary papers (ProQuest)                      27 February 2005
See also their C19: The Nineteenth Century Index; House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900; British Periodicals; American Periodicals Series Online; Periodicals Archive Online™; African-American Poetry; American Drama, 1714-1915™; American Poetry (1600-1900); Early American Fiction, 1789-1875; C19 Fiction; Palmer's Full Text Online (1785-1870);

2005 Index of Economic Freedom                                                                                           13 March 2005
measures 161 countries against 50 independent variables divided into 10 broad factors of economic freedom; higher score on a factor, greater the level of government interference in economy & less economic freedom a country enjoys; tool for policymakers & investors

2009 Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book(US Office of the Director of National Intelligence)  7 October 2009

Access to information & targeted transparency policies (Inter-American Development Bank)        21 December 2011
In the last 10 years, Latin America & Caribbean(LAC) region has witnessed rapidly increasing growth in number of countries having sanctioned access to information laws. This phenomenon has coexisted with scenarios of political & economic crises, as well as corruption scandals affecting central government & legislative & judicial branches. Although these scenarios have led to growing disenchantment with politics, to indignation, & to mass social mobilizations, they have also opened a very important debate about need to monitor compliance with international standards in matters of transparency & access to information;

American Fabian (reprints; originally published 1895-1900) (full serial archives)                        25 February 2010

Archive of UK government web sites                                                                                     11 June 2004
representative sample of 51 from 2500 current UK Government sites; harvested at varying intervals: 10 harvested weekly, remaining 41 every six months; 2003+

Asia Foundation non-profit, non-governmental organization (HQ in San Francisco)                  12 June 2010
committed to development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, & open Asia-Pacific region supports programs in Asia that help improve governance, law, & civil society; women's empowerment; economic reform & development; & international relations. Drawing on nearly 60 years of experience in Asia, the Foundation collaborates with private & public partners to support leadership & institutional development, exchanges, & policy research.

AUSTLII                                                                                                                                7 April 2005
browse access by year to numbered acts Commonwealth numbered Acts (1973-); ACT numbered Acts (1989-); Point-in-Time (PiT) Legislation System launched 7 April 2005; see Act or section as it was for any date covered by system & visually compare sections at different dates side-by-side; covers most NSW legislation, & part of legislation of South Australia & Queensland; fulltext Australasian, Indigenous & Human Rights law journals; Update status for Case Law databases for each Australian jurisdiction, update date, most recent decision, frequency of updates &, where they exist, links to Court or Tribunal's website; fulltext Macquarie University Australian Journal of Legal History from 2003; Toolbar for Netscape/Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox & Microsoft Internet Explorer web browsers; links to major category materials for Australasian jurisdictions with links to other Legal Information Institutes; toolbar for Mozilla Firefox(21 Nov 2005); Journal of Australian Taxation fulltext from 2005; CCH search for Austlii material on CCH web; AustLII Legal Publishers Search;
(May 2006) users reported being unable to access site. In most cases occurred where user: was using Microsoft Windows XP operating system; was using Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer web browser; had installed an update using Microsoft Windows Update Service. In each case where access was regained, one of following actions was taken: Reformat & reinstall everything on computer; or Download  free Mozilla Firefox open source web browser & use to access  AustLII website instead of Microsoft Internet Explorer. If after taking above actions, you still cannot access our website, contact us by email to feedback@austlii.edu.au; (1 June 2006) SIRO search engine enhancements - compatible with Lexis, Westlaw & Google syntax. Google style searches like +murder -child etc work as /10 style Westlaw/QL operators. Dates now work properly for sorting results. All search results now returned. All words searchable...smaller list of common words needs double quotes for searching. Search times faster but excessive use of quotation marks can lead to slow results...Toolbar for Netscape/Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Firefox & Microsoft Internet Explorer web browsers; See also BillsNet - Current Bills by title, portfolio, private member; Bills lists from previous calendar years;

Australian Federal Cabinet Records up to & including 1981(open access period)                        30 January 2011
Records of key decisions & how they were reached; Cabinet records & Cabinet notebooks are accessible through National Archives; by changes to public access provisions of Archives Act 1983 approved by Parliament in May 2010, the open period for most Australian Government records(including Cabinet records) will commence after 20 years instead of the current 30-years. The change will be phased in over the next 10 years with the closed period reducing by a year on 1 January each year until 2020. In 2011 Cabinet records up to and including 1981 are in the open access period; Under the changes Cabinet notebooks, which had previously been available after 50 years, will be released after 30 years; changes for Cabinet notebooks will also be phased in over 10 years with the closed period reducing by 2 years on 1 January each year. In 2011 Cabinet notebooks up to and including 1962 are in the open access period;

Australian Federal, State, Territory & Local Governments gateway                                            10 December 2008

Australian government directory incorporating Business Australia                                                4 February 2008
Australian public & private sector enterprises & services. See also Government On-Line Directory(GOLD) database search & government directory, legislation administered by Australian Government agencies, State & Territory directories; Australian Government services on 700+ Australian Government websites, Directories. Publications. News & Media. Search: Advanced Search Government Initiatives;

Australian Government Media Releases                                                                                     7 March 2002

Australian Government Publications Web site                                                                            25 January 2006
searches National Library of Australia catalogue; CSIRO's P@noptic enterprise search engine natural language processing...Short queries of < 7 non-stopwords; documents containing all rate higher; relevance ranking on rarity of terms, frequency in the document & length of document; Query words in title or URL rank higher; long queries >6 non-stopwords; P@noptic removes stopwords from sentences, re-orders query words & encloses them in square brackets; June 2010: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Publications - Inquiry into the development of a digital repository & electronic distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series;

Australian government public information datasets                                                                         4 January 2010
mash-up government information to create something new; licence attached to government agency datasets makes clear what you can & can’t do with the data or contact the contributing agency; 

Australian Infrastructure Report Cards(Engineers Australia)                                                        19 Fenruary 2008
Consultant for all Report Cards was GHD. Last updated 13 September 2005; reports may be purchased online or by subscription through Informit's Enginering Collection;

Australian parliamentary material online                                                                                         29 February 2012
assessment undertaken for Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Australasia to report on extent of Parliamentary material online covering state & national parliaments, live & archived Hansard broadcast; committed to implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines(WCAG) 2.0 Level AA by December 2014 to implement captioning for live audio & video;

Australian Policy Online                                                                                                             11 December 2003
links to Policy Library(UK) - social, economic & foreign policy & think tank directory - Policy Action Network(formerly Electronic Policy Network), maintains MovingIdeas website(US); See also Centre for Independent Studies(CIS) 1976-  independent Australasian liberal public policy think tank actively engaged in support of free enterprise economy & free society under limited government where individuals can prosper & fully develop their talents. By critical recommendations to public policy & encouraging debate amongst leading academics, politicians & journalists build a better society; Institute of Public Affairs(IPA) 1943- independent, liberal non-profit public policy think tank dedicated to preserving & strengthening foundations of economic & political freedom; supports free market of ideas, free flow of capital, limited & efficient government, evidence-based public policy, rule of law, & representative democracy; research areas include the environment, deregulation, workplace relations, energy, political governance, intellectual property, telecommunications, technology,housing, education, health & agriculture;

Australian Politics                                                                                                                     21 March 2003
Constitution, Parliament, Executive government, political parties & pressure groups, voting systems & elections; Federal election results 1949–2004;

Australian Politics                                                                                                                   13 June 2004
Political Science & International Relations...Australian Politics - Political parties & groups see also Palmer's Oz Politics - Political Parties

Australian Society for the Study of Labour History                                                                   6 September 2005

Australian State & Territory Parliamentary Databases(Commonwealth Parliamentary Library)   10 December 2008

Avaaz.org                                                                                                                             14 November 2007
community of global citizens who take action on major issues facing the world today to ensure that views & values of the world’s people, not just political elites & unaccountable corporations, shape global decisions; action for a more just & peaceful world & a vision of globalization with a human face; the intersection of global justice issues & new online organizing techniques; See also Australian affiliate GetUp;

Beyond the blunt instrument: the efficiency dividend & its alternative, Jennifer Doggett                25 December 2010
Centre for policy development,  ISSN 1835-0135 Occasional papers No. 11, Nov. 2010; supporting Australian public sector agencies to be more efficient by drawing on findings of Australian & international literature & outcomes of consultation with APS employees;

BillsNet(Parliament of Australia)                                                                                            25 August 2007
Current Bills by title, portfolio, private member; Bills lists from previous calendar years

BOPCRIS                                                                                                                           27 November 2003
British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service; over period 1688-1995; abstracts & subject indexing of key documents; digitised fulltext version of some documents.

Boston Indicators Project                                                                                                      12 July 2008
aims to democratize access to information, foster informed public discourse, track progress on shared civic goals, report on change in 10 sectors: Civic Vitality, Cultural Life & Arts, Economy, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Public Safety, Technology, &
Transportation; Hub of Innovation highlights forward-looking local, regional, national & international work;

Brookings Institution: World                                                                                                    7 February 2009
centers specializing in urban policy, economy, & foreign policy; research, commentary, policy reports, & working papers; sign up account for online portfolio to receive email updates about topics and programs, RSS feed & newsletter;

Centre for Civil Society   London School of Economics & Political Science                            26 March 2005
international organization for research, analysis, debate & learning about civil society; Working Papers series include Civil society as a metaphor for western liberalism & Public-private partnership in US: Historical patterns & current trends; current & recently completed projects include work on European social policy, social capital, & local civil society

Center for Global Development  2001-                                                                                 29 April 2006
practical, creative solutions to challenges that global interdependence poses to developing countries, starting with debt; research fellows & partners; thematic areas of interest include debt relief & population dynamics; publications include working papers on infrastructure development in Africa & corruption & governance in public health care systems; email updates & in-house blogs;

Center for Public Integrity                                                                                                      12 August 2006
committed to transparent & comprehensive reporting both in US & around world; Featured Projects data on state-by-state investigations into legislators' private financial interests; recent reports titled Power Trips; News Room;

Centre for the Study of Global Governance                                                                              8 December 2003
Established 1992 - London School of Economics & Political Science with substantial grant from Maurice Laing & Rufford Foundations to inquire into origins & nature of urgent problems facing globe, to inform by way of public lectures, seminars, discussion, & to influence agencies & organizations engaged in seeking & implementing solutions to these urgent problems; learn about leaders & fellows at  Centre & research projects; discussion papers & transcripts of public lectures; topics include role of international criminal prosecutions in reconstructing divided communities & impact of globalization in southeastern European countries.

Centre for Political Song based in CLIC at Glasgow Caledonian U                                            4 August 2001
promote & foster awareness of all forms of political song; role of political song in social, political & cultural life of communities; Apolitical collecting & organisation; 

Chatham House(Royal Institute of International Affairs) founded, 1920, granted Royal Charter, 1926   27 June 2009
'Our mission is to be a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure world for all'; drawing on membership to promote open as well as confidential debates about significant developments in international affairs & about context & content of policy responses; producing independent & rigorous analysis of critical global, regional & country-specific challenges;offering new ideas to decision-makers & -shapers from near to long term approaches;

Chifley Research Centre                                                                                                          14 February 2003
advancement of public policy debate & progressive thinking in Australia: policy discussion in universities, political & industrial forums; academic research into public policy issues affecting Australia;  strategic policy advice to Federal Parliamentary Labor Party

CIA World Factbook Central Intelligence Agency(US)                                                          27 September 2009          
background information, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation & US military, transnational issues - international disputes, refugees & illicit drugs; updated biweeklys; CIA World Leaders online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments; CIA Maps & Publications unclassified maps & publications available for purchase from GPO &/or NTIS;

CLOSUP Public Sector Excellence Database                                                                           4 November 2010
Center for Local, State, & Urban Policy(CLOSUP, U of Michigan) site designed to provide information on innovative, award-winning programs implemented by a variety of groups including state & local governments

Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy                                                                                            19 February 2011           
aims is to increase government effectiveness by using evidence of what works based on rigorous policy analysis; Mission & Activities tab documents ineffective policies the Coalition targets; list of programs deemed effective; Publications lists 5 types of publications of
Coalition including Rigorous Evidence monthly e-newsletter subscribed to free;

Cobbett's Parliamentary History(36 volumes; London: Printed by T. C. Hansard, 1806-1820)  4 June 2010
Oxford Digital Library; contrib. by William Cobbett (page images at Oxford)

Columbia International Affairs Online(CIAO)                                                                            16 December 2004
theory & research in international affairs; scholarship from 1991; papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conferences proceeding, books, journals & policy briefs; teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history & political science classes, & special features; All sections of CIAO are updated monthly

Communist International (Comintern) Archives                                                                          3 December 2006
Russian State Archives for Social & Political History(RGASPI) in Moscow digitized 1m. pages from 59 sub-series selected by Comintern historians worldwide. INCOMKA focused on commissions, secretariats, departments under Executive Committee of Comintern; Library of Congress converted personal names from Cyrillic to Latin alphabet & translated descriptors (keywords/subject headings) from Russian to English; descriptors link to digital images displayed in  Archidoc system; digitized materials viewed at dedicated terminal in European Reading Room of Library of Congress or by subscription to Comintern Electronic Archives; 

Community access to electoral processes in South Australia since 1850(Dean Jaensch, 2002)    7 January 2008

Congressional-Research-Service Reports(CRS)                                                                        23 April 2004
public policy research arm of US Congress issues 3000 briefs, reports, short issue papers & position papers/year; arm of Library of Congress  renowned for non-partisanship & in-depth analysis; CRS requires citizens to request from their Member of Congress. Some Members & non-profit groups post reports on their Web sites & this site provides integrated, searchable access to full-text CRS reports; also browsable by topic;

Connected Government(Australia)                                                                                              8 September 2005
Helps Australian public servants work more effectively across departments & agency boundaries – whole of govt initiative; Links to Australian Government Web Guide; Fedinfo; Source IT; Australian Goovernment e-Authentication Framework(AGAF);

Constitution Finder                                                                                                                     18 January 2007
database of constitutions, charters, amendments, related documents; world nations linked to their constitutional text;  Browse by country; links to translations

Council of Australian Governments(COAG)                                                                              28 March 2008
peak intergovernmental forum in Australia comprising Prime Minister, State Premiers, Territory Chief Ministers & President of the Australian Local Government Association(ALGA); to initiate, develop & monitor implementation of policy reforms of national significance & which require cooperative action by Australian governments; Subject Index;

Council on Foreign Relations                                                                                                    2 February 2007
independent, national membership organization & nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated to producing & disseminating ideas so that individual & corporate members, policymakers, journalists, students, & interested citizens in US & other countries; Council on Foreign Relations: Daily Analysis background papers, online debates, op-ed pieces, articles for political science or international relations courses;

C-SPAN(Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network): Capitol Hill, White House & National Politics  13 September 2008                                                                   
public access to the political process; no government funding; operations are funded by fees paid by cable & satellite affiliates who carry C-SPAN programming; Live TV/radio; C-SPAN: American Political Archive audio programs from National Archives, presidential libraries, Smithsonian, Library of Congress; oral histories recorded by members of Congress who served in World War II or Vietnam; archived programs on Indira Gandhi, Medal of Honor recipients, stories from Iraq War; Dwight Eisenhower memories of prominent figures in American history; C-SPAN Podcasts embedded buttons for each program allow subscrition via iTunes or another podcast aggregator; 16 March 2010: Video archives online 160000+ hours of footage dating back to 1987; 10000 hours of pre-1987 footage to be formatted for the Web before going online;

Demos think tank for 'everyday democracy'                                                                            21 June 2008
working with organisations in ways that make them more effective & legitimate; focus on six areas: public services; science & technology ; cities & public space; arts & culture; identity & global security; partners include policy-makers, companies, public service providers & social entrepreneurs across political divides; international network  extends across eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Brazil, India & China;

Diplomacy Monitor                                                                                                                  21 August 2006
scholars, diplomats, journalists, researchers, students interested in interaction among nations track diplomatic & international trade communiqués, official statements, press briefings, position papers, interview transcripts & news releases from government sources in a single monitoring system; Access official or computerized English translations of non-English documents; Follow major & evolving international issues; Display other nations' diplomatic positions relative to a specific nation; Isolate diplomatic interaction between nations; Identify emerging diplomatic & trade alliances; Supplement news media reporting with original source documents without abridgement or filtering; Conduct full-text Boolean searching of 14,000+ diplomatic & trade documents issued in past 90 days; caches each page in database;

Directgov UK public services portal  4 Feb 2012 To be replaced  by “beta” gov.uk test site        

Directionlessgov alternative search option for Direct.gov.uk web site uses Google                    20 July 2010
set up by Democracy.org.uk Collective, group behind They Work For You & The Government Says;

Discover League of Nations                                                                                                  14 September 2003

Discover United Nations                                                                                                       14 September 2003

Docuticker daily update of reports from (mainly US) government agencies, NGOs, think tanks   12 March 2005
compiled by librarians who bring you ResourceShelf; Database of sources; Source Categories; Article Categories;

Drudge report ( New media vs old media: portrait of the Drudge report  2002-2008 )              7 July 2009
powerful agenda setter in the U.S. national political sector; DrudgeReportArchives.com snapshot every 2 minutes 24/7 of special reports filed by Matt Drudge since Saturday November 18, 2001; 

Economic & Social Science Research Council                                                                       16 December 2003
ESRC is UK's prime research funding & training agency; high quality research on issues of importance to business, public sector, government; 7 thematic research priorities include social stability & exclusion & lifecourse; annual reports, transcripts of lectures given on behalf of Council, best practice guides, special reports such as Britain Towards 2010 & Fit & Fifty?; news area contains archives & current edition of _The Edge_

Economics Working Papers in Oxford
economists, policy analysts papers arranged chronologically from series including Oxford Financial Research Centre Economics Series & Global Poverty Research Group;

eDiplomat – Global Portal for Diplomats                                                                                27 March 2006
articles about ambassadors, glossary of diplomatic terms, brief history of diplomacy, description & functions of diplomatic missions, links to treaties & training resources for diplomats; other materials of interest to anyone working in protocol &/or international diplomacy;

eGovernment                                                                                                                     18 September 2007  
Egov monitor; Egovernment bulletin(also covers edemocracy); European eGovernment European Commission   

Eidos Institute Australian public policy think tank                                                                         25 May 2010
10 member universities,  government agencies, 100+ research & policy centres, 500+ active senior & early career researchers; maximize their contribution to state, national & global education & social research, policy & practice

Electoral Geography 2.0                                                                                                       1 March 2008
latest electoral maps; map of Cyprus presidential election, legislative election in Taiwan, firearms referendum electoral map from Brazil; RSS feed, scholarly articles - Italian electoral politics since 1992, political geography of Russia's presidential election in 2004;

Electoral systems                                                                                                                    12 March 2006

Electronic Records Archives(ERA) National Archives & Records Administration(US)                          4 January 2006
NARA preserve & provide long-term access to uniquely valuable electronic records of US Government, & transition government-wide management of lifecycle of all records into realm of e-government;

EmbassyWorld list of contact resources for all of the world’s diplomatic offices                                                            7 December 2008

Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1801 - 1922                                                            15 September 2008

ePSIGate (ePSINet, European Public Sector Information Network)                                           3 December 2006
knowledge-sharing, alerting, advisory service for Public Sector in Europe - public administrators, commercial users,end-user  representatives

EuroparlTV(European Union(EU))                                                                                                    23 May 2009
video clips, interviews; 4 sections: Your Parliament, Your Voice, Young Europe, & Parliament Live; Latest Videos area contains weekly updates, information on electoral campaigns, & debates on healthcare; topical listing of videos; in national languages of EU;

Europa: the European Union portal                                                                                             21 March 2007
up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs & essential information on European integration; all legislation currently in force or under discussion; website of each EU institution; policies administered by EU under powers devolved by Treaties; See Finding Facts: The European Union after 50 Years;

European Governments On-Line                                                                                                27 February 2010

European Research Infrastrucure(RIS) portal                                                                               17 October 2008
access survey data on European infrastructure undertaken by EC & ESF(European Science Foundation); Search by discipline, by country or by infrastucture type; scientific community looking for services offered by these infrastructures;

European Union Bookshop Historical Database(Free)                                                                        15 October 2009
110000+ publications including speeches, treaties & publications from EU institutions, agencies & other bodies dating back to 1952; 14m+PDF pages; 5% of documents are fee-based but PDF will remain free;

European Union(EU) digital archive                                                                                                   9 September 2010
open source software of Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access & Retrieval(CASPAR) project allows data in multiple formats to be accessed & can save previously inaccessible documents; review:

Evidence-Based Policy See Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy

E-voting                                                                                                                                    25 September 2004
How Stuff Works: E-voting; Diebold Election Systems; Wired News: Machine Politics; Electronic Voting in Ireland; Australian Capitol Territory (ACT) Electoral Commission; Analysis of an Electronic Voting System; EFF: Legal Archive; First Society in Computing

Electronic Frontier Foundation: E-voting Archive                                                                         6 June 2004
security problems in American communities using electronic voting(e-voting); debate between researchers concerned with security of technology & one manufacturer's attempt to terminate those criticisms; resource in fight for accountable elections & responsible voting technology; amicus briefs, testimonies, standards, independent research, media coverage; Info sheets -security & accuracy of electronic voting, links to specific electronic voting equipment, standards & independent research, relevant court cases

Fabian Society Online Archive (London School of Economics and Political Science)                   27 March 2010
group of British thinkers & scholars formed in the 1880s; still exists & interested in advancing principles of social democracy; publishing tracts & pamphlets since 1884; authors included are Clement Attlee, Tony Blair, Robin Cook, Chris Smith, & Harold Wilson; documents on women's issues, socialism, local government, & industrial relations; view lists of the tracts organized by decade, examples offered on the site;

Factiva Public Figures & Associates                                                                                         26 September 2002
identifies individuals who may require enhanced scrutiny due to political connections (government officials, politicians & public office holders worldwide, their relatives & close associates), major focus of recent anti-money laundering legislation, including USA Patriot Act, & established benchmarks such as Customer Due Diligence for Banks from Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; specially designated nationals such as those produced by US Office of Foreign Assets Control & European Union; sale of Factiva Public Figures & Associates is limited in all countries to companies or institutions that fall within one of three categories: Companies who would use services to comply with legal duties & regulations. The only legal duty currently recognized is that of “know your customer” specifically in relation to protection against money laundering. Other duties may be added; Governmental organizations that would use services in performing their statutory duties; Organizations that would use the services in performing law enforcement duties.

Facts on International Relations & Security Trends(FIRST)   
free-of-charge joint project of the International Relations & Security Network(ISN) & Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI) for politicians, journalists, researchers & public;

FBIS [Foreign Broadcast Information Service] Daily Report Annexes, 1974-1996                     4 December 2009
essential complement to FBIS Daily Reports, 1974-1996; 5500  international, national & local perspectives on Middle East crises & negotiations, Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, secret acquisition of radar systems by People’s Republic of China; Fulltext searchable with individual citations for each article & highlighted events to assist student researchers; views & information from monitored broadcasts & publications created by US intelligence community to benefit analysts and policy makers; Annexes were For Official Use Only;  Only the Central Intelligence Agency holds all Annexes, US’ principal record of political & historical open source intelligence;

Federal Digital System (FDsys)  Government Printing Office(GPO)                                            29 May 2010
public access to US Government information submitted by Congress & Federal agencies & preserved as technology changes; migration of information from GPO Access into FDsys will be complete in 2010. The migration is occurring on a collection-by-collection basis; 

FedFlix archive of US government training films from the past six decades                                        8 April 2010

Finding Congressional Documents from the Past                                                                         12 January 2003

FirstGovSearch                                                                                                                        20 October 2006
dynamic clustering & MS Live Web Search database along with several specialty databases of US government information & web services; includes images from  federated sources including Convera’s crawl, an MS Live crawl of government web, & specialty collections crawled by Vivisimo; news search of  “official government sources” -Voice of America, NOAA, congressional press releases, DOD.NASA with dynamic clustering

Flinders Institute of Public Policy & Management(Flinders U, Australia)                                    26 May 2010

Fraser Institute - independent Canadian non-partisan research & educational organization             28 February 2012
conducts peer-reviewed research into critical economic & public policy issues including taxation, government spending, health care, school performance, & trade; "Our vision is a free & prosperous world where individuals benefit from greater choice, competitive markets, & personal responsibility. Our mission is to measure, study, & communicate the impact of competitive markets & government interventions on the welfare of individuals";

G8 Information Centre(U of Toronto)                                                                                        27 June 2003
G8(formerly the G6 or Group of Six then G7) countries -France, US, UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia & Canada - meetings in a range of languages; summit documents & speeches to policy analyses, G8 news & scholarly writings;

G-20: Group of Twenty Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors  (Wikipedia entry)           31 October 2011

GATT Digital Library, 1947-1994                                                                                            23 April 2005
documents & information of & about General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade(GATT), promoting international commerce & reduction of trade barriers among member states from 1947-1994; Browse, search & view 30000+ GATT documents & publications

Gazettes online(UK)                                                                                                                  20 November 2008
Published By Authority. Official Newspaper of Record for UK, modern, efficient way to disseminate & record official, regulatory & legal information in print, online & electronic forms;London gazette; Edinburgh gazette; Belfast gazette;

Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions                                                                                 6 May 2005
history, guides, online & offline resources, index to conventions & fulltext; information about other treaties; from Society of Professional Journalists

GetUp                                                                                                                                   14 November 2007
independent, Australian grass-roots community advocacy organisation allied internationally with Avaaz.org; aims to build an accountable & progressive Parliament with economic fairness, social justice & environment at its core; not-for-profit; receives no money from any political party or government; relies on funds & in-kind donations from the Australian public;

Global E-Government, 2007                                                                                                 1 September 2007
paper on state of global e-government from August 2007, 7th annual update analyzes 1687 national government websites for 198 nations; 96% provide access to publications, 80% link to databases; tables, graphs, charts, appendices; from Inside Politics website by Professor Darrell West, Brown University..

Global E-government Readiness Report 2005: From E-government to E-inclusion(UN)         19 January 2006

Global Politician independent journal of politics, economics & world affairs                          14 July 2005

Global Power Barometer(Washington Post)                                                                           10 May 2008
"relative  measure of how well nations, ideologies & political movements are exercising their power to move global opinion & events in the direction they desire"  Part provided by the Denver Research Group(DRGI), GPB gauges both "opinion & hard fact"; Today's Drivers section: which nations or groups are influencing the GPB & critical issues in the news; methodology used to create the GPB.

Google Public Policy Blog: Google's views on government, policy & politics                        6 August 2010

Google Transparency Report: Government Requests                                                           22 September 2010                                                
"Like other technology & communications companies, we regularly receive requests from government agencies worldwide to remove content from our services, or provide information about users of our services & products. This map shows the number of requests that we received in six-month blocks with certain limitations. We’re still learning the best way to collect & present this information. We’ll continue to improve this tool & fine-tune the types of data we display"; Traffic; FAQ;

Government Gazettes Online                                                                                              1 December 2004
means through which federal governments communicate to officials & general public; online government gazettes their contents & coverage; See Victorian government gazette (below)

Government Information Online: Ask a Librarian(GIO)                                                         22 February 2008
A primary strategy of GIO service is to promote its existence through dot-gov sites such as USA.gov & Thomas; depository library participants, led by University of Illinois at Chicago(UIC) & managed by Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) provide free chat- & email-based virtual reference; librarians from 20 academic, state, & public depository libraries direct users to information from federal, state, regional, & local government agencies; all are federal depositories but coverage of state & local collections & expertise varies;

GovernmentNews(Australia) independent monthly magazine for all levels of government     8 August 2009
for government purchasing officers & decision makers at local, state & federal levels, including department heads, engineers, IT officers & environmental managers; elected representatives, semi-government agencies, & those wanting to do business with government;

Governments on the Web                                                                                                    2 March 2004
parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions, political parties

gov.uk beta  test site will replace Directgov UK public services portal                                      4 Feb 2012 

IDEAS: Diplomacy & Strategy@LSE (London School of Economics & Political Science)    20 June 2009
resources for understanding international events to develop research & training programmes to recognize how today's world came into being & how it may be changed; Who's who; Programmes current research on Cold War, Latin America, & Balkans;

Improvement & Development Gateway                                                                               12 January 2007
Improvement & Development Agency(IDeA),UK website for local councils on initiatives & policy movements; browse white papers, case studies;  glossary;

Industrial Legislation(PSWR)                                                                                             5 May 2008
South Australian Public Sector Workforce Division directorate of the Department of the Premier & Cabinet which assists the Government to achieve its economic development & social goals, working within the parameters of relevant legislation & Government policy

Institute for Public Policy Research: Podcasts(IPPR)                                                          13 September 2008 
policy happenings & transformations across the globe; topics covered include managed migration, role of business in British society, & global economy;

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)                                                                8 February 2007
World Meteorological Organization(WMO) & United Nations Environmental Programme(UNEP); assess "scientific, technical & socio-economic information relevant to understanding scientific basis for risk of human-induced climate change, potential impacts & options for adaptation & mitigation; reports (2007 report declaring warming of climate system is unequivocal), working groups, press releases, related material; multiple languages;

International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance                                                  10 March 2007
electoral processes, democracy & gender, democracy assessments; Latest Publication includes fulltext document; interactive map to look over reports, working papers, press releases dealing with various regions; access to databases, including one on voter turnout & political finance laws & regulations;

International Labor Organization Databases Accessible on the Web                                          7 July 2006
GLOBAL COMPACT - Country information on human rights, labour standards, & environmental protection; APPLIS database on international labour standards; Conditions of Work & Employment - legal information worldwide -  maternity protection, minimum wages, working time; e.quality@work - gender equality laws, policies & programmes, ILO standards & national legislation, policies, practices & institutional arrangements by governments, unions, public & private sector; ILO Conventions & ILO Recommendations; QVILIS database on complaints & violations of trade union rights; TRIBLEX ILO Administrative Tribunal cases

Internet Resources for Australian Activists                                                                                 4 July 2003

IREON gateway(German & English langauge)                                                                           16 November 2008
World Affairs Online joint venture of German think tanks available only to German scientists; international relations theory (including international treaties on security issues), world regions & countries; databases of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts(CSA), e.g. Public Affairs Information Service(PAIS) international and World Political Scientific Abstracts(WPSA); supplement of European Thesaurus on International Relations & Area Studies in several European languages; Online Contents IBLK database of journal articles with tables of contents from specialist journals on international relations & area studies; FAQ;

Issues Deliberation Australia                                                                                                       15 June 2002
not for profit organisation facilitating public consultation, public debate, conduct & dissemination of high quality research on topical social issues impacting Australia.

Government Resources on the Web                                                                                           24 June 2001
University of Michigan Library| Alphabetic| Site Map| Federal Foreign Internatl Local| Michigan State Statistics Politics

Government Technology: Solutions for State & Local Government in the Information Age           8 July 2002
news, articles, & other information on information technology applications in state & local government. 1995-  Electronic versions of monthly print publication; 

GPO Multi-Database Search                                                                                                   18 July 2002
Search simultaneously through multiple years of Federal Register, Public Laws, US Code, Supreme Court Decisions

Hawke Policy Website                                                                                                             20 November 2003
research undertaken at University of South Australia; social & public policy; opportunities for university researchers, government policy makers & other stakeholders to establish dialogues on key policy areas.

Institute for Strategic Dialogue(ISD), 1996-  independent thinktank                                                        20 November 2010
working with leaders in government, media & private sector to challenge longrange threats to international & communal peace & enhance Europe's capacity to act strategically in the global arena; newly creagted network of Muslim professionals across Europe; sponsoring scholarships & leadership conferences;  Scholarly &  policy-type Publications; list of recent events sponsored; media from their talks & conference gatherings;

Language portal: a translation & interpretation digital library                                                        8 January 2012
US state & local agency documents services to Limited English Proficient clients, including contracts, planning reports, & translated material; crossroads for elected officials, grassroots & nonprofit leaders, educators, journalists, researchers, local service providers, state & local agency managers; policy focused research, policy design, leadership development, technical assistance & training for government officials & community leaders, electronic resource center on immigrant integration issues with focus on state & local policies & data;

Learning Index  on-line image based learning & teaching materials                                                1 April 2006
authored & quality assured by subject specialists, rights cleared & free for use in Education; funded by JISC[Joint Information Systems Committee] as part of AHDS[Arts & Humanities Data Service] Visual Arts' PICTIVA project’;

Leftist views search engine - Look to the Left                                                                           26 May 2009

Leximancer text mining software                                                                                                25 July 2010
Version 3.5 extends thesaurus-learning methodology to enhance accuracy of sentiment detection by: conceptualising sentiment seed-words to better identify true meaning, removing rogue, outlier or ambiguous usages, identifying emergent sentiment terms in text; ability to Compound Concepts via Boolean operators & create a holistic Concept X containing combination of Concepts for content analysis; Lexbox widget or text-box for corporate websites to receive direct comments from respondents & feed into Leximancer for mapping;

LGSearch Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) set up by Dave Briggs                                  16 March 2010  
searches all UK public sector web sites;  narrow your search further to Local Government, Central Government, Health, Police & Fire, LG Related or Social Media;

LOC.gov Wise Guide                                                                                                              28 June 2003
monthly updated links to best of Library of Congress's online materials; archived; online materials from federal government sponsored sites.

London Datastore: Greater London Authority’s data for all Londoners to see & use free                launching 21 January 2010
Releasing GLA data - Data Packages for Launch; encouraging other public sector organisations to releasing data here; 4iP Developers’ Fund to encourage clients to transform rows of text & numbers into Facebook apps, websites or mobile products;

Low-Profile Regs You Don't Want to Miss:
The Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005                                                     5 May 2006
Regulations from European Directive on re-use of Public Sector Information, approved by Council of Ministers on 27 October 2003; Directive's main objective is to promote re-use of information held by public sector organisations;

MAGDIR: Managing Australian Government Digital Information Resources                            3 December 2006

Museum of Australian Democracy                                                                                            5 October 2011

National Archives(UK)                                                                                                          23 June 2006
subject classification based on extensive user consultation(sort of folksonomy) links subject-based information guides with descriptions of records.Global Search for 28 m+ records: 10m at National Archives Catalogue;  Access to Archives (A2A) &10m from local archive holders in England & Wales; Documents Online; National Register of Archives(NRA); ARCHON; Moving Here; Electronic Records Online; Family Records (&); TNA's Bookshop(The National Archive), Research Guides & website; Advanced Search option allows flexible searching by database & subject; National Digital Archive of Datasets (NDAD) preserves & provides online access to archived digital datasets & documents from UK central government departments; collection spans 40 years of recent history, with earliest available dataset dating back to about 1963; NDAD datasets can be viewed, queried & downloaded; downloads up to 10MB are free of charge;

National Archives(UK): The Cabinet Papers, 1915-1977                                                       13 December 2008
browse by themes including Diplomacy & foreign relations, Finance & the economy, & Total war; Who's who; Maps in Time resources organized geographically on a series of maps that extend throughout the 20th century;

National Data Catalog(US) open platform for government data sets and APIs                                    6 May 2010
find datasets by & about government at all levels (federal, state, local) & branches (executive, legislative, judicial); data is cataloged from Data.gov, District of Columbia, Utah, & Sunlight Foundation currently; all formats: XML, MAP, CSV, ATOM, XLS, ESRI, etc;

National Security Archive                                                                                                       29 July 2003
research institute on international affairs library, archive of declassified US documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act. 2m+ pages in 200+ separate collections;  Document of the Month

NGO's (Non-government organizations)                                                                         29 June 2007
found through Interaction in US & British Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND) in UK;

Oceanian Governments on the WWW(Gunnar Anzinger)                                                         23 June 2006

OECD in Figures: Statistics on the Member Countries, 2003 Edition                                         31 October 2003
statistics about 30 member countries; key themes; economic growth & performance, employment, trade, development aid, research & development, science & technology, education expenditures; consumer prices, health spending, road fatalities, life expectancy, investment flows; OECD in Figures 2008; OECD Factbook Explorer analytical tool;

OECD Observer(Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development)                          10 July 2004
technical reports, working papers, development updates to complement print version; economy, society, development, government; knowledge economy, sustainable business practices, taxation, governmental corruption; email updates; by Country

OECD: Policy Briefs & OECD Factblog                                                                                 10 April 2010
sizeable research staff  publish policy papers, reports on international relations, economic policy, & related matters; arranged chronologically; recent briefs include an economic survey of Greece, an examination of international migration trends, & regional innovation trends in 15 Mexican states; read abstracts of each document & download; browse by topic, country, or alphabetical list of the briefs; OECD Factblog graphs charts & videos on policy issues & global transformations, links to related material from OECD & other international organizations; archive of posts back to July 2008; RSS feed.

Official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom                                                              5 September 2007
Several legal notices, including insolvency notices, are required by law to be published in the London gazette, Belfast gazette or Edinburgh gazette;

On Line Opinion not-for-profit Australian e-journal                                                                14 November 2007                                                            
forum for public social & political debate about current Australian issues; articles to stimulate public discourse on a range of topics are gathered from a variety of independent sources;

Open Budget Index(Center of Budget & Policy Priorities)                                                        16 December 2006
rates countries on how open their budget books are to citizens to help identify budget reforms needed to combat corruption & strengthen basic services to improve people’s lives; country profiles, summaries & questionnaires some materials available in languages including Arabic, French, Russian, & Spanish;

Open Congressional Research Reports for the People                                                                 4 December 2009
Congressional Research Service research papers & reports OPEN CRS initiative project of Center for Democracy & Technology, with partner organizations such as National Library for the Environment & Thurgood Marshall Law Library;RSS feed;

Open Government: a Journal on Freedom of Information free peer-reviewed electronic journal  21 July 2005

Online Library of Liberty(OLL)                                                                                                     13 August 2010
project of Liberty Fund Inc. private, non-profit educational foundation based in Indianapolis, Indiana to provide titles about individual liberty, limited constitutional government,& free market, free of charge for educational purposes; OLL has won international awards for its outstanding collection of online material in humanities & social science recognised by National Endowment for the Humanities, British Arts & Humanities Research Council, & International Political Science Association; 

OpenSecrets.org(US)                                                                                                              22 October 2009
free, nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on US elections & public policy; tabs for Politicians & Lobbyists, Organizations, Donors, Capital Eye News & Google;  tab, display organizations information by category or alphabetically;

ozpolitics.info: guide to Australian politics & government                                                            27 March 2006

Parliamentary history(British History Online)                                                                              24 November 2008

Parliamentary procedure Procedure Of The House Of Commons Vol.I (1908)                     27 April 2008

ParlInfo Search  
Australian Parliamentary information resources including Hansards, Bills, Senate Journals, Votes & Proceedings, Notice Papers, Committee reports, Parliamentary Handbook, newspaper clippings, media, publications & information on Australian Parliament website

Pearson's Magazine(UK version, 1896-1939)                                                                             25 February 2010
British magazine of literature, politics, and the arts, published in London in  late C19 & early C20.

Pearson's Magazine (US version, 1899-1925)                                                                                25 February 2010
American magazine of literature, politics, & the arts, published in New York in late C19 & early C20; began publication in 1899 as a spinoff of the British magazine. The last issue of the American magazine was published in 1925;

Penn World Table(PWT)                                                                                                         10 December 2006
national accounts economic time series; common set of prices in common currency give quantity comparisons between countries over time; relative prices within & between countries, demographic data & capital stock estimates. Since regionalization of ICP (International Comparison of Prices) 1980 benchmark, Summers & Heston used ICP benchmark comparisons estimating PPPs(Purchasing Power Parities) for non-benchmark countries & extrapolations back & forth in time; .

Pew Global Attitudes Project  public attitudes toward globalization, democracy                          29 April 2006
90000+ interviews in 50 countries; reports & datasets on Islamic extremism, war in Iraq, prosperity in China; email announcements for reports; PGAP Key Indicators Database explore public opinion trends in 55 countries via interactive map, table, or chart formats;

Pew Partnership for Civic Change                                                                                           21 August 2005
consulting & program support to communities, governments, foundations, nonprofit agencies; recent publications such as Inventing Civic Solutions, how-to guide on launching & sustaining successful community programs; links to Solutions for America resources for creating viable economies & Smart Communities blog

Policy Hub Homepage for better policymaking & improved delivery                                            21 July 2005
resources & activities from UK & abroad help formulate, develop & evaluate policy efficiently & effectively; reports, checklists, best practices, other UK & international resources for making & evaluating policy, for authoritative evidence, & policy tools.

Policy Library                                                                                                                            15 July 2001
nonprofit; nonpartisan; from think tanks,governments, universities; 1000+ online research & policy papers. Contains all UK think tank online papers. Enter policy subject, author, country, institution or title

Poligraft: gives your political browsing context standalone web site or a bookmarklet          15 Septemeber 2010
feed in a news article, blog post or press release for an enhanced view of the interconnections between the people, organisations & relationships described; data provided by US Center for Responsive Politics & National Institute for Money in State Politics;

Political fixers (Australia)                                                                                                      26 August 2011

Political Science Resources: Politics & Government around the world                                       25 April 2008
See also Political Science Resources: Foreign politics (non- US)

Political Sciences Resources                                                                                                   13 January 2003
government, local government, political party websites around world (Azerbaijan, Lesotho, Bikini Atoll included); links for international relations & political-thought

Polity IV Project (Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research)                                  30 January 2011
sponsored by the Political Instability Task Force(PITF) which is funded by the Central Intelligence Agency; The Polity IV dataset covers all major, independent states in the global system (i.e. states with total population of 500000+ in most recent year; currently 163 countries) over the period 1800-2009; Political Regime Characteristics & Transitions, 1800-2009; Individual Country Regime Trends, 1946-2009: 2008 graphs display periods of "factionalism" & important Polity change events, including autocratic backsliding, executive auto-coup or autogolpe, revolution, collapse of central authority (state failure), & successful military coups; State Fragility Index;

Power Index list of powerful office-holders or people in leadership positions (Australia)          26 August 2011
biographical directory of people who pull Australia's levers of power & influence; news feed; 24 lists ranked in order of 10 most powerful & influential people: Political fixers, Megaphones, Money movers, Law enforcers, Sydney, Sport, New Media, Lobbyists, Moguls, Melbourne, Thinkers & Agenda Setters, Spinners, Culturati, Adelaide, Legal Eagles, New money, Bureaucrats Diplomats & Policy Makers, Brisbane, Journalists, Business Leaders, Philanthropists & NGO leaders, Perth, Editors & Producers, Politicians; 1st 2 Power Index lists & profiles – Political Fixers & Megaphones – are free, rest are bundled into e-books Power Reports @ $48, or unlimited access to all 25 Power Reports plus full access to The Power Index archive costs $340/year;

ProQuest: 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers                                              27 May 2006
See also their C19: The Nineteenth Century Index; House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900; British Periodicals; American Periodicals Series Online; Periodicals Archive Online™; African-American Poetry; American Drama, 1714-1915™; American Poetry (1600-1900); Early American Fiction, 1789-1875; C19 Fiction; Palmer's Full Text Online (1785-1870); 

Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive  election statistics from 182 countries                           23 June 2011

PSI-Navigator(European Commission funded)                                                                          3 December 2006
directory & search engine of information from Public Sector (PSI) of Europe enables citizens, businesses, non-profit organisations & government bodies to identify& locate specific types of public information, published on websites, as documents or via databases;

Public Data Explorer(Google Labs) Data visualizations for a changing world using Trendalyzer      11 March 2010
takes public data regarding schools, population, crime, even names to construct charts & graphs that illustrate trends; International data comes from WorldBank, OECD, Eurostats & data from US Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau, US Center for Disease Control, US Bureau of Economic Analysis; available data sets;

Public Opinion Research Reports (Canada)
Canadian government work contracted by departments and agencies, such as the Department of National Defence & Health Canada.from August 2006;

PubSub Government                                                                                                                 2 June 2005
select from pre-built subscriptions to a constantly updated stream of news & comment about government officials & committees from PubSub's sources

Quarterly Public Sector Debt Database(World Bank & International Monetary Fund, IMF)           9 December 2010
timely dissemination in standard formats of public sector debt statistics for 30 emerging market & developing countries to be updated every 3 months; includes country & cross-country tables, & enables users to query & extract data, by country, group of countries, & specific public debt components; Public Sector Debt Database guide for compilers & users(IMF);

RAND independent, nonprofit institution for policy & decision making research & analysis            7 January 2009
research staff among world's preeminent minds keeps policymakers ahead of curve on issues that matter - health care, education, national security, civil justice, environment, etc; RAND Classics; 60 ways RAND made a difference;Core Research Areas: Children & Families; Education & Arts; Energy & Environment; Health & Health Care; Infrastructure & Transportation; International Affairs; Law & Business; National Security; Population & Aging; Public Safety; Science & Technology; Terrorism & Homeland Security; All Topics;

Reform in an age of networked campaigns:
How to foster Citizen Participation through small donors & volunteers (Brookings Institution)      30 January 2010

Redefining Progress                                                                                                                  5 February 2003
non profit public policy organization creates policies & tools to encourage accurate market prices, protect our common social & natural assets, foster social & economic sustainability

Registry of US Government Publication Digitization Projects                                                      27 January 2006

Researching Primary Legislation of the United Kingdom                                                            31 May 2003

Search Europa!  site of the EU                                                                                                 12 May 2009
provides coverage of EU affairs & essential information on European integration; consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access websites of each EU institution & find out about policies administered by EU under powers devolved by Treaties;

South Australian legislation website                                                                                           19 October 2006
current & historical versions of public general Acts, regulations, certain rules & aquaculture &d environment protection policies; Bills of current session of Parliament & previous sessions(from 2005); proclamations & notices by Governor(from 2003); as made versions of Acts & regulations, rules, proclamations & notices made by Governor(from 2003); legislative index information; information about regulations due to expire under Subordinate Legislation Act, Ministers to whom Acts are committed; PDF & RTF formats

South Australian Policy Online                                                                                                7 July 2005
interactive public policy website linking researchers & public policy makers: Australian Institute for Social Research(AISR), University of Adelaide; Hawke Research Institute at University of South Australia; Flinders Institute of Public Policy & Management at Flinders University of South Australia; Don Dunstan Foundation; South Australian Government an important South Australian portal & link with Australian Policy Online; public policy research reports, conference papers & articles ;  calendar of South Australian research & policy events including conferences, seminars & workshops; Publication Archive; Policy Tools;

Special Cuts  specialist media monitoring & press cutting service                                              25 April 2006
'e' & print journals in government, library/information management & academic sectors; emailed pdfs or hard copy; Clients include Eduserv, Emerald Group Publishing, JISC, Tribal Technology; contact info@specialcuts.co.uk.

Spire Project: Government Resources                                                                                     14 September 2001

Spire Project: United Nations Information                                                                              14 September 2001
UN is involved in every aspect of international life - peace-keeping to environment, children's rights to air safety; press releases, video & photographic footage, publications, briefing papers, etc.

Surfwax Free Search for Legal Articles                                                                                    8 December 2003
Meta-search service Surfwax free LawKT service is a subject index to law firm publications; 60000 publications & articles

Think tanks                                                                                                                           12 March 2005
Hillwatch.com: Think Tanks(directory of Canadian & International Think Tanks); KSG Directory of Think Tanks(Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University); NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks(National Institute for Research Advancement in Japan. Printed three yearly; 2002 edition online); Political Resources: Think Tanks(Project VoteSmart); Political Resources: Think Tanks(U of Michigan Documents Center); Worldpress.org: Think Tanks & NGOs; Brookings Institution nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC to conduct high-quality, independent research &, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: Strengthen American democracy, Foster economic & social welfare, security & opportunity of all Americans, Secure a more open, safe, prosperous & cooperative international system; RAND Corporation nonprofit mission conducting research on important & complicated problems, national security, business, education, health, law, & science. No other institution tackles tough policy problems across so broad a spectrum; a Federally Funded Research & Development Center(FFRDC); Fraser Institute an independent international research & educational organization with offices in Canada & US & active research ties with similar independent organizations in 70+ countries; raising the level of understanding about the effects of economics & public policy, ideas contributing directly to improving the quality of life for people of all ages & income levels; Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) independent & rigorous analysis with the aim of setting the agenda & shaping policy by encouraging new ideas & forward thinking in international affairs; Research in 3 areas: Energy, Environment & Resource Governance, incorporating work on energy, environment & development policy & food supply; International Economics; Regional & Security Studies which include work on Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, International Law, International Security, Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Eurasia;

This Week in Parliament(Parliament of Australia)                                                                    25 August 2007

Tracking Press Releases                                                                                                           18 July 2007

Treaties & International Agreements                                                                                        6 May 2003
Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions, texts & hyperlinked definitions

UK 2004: Official Yearbook of United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland           29 November 2003
definitive overview of UK in text, tables, maps, charts & (in hardcopy version) colour photographs; government, international relations, defence; education & training, labour market, social protection, health, crime & justice, religion, culture, communications & media, sport, environment, housing, planning & regeneration, transport, sustainable development, economy, public finance, international trade & investment, science, engineering & technology, agriculture, fishing & forestry, manufacturing & construction, energy & natural resources, financial services. Information on England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland;

UK Central Government Web Archive
selected UK Government websites archived from August 2003 by Internet Archive for National Archives of UK; 2500 UK Government websites; 51 websites chosen as representative of UK Government web domain, selected in accordance with criteria designed to reflect overall functions of government; departments & agencies representative of each of these functions; websites harvested at varying intervals; 10 websites harvested weekly, remaining 41 1/2 yearly

UK Government Information on the Web    See also UK Government Web Archive        23 August 2002
Directgov gateway to UK government information & services(formerly UK online);  4 Feb 2012

UNdata:  updates several web-accessible databases                                                                            3 February 2011
United Nations Industrial Development Organization: UNIDO's INDSTAT4 2010 Database; World Tourism Organization: Tourism Data; Human Development Indices on UNdata; International Labour Organization: Tables on Youth Unemployment;

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre WCMC function of UN Environment Programme 13 August 2004
foremost intergovernmental environmental organisation offers up-to-date news & publications about world biodiversity issues & information on UNEP projects ranging from habitat to species to protected area issues;  Interactive Map Services

UNESCO Courier (United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization)                       22 November 2008
thematic areas include cultural heritage preservation, educational planning, & community capacity-building; Created in 1947, monthly since March 2006 in 6 languages, including English, Arabic, Russian, & Chinese; browse back issues to 1996, new issues via email;

UNESCO Institute for Statistics                                                                                                 7 August 2004
Established 1999 to meet needs of UNESCO Member States & provide international community with a wide range of statistical information to analyze efficiency & effectiveness of  programmes & inform policy decisions; 4 primary themes - education, literacy, culture & communication, science & technology; databases, working papers, country profiles, statistical tables, methodology

Union of International Associations(UIA)databases                                                                         23 September 2010
Freely accessible without any registration: World Problems - Issues, Global Strategies - Solutions, Human Development, Bibliography(issues), Human Values, Integrative Concepts, Patterns & Metaphors. Self-registration provides additional features, such as bookmarking, user statistics, etc; Subscription Databases: Yearbook of International Organizations Online: (International Organizations, Who's Who in International Organizations, Organizations Bibliography, & all the free databases); International Congress Calendar Online(including all the free databases); Transnational Associations Online(including all the free databases);  

United Nations Research Guide  web-based & print documents by & about UN                          10 October 2003
history, divisions, current awareness sources, indexes & databases; Official Website Locator for UN System of Organizations  portal to web sites, funds & programmes, specialized agencies; links to key projects & initiatives, joint programmes; Browse alphabetically, Thematic Index browse by subject; PowerPoint training guide on Official Document System (ODS) describes types of material found on ODS, demonstrates effective search methods, explains functionality of  Advanced Search; Role of the UN General Assembly; Yearbook of the UN digitized from 1946 to 2005 browse, read chapters, look for specific topics; Power Search across set, decade or annual volume; UNdata - type in search terms, look at popular searches & News, Database Coverage specially culled statistics including data sets related to  World Health Organization(WHO), refugees, industrial commodities, & children, Glossary summary of each term;

United Nations System Photo Links  & UN Photo Library                                                             18 December 2010
UN Photo Library collection of 800000 photographs dating back to mid-1940s chronicling history of Organization & its work includes coverage of historic UN meetings & events, field coverage from its earliest days;  available to media organizations, governments & non- governmental organizations, researchers & civil society, to foster public understanding of the work of  UN & its goals; negatives, slides & digital images. UN photos acquired since May 2004 & a selection of historical photos are included in the digital photo database. Earlier accessioned photos are being incrementally digitized and added to the database;  search by keywords or browse by categories & special subject galleries; order high-resolution digital photos online;

UNOG Registry, Records and Archives Unit (1870-)                                                                     2 February 2006
archival research catalogue of League of Nations & UN Office at Geneva; ten fonds in compliance with ISAD-G standard; sub-fonds, series, sub-series, files & documents; keyword search, browse; allows attaching a digitized document  to a unit of description; .

UN Pulse: Connecting to UN Information                                                                                       15 July 2005
blog on just-released UN system-wide online information, major reports, publications & documents; RSS feed

USASearch.gov(Microsoft Live Search & Vivísimo clustering)                                                          7 June 2008
indexes federal, state, local, & tribal sites; advanced search filters results by federal or non-federal status, or state name; Agencies sort tab for agencies dealing with a specific topic, technology or industry; Google US Government Search indexes .gov, .mil, & other sites; GovEngine.com links to Federal(Court & Government) & Local Government sites, state & local sites accessible by map, links to governemnt sites for American Samoa, Commnwealth of Northern Maraia Islands, Guam & Virgin Islands; Government Attic aims to provide materials unavailable elsewhere; GovSpot.com free, simple access, non-partisan government information portal 

US Congressional Bibliographies                                                                                                      13 July 2002
comprehensive lists of Senate hearings, prints, publications from 1983; House committee meetings recorded in Congressional Record's Daily Digest  from 1985; & statistical summaries record of each Senate committee; number of hearings; number printed & unprinted by Government Printing Office(GPO), how well each committee informed the nation of its activities through publishing transcripts. Searchable by keyword, committee name, or Senate number.

[US] Congressional Quarterly Inc                                                                                                     24 June 2001
56 Years of Leadership in Political Journalism; daily bulletin, top breaking news of day; indexes of CQ since 1998

US Department of State: Office of the Historian launched 2009                                                          12 September 2009                                                                
official historical documentary records of US foreign policy; writing & researching historical studies on US diplomacy for use by policymakers & public; scholarly reports, educational videos, information about scholarly conferences; updates about events & talks sponsored; biographies of famous diplomatic figures; browse Foreign Relations of the US series;

US Government Manual                                                                                                                     18 August 2006
official handbook of Federal Government; information on agencies of legislative, judicial, executive branches, quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which US participates, boards, commissions, committees; Declaration of Independence & US Constitution; see also Congressional Directory, 109th Congress -- August 2005-6 Online Revision; House Rules & Manual; (April 2008) US Government Information On the Internet; 1995/6-2007/8 editions;

[US] Policy Archive                                                                                                                          22 November 2008
Sponsored by Center for Governmental Studies(CGS) & Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis(IUPUI) Library; fulltext documents, reports, videos, & multimedia material generated by various think tanks & institutions; policy institutions can submit work to the archive; email newsletters about the latest research;

[US] Stateline.org (Pew Charitable Trusts)                                                                                           28 January 2006
developments affecting all 50 states; education, elections, homeland security, transportation; archive of governors’addresses since 2000; State of the States report

[US] State of the Union Addresses of American Presidents                                                                   9 February 2006
Search & analyze fulltext State of the Union Addresses, 1790-2005

Victorian government gazette, 1836-1997(State Library of Victoria)                                                       10 November 2009
images of every page of every relevant gazette & government notice produced since 1836 including: New South Wales Government Gazette 1836 - 1851; Port Phillip Government Notices January - 12 July 1843; Port Phillip Government Gazette January 1844 - July 1851; Victoria Government Gazette July 1851 - 1997; No copies are known to exist for 19 July-December 1843 but Gazette information may be in The Port Phillip Herald newspaper's Melbourne Government Gazette column; Victoria Government Gazette, 1997-;

Vivisimo's FirstGov Search Interface                                                                                                    30 April 2003
yields fewer results than FirstGov's; usefully subdivides; search for "DMCA," for instance, is subdivided into sound recordings, intellectual property, enactment, request for comments, comments received; 

WAGE: Centre for Research on Work & Society in the Global Era                                                        12 October 2005
work & regulation of labour in Australia within a volatile international political economy; mapping & responding to emerging issues, opportunities & challenges in  current chilly climate for workers' rights; refereed working papers, journals & conference, training workshops, seminars & educational programs; activist intellectual networks, established research networks & research funding in Australia, Canada, OECD, European Union, US

What the people want online polls(Australia) regular quarterly Federal omnibus poll                                   22 April 2010

WikiLeaks electronic dead drop for highly sensitive, or secret information. No filters, no rewriting, no spin.   23 May 2010
online network of dissidents, journalists, academics, technology experts & mathematicians worldwide with similar political views & values uses technology that makes the original sources untraceable; Keeper of secrets, The Age(Melbourne), May 22, 2010; 6 December 2010: Update: Wikileaks: more search & more mirrors;Searching Wikileaks Cablegate Archives with Cablesearch(European Centre of Computer Assisted Research);

World Public Opinion                                                                                                                              24 February 2006
Program on International Policy Attitudes(PIPA) in-depth information & analysis on public opinion from around world on international issues; Explore by world region or topic; links to polling organizations around world;

World Trade Organization: Database of Regional Agreements - RTAs notified to GATT/WTO                 30 January 2009

World Values Survey, 1981- worldwide investigation of sociocultural & political change                           16 December 2003
international network of university social scientists; evidence of gradual but pervasive changes in what people want out of life; access to publications, ordering publications; democratic aspirations & ideals in East Asia & postmaterialism.

Yearbook of the United Nations - Yearbook Collection(1946 - 2005)                                                       31 July 2010