An excellent
source for public policy, CQ Library includes: CQ Weekly, an online
version of CQ Weekly Report, provides authoritative, non-partisan
information on Congressional activity including voting analysis and
background reports. CQ Researcher, an online version of the printed CQ
Researcher, is a weekly that analyses current and controversial issues.
CQ Supreme Court Collection contains court decisions, biographical
information on justices, institutional history, and a feature that
allows analysis and comparison of the voting records of a justice. CQ
Congress Collection is an integrated Congressional database which
includes numerous encyclopedic entries, legislative policy histories,
statistics, chronologies, biographies, electoral data, voting records,
and maps. CQ Voting and Elections provides detailed information on
elections at the national and state levels. CQ Public Affairs
Collection contains a variety of source material organized by 22 key
topics. CQ Insider provides directory information on the international,
national, and state levels. Electronic Encyclopedia of American
Government is an online version of the printed A to Z Encyclopedia
series that provides information on Congress, the Presidency, the
Supreme Court and U.S. elections.
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An online,
full-text legislative and regulatory service, published by
Congressional Information Service, Inc. (CIS), a leading international
publisher of reference, research, and current awareness information
products based on information produced by the U.S. government and
related information.
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Science.gov
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Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative
selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies,
including research and development results |
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Federal agency
charged with protecting public health of the nation by providing
leadership and direction in the prevention or and control of diseases
and other preventable conditions and responding to public health
emergencies.
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Cabinet-level
department most involved with the nation's human concerns. Responsible
for health, welfare, and income security plans, policies, and programs
of the federal government.
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Laws,
regulations, dockets, informational and educational information from
the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Responsible
for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy and
security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical
devices, the nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit
radiation.
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Web page for
the federal technology agency that works with industry to develop and
apply technology, measurements, and standards.
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Agency that
supports biomedical and behavioral research domestically and abroad,
conducts research in its own laboratories and clinics, trains
researchers, and promotes acquisition and distribution of medical
knowledge. .
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The National
Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by
Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the
national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national
defense…" With an annual budget of about $5.92 billion, we are the
funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported
basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In
many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social
sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
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National Space and Aeronautics Administration (NASA)
NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.
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WHO is the
directing and coordinating authority for health within the United
Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global
health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and
standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing
technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health
trends.
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