Public Policy Resources

Helpful Web links to access critical government resources, track legislation and identify your elected officials.

Federal and National Web Resources

http://www.usa.gov/ - The U.S. Government's official web portal

http://thomas.loc.gov/ - Bill text, as well as summaries and status; searchable Congressional Record, topical Congressional Record Index, and links to the House, Senate, GPO, Library of Congress and other resources.

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html - A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office, provides Congressional bills, directories, and reports; also has links to the Congressional Record, the U.S. Code, and the U.S. Constitution.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ - The official website of the President of the United States. 

http://www.house.gov/ - Links to members of U.S. House of Representatives, Committees, and Leadership; also features a weekly House Floor schedule, Committee hearing schedule, annual Congressional schedule, roll call votes, and summaries of events on the House floor.

http://www.senate.gov/ - Links to U.S. Senate membership, Committees, legislative activity information, and other resources.

http://www.congress.org/ - Nonpartisan news and information Web site devoted to encouraging civic participation.

http://www.c-span.org/-C-SPAN. - Includes live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the proceedings of the U.S. House and Senate.

http://govtwit.com GovTwit is the world’s largest directory of all facets of government on Twitter: state and local, federal, contractors, media, academics, non-profits and government outside of the U.S. You’ll find official government Twitter IDs as well as individuals from different agencies in the directory, and I’m confident you’ll also find folks tweeting great content about how to improve the "business of government."

State and Localities Web Resources

http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html - The Library of Congress provides a list of links to sites offering state government information.

http://www.nga.org/- National Governors Association (NGA). The bipartisan organization of the nation's governors—promotes visionary state leadership, shares best practices and speaks with a unified voice on national policy.

http://www.ncsl.org/ - National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).  NCSL is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories.

http://www.naco.org/ -National Association of Counties (NACo).  NACo is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States.

http://www.usmayors.org/ - U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM).  USCM is the official nonpartisan organization of the nation's 1202 U.S. cities with populations over 30,000.

http://www.nlc.org/home/ - National League of Cities (NLC).  NLC is the oldest and largest national organization representing municipal governments throughout the United States.

http://www.csg.org/- The Council of State Governments. The nation’s only organization serving all three branches of state government.

If you have questions regarding policy issues or NCB Capital Impact initiatives related to affordable cooperative homeownership, affordable assisted living, health care facilities or charter school facilities, please contact John Holdsclaw, NCB Capital Impact, Director of Policy Development, at (202) 349-7448.

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