The General
Accounting Office is the
investigative arm of the Congress and is charged with
examining all matters relating to the receipt and
disbursement of public funds. This site recounts the
history of the GAO and provides access to GAO reports and
testimony, to the decisions and opinions of the
comptroller general, and to "policy and guidance"
materials.
Bureau
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offers access to data on employment and operation of the
economy, often broken down by function, region, and so
on. Bureau publications are also available.
Bureau
of the Census provides
the current U.S. population count as well as current
economic indicators. The Bureau's press releases can be
accessed in the "newsroom," and the Statistical
Abstract of the United States is available for
viewing.
The Heritage
Foundation is a
conservative thinktank "committed to rolling back the
liberal welfare state and building an America where
freedom, opportunity, and civil society flourish." The
site provides "this week's to ten facts," and visitors
can access the foundation's job bank. Its "Candidate
Education Guide" provides the latest news on current
issues.
The Progressive
Policy Institute is an
alternative thinktank advocating "a philosophy that
adapts the progressive tradition in American politics to
the realities of the Information Age and points to a
"third way" beyond the liberal impulse to defend the
bureaucratic status quo and the conservative bid to
simply dismantle government." It is sponsored by the
Democratic Leadership Council, which promoted Clinton's
nomination for president and foreshadowed his centrist
policies.
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