POLS 1101: American Government: Course Tools: Websites and Other Information

America's Party, originally known as America's Independent Party, is a conservative American political party formed in August 2008 by supporters of Alan Keyes as an alternative to the Republican, Democratic and other parties.

Conduct research and policy analyses; develop new policy and reform ideas; encourage citizen participation and government accountability; and build broad-based coalitions to advance these values.

Launched in 2006, FedSpending is a project of Center for Effective Government, a non-governmental agency that works to increase government transparency and accountability.

GovTrack, a non-governmental resource, is a tool for tracking the current activities and researching the United States Congress. It offers the status of U.S. federal legislation, voting records for the Senate and House of Representatives, information on Members of Congress, district maps, congressional committee memberships, and the text of the Congressional Record. Archival material dates only dates back to the 1990’s, however. For recent congressional history, it is an easy-to-use option.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Living Room Candidate contains more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952, when Madison Avenue advertising executive Rosser Reeves convinced Dwight Eisenhower that short ads played during such popular TV programs as I Love Lucy would reach more voters than any other form of advertising. This innovation had a permanent effect on the way presidential campaigns are run.

PolitiFact is a popular site where votes can find information behind what the political candidates - from the presidential candidates on down - state as part of their campaign promises and platforms. Maintained by The Tampa Bay Times

US government profiles of countries and territories around the world and includes information on geography, people, government, transportation, economy, communications, and etc

.gov is leading the way in democratizing public sector data and driving innovation. The data is being surfaced from many locations making the Government data stores available to researchers to perform their own analysis. Developers are finding good uses for the datasets, providing interesting and useful applications that allow for new views and public

Links to statistics and statistical agencies

Correspondence and Other Writings of Six Major Shapers of the United States:George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Over 171,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.

Provides access to U.S. Government documents.

http://www.dhs.gov/

This page is maintained by the Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress and is, of course, perpetually under construction. Provides links to government resources

Follows the department as well as the Secretary of State's world traveling.

The official web portal for all local, state and federal government information and statistics.

Podcasts from the U.S. government and other sources.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

Aljazeera America is an American basic cable and satellite news television channel that is owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel, which was launched on August 20, 2013, directly competes with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox New etc.

Cable News Network. Breaking U.S. and International news

News and events. Website has links to audio clips and full shows.

National news and commentary. Website include news and opinion columns not in print. Website for the magazine.

Current news and opinion. Online videos and photo galleries of current events. Website for the magazine.

Univision is an American Spanish language broadcast television network that is owned by Univision Communications. The network's programming is aimed at Hispanic Americans.

U.S. and international business and financial news. Also available online through our databases. Website for the newspaper.