Public Policy Resources

White House

• Office of Science and Technology Policy http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/
•  Congress
• THOMAS http://thomas.loc.gov

U.S. House of Representatives

• Committee on Appropriations http://appropriations.house.gov/
• Committee on the Budget http://budget.house.gov/
• Committee on Education and the Workforce http://edworkforce.house.gov/
• Committee on Energy and Commerce http://energycommerce.house.gov/
• Committee on Ways and Means http://waysandmeans.house.gov/

U.S. Senate

• Committee on Appropriations http://appropriations.senate.gov/
• Committee on the Budget http://budget.senate.gov/
• Committee on Finance http://finance.senate.gov/
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) http://help.senate.gov/
• Special Committee on Aging http://aging.senate.gov/

Federal Agencies/Projects

• Administration on Aging (AoA) http://www.aoa.gov/
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/
• Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) http://www.cms.gov/
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO) http://www.cbo.gov/
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/about/
• Council of Economic Advisors http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/
• Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm
• Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/
• Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/
• Employee Benefits Security Administration http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) http://www.gao.gov
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) http://www.hrsa.gov/index.html
• Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) https://www.cms.gov/FACA/02_MEDCAC.asp
• Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) http://www.medpac.gov/
• National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/nacnep.htm
• National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/NCHS/
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) http://www.guidelines.gov/
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
• National Health Care Workforce Commission http://www.gao.gov/hcac/nat_hcwc.html
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/
• National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) http://www.osha.gov/
• Office of Disability, Aging, and Long Term Care Policy http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/daltcp.cfm
• Office of Management and Budget http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
• Office of the National Coordinator on Health Information Technology (ONC) http://healthit.hhs.gov/
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Governing Board http://www.gao.gov/about/hcac/patientcentered_outcomes.html
• Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.samhsa.gov/
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm

Think Tanks and Research Organizations

• Abt Associates http://www.abtassociates.com/
• AcademyHealth http://www.academyhealth.org/
• Alliance for Health Reform http://www.allhealth.org/
• American Enterprise Institute http://www.aei.org/home
• Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/
• California Healthcare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/
• Cato Institute http://www.cato.org/
• Center for Health care Strategies http://www.chcs.org
• Center for Studying Health System Change http://www.hschange.com/
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org
• ECRI Institute's Comparative Effectiveness Resource Center https://www.ecri.org/comparativeeffectiveness/Pages/default.aspx
• Economic Success Clearinghouse (formerly Welfare Information Network) http://www.financeproject.org/index.cfm?page=24
• Employee Benefit Research Institute http://www.ebri.org/
• Georgetown University Health Policy Institute http://hpi.georgetown.edu
• Georgetown Center for Children and Families http://ccf.georgetown.edu/
• George Washington University National Health Policy Forum http://www.nhpf.org
• George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/institutescenters/center_for_health_Policy_research.cfm
• Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/
• Health Affairs (Project HOPE) http://www.healthaffairs.org/
• Institute for Health Policy Solutions http://www.ihps.org/index.shtml
• Institute of Medicine http://www.iom.edu/
• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies — Health Policy Institute http://www.jointcenter.org/index.php/about_the_joint_center
• Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/
• Lewin http://www.lewin.com/
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/
• National Academies http://www.nationalacademies.org/
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners http://www.naic.org/
• National Academy of Social Insurance http://www.naic.org/
• RAND Health http://www.rand.org/topics/health-and-health-care.html
• RTI http://www.rti.org/
• Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/
• Westat http://www.westat.com/

Other Relevant Associations, Organizations, and Coalitions

• American Public Human Services Association http://www.aphsa.org/Home/home_news.asp
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.astho.org/
• CDISC http://www.cdisc.org/
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists http://www.cste.org/dnn/
• Friends of CDC http://www.cdccoalition.org/
• Friends of HRSA http://www.friendsofhrsa.org/
• Friends of the National Center Health Statistics http://www.chsr.org/friendsofnchs.htm
• Friends of the national Library of Medicine http://www.fnlm.org/
• Global Health Coalition http://www.globalhealth.org/
• Health Care Leadership Council (HLC) Confidentiality Coalition http://www.hlc.org/
• HIT Now http://www.healthitnow.org/
• HL7 http://www.hl7.org/
• National Academy for State Health Policy http://www.nashp.org/
• National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) http://www.nastad.org/
• National Association of County Health Officials http://www.naccho.org/
• National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) http://www.nasbo.org/
• National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD) http://hsd.aphsa.org/Home/home_news.asp
• National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/
• National Governors Association http://www.nga.org/
• National Network of Public Health Institutes http://www.nnphi.org/home/
• National Quality Forum http://www.qualityforum.org/
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government http://www.rockinst.org/
• State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) http://www.shadac.org/
• State Health Access Reform Evaluation http://www.shadac.org/share

Philanthropies

• Atlantic Philanthropies http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/
• Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation http://www.packard.org/home.aspx
• Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
• John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. http://www.jhartfound.org/
• Kresge Foundation http://www.kresge.org/
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/
• Rockefeller Foundation http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/
• SCAN Foundation http://www.thescanfoundation.org/
• W. K. Kellogg Foundation http://www.wkkf.org/

Relevant Publications and Blogs

• Advance for HIM http://health-information.advanceweb.com
• CMIO News http://www.cmiomagazine.com/
• Federal Telemedicine News http://www.federaltelemedicine.com/contact.html
• Fierce Health IT http://www.fiercehealthit.com/
• For the Record http://www.fortherecordmag.com/hit_index.shtml
• Government health it http://govhealthit.com
• Healthcare IT News http://www.healthcareitnews.com/
• Health Data Management http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/
• Health Management Technology http://www.healthmgttech.com/
• Healthcare Informatics http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/ME2/Default.asp
• Healthwatch http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/
• iHealthbeat http://www.ihealthbeat.org/
• Modern HealthCare http://www.modernhealthcare.com