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BUDGET-RELATED RESOURCES ::
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1). Policy organizations, think tanks, advocacy groups,
associations, and foundations all provide input
into the budget development process. They provide statistical and
anecdotal data, as well as professional coverage of the key issues that
drive the budget policy and implementation debate from one year to the
next. This page links to several (but by no means all) such key organizations, particularly those
that weigh in on the national discretionary budget and appropriations
process.
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American
Council for Capital Formation (ACCF). Focuses on
the role of public policies to promote the saving and investment
essential to economic growth, job creation, and international
competitiveness. Key issues include avenues to capital
formation, the lowering of barriers to free trade, and
cost-effective environmental policies.
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American
Enterprise Institute (AEI). Think tank devoted to
research on economics and trade; social welfare; government tax,
spending, regulatory, and legal policies; U.S. politics;
international affairs; and U.S. defense and foreign policies.
Testifies frequently before congressional committees, and
provides consultation to all branches of government.
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American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Bi-partisan
membership organization of state legislators. Provides a
forum for state legislators and business leaders to exchange
ideas on national policy issues. Agenda includes commerce
and economic development, energy and natural resources,
information technology regulation, tax reform, health care
reform, tort reform, and education reform.
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Brookings
Institution. Independent organization devoted to
bridging the gap between scholarship and public policy.
Conducts studies, delivers seminars, and issues policy briefs on
a range of issues in the fields of government and
economics. Regularly testifies before Congress on matters
ranging from tax reform to urban development and technological
trends.
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Business
Executives for National Security. Organization of
business executives devoted to advocating reforms in Department
of Defense business practices. Also oversees an initiative
to advocate policies for handling post-Cold War threats to
national security.
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Cato
Institute. Independent organization advocating
limited government and a free market economy. Conducts
studies and sponsors conferences on a range of public and
economic policy issues. Devotes considerable resources to
analyzing the Federal budget and its implications. Related
issues include Social Security, monetary policy, natural
resource policy, military spending, regulation, and
international trade.
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Center
for Defense Information. Military defense research
organization. Military spending is one of the
organization's major focus areas. Provides information to
Congress that contributes to the rationale for defense spending.
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Center
for Strategic and International Studies. Public
policy research institution dedicated to policy issues in such
areas as international finance, U.S. trade and economic policy,
national and international security issues, energy, and
telecommunications. Generates strategic analysis reports,
issues policy recommendations, and organizes forums for the
exchange of ideas between the private sector and government
leaders.
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Center
for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Think
tank focusing on defense planning and investment strategies for
the 21st century. Provides information to policymakers,
opinion leaders, the media, and defense professionals through Congressional
staff briefings, defense budget studies, strategic planning workshops
and seminars; and media releases.
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Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities. Addresses fiscal
policy issues with a particular focus on low- and
moderate-income families and individuals. Presents data and
research findings public officials, other non-profit
organizations, and the media. Maintains a strong interest
in the budget and appropriations process.
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Committee
for Economic Development. An organization of
business and education leaders dedicated to policy research on
major national economic and social issues. Oversees
several projects, including one on improving government
performance. Issues publications and organizes policy
briefings to which government and industry leaders are invited.
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Committee
on Nuclear Policy. A joint effort comprised of
scholars from more than fifteen of the top nuclear weapons
policy research institutes: the Brookings Institution, the
Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Center for
International Security Studies at the University of Maryland,
the Council on Foreign Relations, the
Henry L. Stimson Center,
the Natural Resources Defense Council, Princeton University, the
Progressive Policy Institute, the State of the World Forum, and
others. The end result of this project was a publication
called "Jump-START: Retaking the Initiative to Reduce Post-Cold
War Nuclear Dangers."
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