Government Resources

To be an effective advocate or self-advocate, one needs to make the best use possible of available tools and support resources. The following are just a handful of suggestions for places to turn for information during one's own advocacy efforts..

National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) describes itself as a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's focus of interest includes health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation. Several topical subscriptions are available, most for free, as well as their regularly updated RSS feeds.

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

The Government Accountability Office, until recently known as the General Accounting Office, is an agency that works for Congress and the American people. The GAO: studies the programs and expenditures of the federal government; is independent and nonpartisan; advises Congress and the heads of executive agencies (such as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense (DOD), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about ways to make government more effective and responsive; evaluates federal programs, audits federal expenditures, and issues legal opinions.

Free Petitions Online

A commonly recognized method of rallying individuals together is to gather them as a collection of signatures on petitions. PetitionsOnline.com's free online petition service combines that age-old technique for advocacy with the ease of accessibility proffered by the Internet. If you would like to set up your own petition, try searching the existing petitions first to get some ideas of how best to present your ideas to your prospective audience.

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It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet..

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