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US and State Policy Research

Sources for tracking current developments in politics, policy, bills, laws or court cases for the U.S.federal government and states

Finding Scholarly Articles on Public Policy

Books on How To Evaluate Policies

Government Accountability Office for Evaluations of Federal Spending

The GAO is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.