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IRS
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5768.pdf
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Lobbying Short Form for 501(c)(3)'s (in
PDF format) |
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Office
of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
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This is the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP)'s web site containing information on the National Youth
Anti-Drug Media Campaign as well as information on the Drug-Free Communities
Act and its application process. |
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Project
Vote-Smart
www.votesmart.org/index.htm
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Project Vote-Smart, a non-partisan organization
provides this web site, allowing users to view their elected officials'
voting record. To access it, follow this link and click on "voting
records" on the left menu under the heading, "categories." |
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Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov
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This site is provided through the Library
of Congress and it offers summaries, status updates, and text of current
and past legislation as well as public law. It also allows the user
to view House and Senate schedules for the week and the day, information
on Congressional Committees and text from the Congressional Record. |
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Non-Profit Action
http://www.npaction.org
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NPAction.org is an online resource hosted by OMB Watch to support capacity building for nonprofit advocacy.
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FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
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Congress.org
www.congress.org
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An
invaluable resource providing a listing of the Congressional Members on
the Senate and House Committees and Subcommittees, as well as a wealth
of other information on Congress. |
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House
of Representatives
www.house.gov
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This
is the official link of the United States House of Representatives. It
provides a searchable database of Representatives, information on the
current docket, information on the House itself and a media gallery. |
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Senate
www.senate.gov
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This
is the official link of the United States Senate. It provides a searchable
database of Senators, information on the current docket, information on
the Senate itself and bill search. |
| TREATMENT
ADVOCACY |
| Alliance
for Justice: Nonprofit Advocacy Project
http://www.allianceforjustice.org/nonprofit/index.html |
Run
by the Alliance for Justice, a national association of advocacy
organizations, this Web site explains the Lobbying Disclosure Act
of 1995, regulations that govern advocacy by charities that receive
federal grants, and the "intermediate sanctions" law that authorizes
penalties for excessive compensation at charities and new disclosure
requirements for charities. The site also provides legislative updates
on issues that affect non-profit advocacy. |
| Benton
Foundation: Advocacy on the 'Net
http://www.benton.org/
publibrary/practice/best/advoc.html |
Maintained
by the Benton Foundation, an operating foundation in Washington,
this site provides annotated links to the Web sites of non-profit
organizations that use the Internet to encourage advocacy in behalf
of their causes. |
| Designing
Effective Action Alerts for the Internet
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/
people/pagre/alerts.html |
Written by Philip E. Agre, an associate
professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
at the University of California, Los Angeles, this article offers
non-profit organizations advice on how to write e-mail messages that
encourage advocacy in behalf of their causes. |
| NAATP
http://www.naatp.org/home.php |
NAATP is in the forefront of advocacy for
chemical dependency treatment regarding national, state and private
health care reform. |
| National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
http://www.ncadd.org |
The National Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Dependence advocates prevention, intervention and treatment through
offices in New York and Washington, and a nationwide network of Affiliates. |
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