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IRS
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-fill/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.vote-smart.org/index.phtml
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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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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. |
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TREATMENT ADVOCACY
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Alliance
for Justice: Nonprofit Advocacy Project
http://www.afj.org/stpic.html
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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.
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Benton
Foundation: Advocacy on the 'Net
http://www.benton.org/
Practice/Best/advoc.html
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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.
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Designing
Effective Action Alerts for the Internet
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/
people/pagre/alerts.html
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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.
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Desktop
Assistance
http://www.desktop.org
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Desktop
Assistance is a Helena, Mont., and Salt Lake City charity that helps
non-profit organizations improve their services by using technology.
Its site contains a case study of the "Northern Rockies Campaign," which
used the Internet to help mobilize tourists to lobby the Clinton Administration
to protect certain government-owned lands from economic development.
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NAATP
http://www.naatp.org/index2.htm
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NAATP
is in the forefront of advocacy for chemical dependency treatment regarding
national, state and private health care reform.
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National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
http://www.ncadd.org
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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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