Public Administration and Public Affairs: Resources by Concentration

Contains a 50-state directory to find local governments (Towns, Cities, and Counties).

Provides information to the Colorado Governor and General Assembly on local government needs and problems, performs research on local government issues, provides technical assistance and information to local governments on available federal and state programs, and acts as a liaison with other state agencies concerned with local governments.

Formerly the General Accounting Office, this is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO evaluates the performance of federal programs and tracks the expenditures of those programs. GAO reports and resources are available from the link above and the following site.

A professional and educational organization for the local government community.

NACo collects information on counties, such as county officials, courthouse addresses, county seats, cities within a county as well as various statistical and geographical information. Also use the NACo site to identify what and where countieare in a particular state.

A nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to strengthening citizen democracy in local communities.

The largest national organization of municipal governments, representing 18,000 cities, towns, and villages in the United States.

An official nonpartisan organization of U.S. mayors, representing cities with populations of 30,000 or more.

Search for mayors by last name, city, state, or population.

(Michigan State University) Use ENTRI to match environmental treaties with natural resource indicators.

Overarching webpage that gives access to natural resources divisions leading to their individual data resources

Offers one stop shopping for over 6,000 full text, on line EPA documents.

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.

News and "how to" information on funding, management for any nonprofit organization.

One of the oldest and largest nonprofit management support organizations in the United States, with a 30 year history and over 6,000 members.

An Open Web Directory of more than 700,000 charities and non-profit organizations. Search by name, keyword, category, location, or revenue.

Learn about giving around the world via foundation maps, research, data, landscapes, and benchmarkers.

A national repository of data on the non-profit sector in the United States.

Plethora of information on how to build effective non-profit boards.

Supports the creation, growth and success of nonprofit organizations.

Creates opportunities, tool and strategies to develop nonprofits and community group to strengthen Colorado.

CANPO is a statewide nonprofit membership coalition connecting nonprofits of all sizes, missions and geographic location. The nonprofit sector directly represents five percent of Colorado's economy, spending more than $15 billion annually.

Some of these links are focused on the management of "Nonprofit" associations, while others are Associations (that are nonprofit) but engaged in the practice and research of public policy management and issues.

Serves nonprofits and their supporters by helping them tell their stories and increase their capacity through nonprofit news, resources, announcements and job listings.