Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Third Edition, by Michael E. Kraft and Scott R. Furlong

6. Assessing Policy Alternatives

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Suggested Web Sites

http://apsapolicysection.org/index.html. Public policy section of the American Political Science Association, with extensive links to public policy organizations, journals, and research sites.

www.appam.org. Association for Public Policy and Management guides to public policy education.

www.whitehouse.gov/omb. Office of Management and Budget site that includes guidelines for conducting cost-benefit analyses and risk assessments.

www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/Specialty-stds/gs-policy.asp. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management Web page, offering a description of policy analysis positions in government.

www.sra.org. Society for Risk Analysis, with links to risk-related sites.

www.wfs.org. World Future Society, with links to publications on future studies such as Futurist magazine.

www.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau

www.faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration

www.guttmacher.org. Alan Guttmacher Institute