Public Policy Matrix

Public Policy Matrix
For University of Michigan Class Assignments

Last updated on May 12, 2008

Sources marked with * are only available to University of Michigan affiliates on campus, via dial-in to 489-2222 using an ITD telecommunications package, or through previously-approved authentication on the library's Remote Resources web page. A Legislative History Chart

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? | WHAT'S THE SOLUTION?
LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION
Legislative Process | Influences on Legislators
EXECUTIVE BRANCH SOLUTION
Executive Branch Options | Influences on Executive Branch
MONITORING THE RESULT

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Question	Secondary Question		Types of Sources	Starters
What's The Problem?			Journal Articles	Almanac of Policy Issues, CQ* and CQ Almanac (Docs/UGL JK 1.C756, Pub Hlth RA 421 .C765) National Journal and Congress Daily* Proquest* JSTOR
			Newspaper Articles	Academic Universe*, NY Times, 1851-2001 AllPolitics, and Washington Post
			Television	Academic Universe* - Under News/Transcripts/All ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC
			Books	MIRLYN
			Research Reports	GAO Reports, CRS Reports, Political Information
			Statistics	Statistical Resources and Statistical Universe*
			Executive Agency Reports	Fed Web Sites and Google
			Court Decisions	*Academic Universe and Laws Online**
			Personal Experience	Reflection and Interviews
What Are the Solutions?			Research Reports	GAO Reports, Political Information
			Journal Articles	Almanac of Policy Issues, Proquest, CQ, National Journal*
			Congressional Hearings	*Congressional Universe and Hearings for Public Access**
			Federal and State Bills	THOMAS, State Law
			Federal and State Proposed Regulations	Federal Register - GPO Access - Congressional Universe* State Law
Legislative Solution Legislative Solution	Legislative Process Legislative Process	1. Bill Introduced into House or Senate	H.R./S. or S.J.Res./H.J.Res can become law; H.Res./S.Res. are procedural; H.Con.Res/S.Con.Res express opinion	THOMAS or Congressional Universe*
		2. Committee Referral	Name of Committee	THOMAS (by bill number)
			Committee Members	Current Congress (Juan) Older Committees
			Calendars	Committee Web Site
			Committee Prints	*Congressional Universe and Committee Web Site (Some)**
			CRS Reports	CRS Bibliographies
			Committee Hearings	*Congressional Universe or Hearings Web Sites**
			Committee Markups	Congressional Universe* Testimony, 1988?+* National Journal Markups, 1999+*
			Committee Report	GPO Access or Congressional Universe*
		3. Floor Action	Calendar	Floor Calendars
			Debate	Congressional Record - Paper, 1873+ in stacks: J 11.R - THOMAS - Congressional Universe*
			Roll Call Votes	Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate Congress Votes Database CQ Weekly Report* CQ Congress Collection*
		4. Procedure Repeated in Second Chamber	IF bill goes from one chamber to another	Bill keeps original number in both houses. Procedures and sources are repeated as above; if passed, goes to President
			IF bills introduced in both houses	Bills traced separately as above; one bill substituted for another under Floor Action; if passed, goes to President
			IF disagreement in versions of bill	Conference committee called; no hearings; committee markup/vote/report; continues with Floor Action; if passed, goes to President
		5. President	IF vetoes, veto message plus goes back to Congress for an override	Vetoes - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents - White House - Statements of Administration Policy Congressional Record for Override Debate - THOMAS - Congressional Universe* Roll Call Votes - Clerk of the House - Secretary of the Senate - CQ Weekly Report* - CQ Congress Collection*
			If pocket vetoes, bill dies	Academic Universe, AllPolitics,CQ
			IF signed, becomes law	See legal sources below
			IF not signed in 10 days and Congress in session, becomes law	See legal sources below
		6. Law Issued	New Laws	THOMAS Congressional Universe*
		6. Law Issued	United States Code	Cornell Congressional Universe*
		7. Regulations Issued by Executive Branch	Federal Register (proposed and new)	GPO Access Congressional Universe*
		7. Regulations Issued by Executive Branch	Code of Federal Regulations	GPO Access Cornell Congressional Universe*
	Who is Influencing Congress?		Journal and Newspaper Articles	Proquest, CQ, Academic Universe*
			Political Parties	Political Parties House Leadership Senate Leadership
			Committee Chairmen	Contacting the Congress Congressional Directories Academic Universe* - Under News/Transcripts/Political
			Colleagues	Congressional Record - THOMAS - Congressional Universe* Committee Markups Congressional Universe Inside Washington, 1999+* CQ Congress Collection* Press Releases - Congressional Web Sites - Academic Universe/Transcripts/Political* TV Talk Shows - Academic Universe/Transcripts*
			Congressional Hearings For Lobby Group and Executive Branch Testimony	*Congressional Universe and Hearings for Public Access**
			Executive Branch	Fed Web Sites President Statements of Administration Policy
			Interest Groups	Lobby Groups Political Information, Project Vote Smart State Government Associations Voter Information Service
			Campaign Finances	FEC Info, Open Secrets
			Public	Congressional Addresses/E-Mail Public Opinion Polls Local Politics -Politics in America* (Paper Only) -Almanac of American Politics* (Paper before 1998)
Executive Branch Solutions	Solution Options	Overview	Journals	*Proquest, National Journal, and Google*
		Internal Change	Program or Internal Procedure	Fed Web Sites and Federal Administrative Opinions
		New Regulation	May be required by law or discretionary	United Agenda (reg plans) --GPO Access Federal Register - GPO Access - Congressional Universe*
		Seek New Law	Congressional Hearings	*Congressional Universe or Hearings for Public Access**
		Budget Request	Submitted to President and President to Congress	Budget Publications, Congressional Budget Office, Budget and Appropriations Committees
		Grants	Overall Funding Must Be Approved by Congress	Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
	Who is Influencing the Executive Branch?		Journal and Newspaper Articles	Proquest, National Journal, Academic Universe*
			Executive Agency Staff	Fed Web Sites and National Journal*
			President	Statements of Administration Policy Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents White House
			Budget	Budget Publications, Congressional Budget Office, Budget and Appropriations Committees
			Interest Groups	Lobby Groups Political Parties, State Government Associations
			Presidential Campaign Finances	FEC-Info Open Secrets Project Vote Smart
			Public	Federal Register Contains Comments - GPO Access - Congressional Universe* Public Opinion Polls
Monitoring Solutions			Journal and Newspaper Articles	Almanac of Policy Issues Proquest, CQ, Academic Universe, National Journal, All Politics
			Congressional Hearings (oversight)	*Congressional Universe or Hearings for Public Access**
			General Accounting Office Reports	GAO Reports
			Agency Web Site	Fed Web Sites
			Statistics	Statistical Resources and Statistical Universe*

SOURCE URLS

Off-campus users should preface the URLs of starred publications with: http://proxy.lib.umich.edu/login?url=

ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/
Academic Universe*: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
All Politics: http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/
Almanac of Policy Issues: http://www.policyalmanac.org/
Budget and Appropriations Committees: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/committee_list.cgi?site=ctc
Budget Publications: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/index.html
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
CBS: http://www.cbs.com/
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/
Code of Federal Regulations:

GPO Access: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Cornell: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
Committee Reports (GPO Access): http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/index.html
Congress Daily*: http://nationaljournal.com/
Congress Votes Database (Washington Post): http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/
Congressional Budget Offices: http://www.cbo.gov/
Congressional E-Mail Addresses: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Congressional Committees:

Current (Juan): http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/committee_list.cgi?site=ctc

Older: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
Congressional Directory: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
CQ Congress Collection*: http://library.cqpress.com/congress/
CQ Weekly Report*: http://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/
CRS Reports: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedlegis.html#crs
FEC Info: http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/
Federal Administrative Opinions:

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html
Federal Register:

GPO Access - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Congressional Universe* - http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/
Federal Web Sites: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Floor Calendars: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/calendars/index.html
GAO Reports: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gaoreports/index.html
Google's Uncle Sam: http://www.google.com/unclesam
Hearings for Public Access: http://www.llsdc.net/sourcebook/gpolinks.htm
House Leadership: http://www.house.gov/house/orgs_pub_hse_ldr_www.shtml
JSTOR*: http://www.jstor.org/
Laws Online: http://www.lawsonline.com/
Lobby Groups: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html#lobby
MIRLYN: http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/
MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
National Journal*: http://nationaljournal.com/
New York Times, 1851-2001*: http://www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proquest
Open Secrets: http://www.opensecrets.org/
Political Information: http://www.politicalinformation.com/
Political Parties: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html#party
Project Vote Smart: http://www.vote-smart.org/
Proquest*: http://www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proquest
Public Opinion Polls: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stpolisc.html#opinion
Roll Call Votes:

House: http://clerk.house.gov/legisAct/votes.html

Senate: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm
Senate Leadership: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/a_three_sections_with_teasers/leadership.htm
State Government Associations: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/state.html#assoc
State Law: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statelaw.html
Statements of Adminstration Policy: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative/sap/index.html
Statistical Resources on the Web: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Statistical Universe*: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv/
THOMAS: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Unified Agenda: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ua/index.html
United States Code: Cornell http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/index.html
Voter Information Service: Voter Information Service
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Related Web Pages

Executive Branch Research: Annotated guide to sources for researching an agency. Includes agency web sites, GAO reports, oversight hearings, regulations.
Legislative Histories: Combination of four web pages with annotated sources for the legislative process. Includes tracing a bill, committee information, member information, and public/lobby opinion.
Legislative Histories Tutorial: Step-by-step guide to tracing legislation for first timers.
Michigan Legislative Histories: Background briefings, bills, legislative analyses, journals, laws, regulations.
Political Science Resources on the Web: Separate sections provide annotations to newspaper, periodical, periodical index, and think tank web sites. U.S. Politics section includes election information.
State: Lists comprehensive sources to identify state agencies by state and subject. Large number of multi-state agencies listed which advise the legislative process.
U.S. Foreign Policy: Focus on foreign relations sources, including Executive Branch agencies, international agencies, and declassified material.

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
The University of Michigan Library

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polproc.html

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