Finding Your Issue's Stakeholders
Which agencies in the U.S. Government are concerned with your particular issue?
Sometimes it may be obvious, for example, food safety, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Other times, the intersections may not be as clear. Use the recommended tools listed to the right to locate your issue's regulating bodies.
What policy centers or think tanks are concerned with your issue?
Use the policy centers recommended and/or the policy center locator links to the right to find out who else is concerned with your issue and how they might be influencing policy.
What laws or policies impact your issue?
Use the links to the right and the recommended databases (especially the CQ databases, Westlaw journal searches, and Lexis-Nexis) referenced on the main blog, to locate laws and policies impacting your issue.
Sometimes it may be obvious, for example, food safety, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Other times, the intersections may not be as clear. Use the recommended tools listed to the right to locate your issue's regulating bodies.
What policy centers or think tanks are concerned with your issue?
Use the policy centers recommended and/or the policy center locator links to the right to find out who else is concerned with your issue and how they might be influencing policy.
What laws or policies impact your issue?
Use the links to the right and the recommended databases (especially the CQ databases, Westlaw journal searches, and Lexis-Nexis) referenced on the main blog, to locate laws and policies impacting your issue.